Mena Suvari, Ving Rhames, Nick Cannon

When the world is overrun by the flesh hungry dead a small group of survivors head to an underground military bunker in a last ditch effort to stay alive.

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R, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: Steve Miner

Release Date: April 1, 2008

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DVD Release Date: April 8, 2008

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  • November 18, 2009
    Jesus, this sucked. I mean, I wasn't expecting a goddamned thing out of the remake of Day of the Dead, but director Steve Miner somehow managed to deliver less than nothing. I feel like I should hunt this turd burgler down and make him keep taking me to the movies until I see one...( read more) I finally like as reparation. The very few elements, nods or whatever to previous Dead movies were a fun distraction from this steaming pile but I actually had to fight myself from shutting this off and watching my DVD copy of the original Day of the Dead. The acting was terrible. Stephen Hawking could hold a gun with more credibility than Mena Suvari can even if Nick Cannon does the token wise-cracking black dude pretty well. Not a good thing, by the way. This movie's answer to Bub ("Bud") was a joke, more so than the explanation for him. The fidgety direction, the bad CGI, the awful awful zombies, the blasphemous ending and the fact that the Sex and the City movie probably qualifies as more of a remake of Romero's Day of the Dead than Miner's... "vision" all add up to create a trainwreck you can see from a mile off that should be avoided at all costs.
  • August 31, 2009
    A zombie movie that makes the last few Romero films look like amazing. Half a star added for Nick Cannon's Puff Daddy remark.
  • August 25, 2009
    Hahaha,I actuallyliked this ne, a lot! This is one of the better B rated flix I've een in a long time. The cast really surprised me.The story was as much as to be expected for a movie like this. But it made me laugh so hard, it was great. If you like B rated flix, this is the one...( read more) for you.
  • April 19, 2009
    A small Colorado town is hit by a REALLY bad cold in Day of the Dead, the terrible re-make of George Romero's third chapter of the original Dead saga. This waste of 90 minutes is about a virus that causes people to have a nose bleed and turn into obsessed killing machines, eating...( read more) and chomping and running around like a National Geographic special in hell.

    Dear lord, this movie is horrible. After the very good remake of Dawn of the Dead this film feels like a nice warm piss on your head. What's even more confusing is the fact that Ving Rhames is also in this film, the only reason being to screw people into believing that this is a sequel to Zack Snyder's remake. Even more amazing is that Mena Suvari is in this which goes to show that she must have the same agent as Cuba Gooding, Jr. The rest of the cast is your basic B-movie faces and new faces trying to make get their big break.

    The story is basic Romero only that zombies can shoot guns and they stop to allow our heroes to cut off or bust apart zombie heads. The Bub character from the first film is represented by a vegetarian private- that's why he doesn't eat people. Yes, I'm fucking serious. The effects are high school level, the story is run, stop, zombies, repeat. Oh, here's something to gross you out. The only gross thing is that I paid a quarter to see this shit. Directed by Steve Miner, who is too good to interview about his early work on Friday the 13th Parts 2 and 3, yet directs this cess pool that makes those two films look like the first two Godfather films.

    This film is shit. Pure shit. It's so shitty that kids will be putting this DVD in a paper bag and setting it on fire at peoples front doors this Halloween. Trick or treat.
  • September 12, 2008
    What a blast! Not to be taken seriously, of course, but definitely a fun zombie flick from start to finish. A masterpiece? Certainly not, nor is it more than vaguely recognizable as a remake of the Romero film, but that doesn't stop Day of the Dead from being a load of fun. S...( read more)imply switch off and enjoy!
  • November 23, 2009
    Boring! Like totally boring!
  • November 19, 2009
    Ok so its not a classic, not even a cult classic but it has its moments. Mena Suvari is easy on the eyes and does a good job as the military chick, Nick Cannon surprises with a good role, and Ving Rhames even in a small role is nice to see. Im not going to get into the whole fa...( read more)st moving vs slow moving zombie controversy because I think both have their place but the effect of them seeming to fast forward and be able to leap like jack rabbits was a little much. I do like the fact that they have some memory of how to do simple things and not be just mindless brutes.

    From what I understand this was a straight to video release so that being said for what it is, its actually not a bad flick. The effects are a little off and of course the story is not original but good acting and some decent dialog helps the film to be enjoyable. Defintly worth a watch for zombie fans.
  • November 16, 2009
    Damn good Zombie movie.....they move fast....think quick....and hungry as a cannable at a concert tied down with body parts of his victims skin....yeah i said it.....awesome movie...if your not afraid of corpse/zombie watch this shit.
  • October 19, 2009
    Just plain awful re-imagining. Waste of Bud, bad make-up (with immediate turning complete with sores on face), lack of consistency with turn time, zombie-ish virus not in tune with Dawn re-imagining, immmediately becoming super-zombies pouncing , dodging bullets, setting traps, u...( read more)sing guns, olympic sprinting, and my favorite.... spider walking on the ceiling. Hey lets use some 28 Days Later mix in a tiny bit of Day and get some used to be name actors who think this will be like the new Dawn in popularity and make a bad excuse for a zombie film that is a crime to use the Day of the Dead moniker.
  • October 15, 2009
    Your basic zombie movie but with a little more "huh?" added. This time around it's a virus that get released upon an unsuspecting town and it's up to a couple military folks and some teens to save the day.
    I didn't like that the virus makes people look like decomposed zombies in...( read more) a matter of seconds. I also didn't like that they gained super human strength and speed and were masters of wall jumping.
    They also dropped a lot of questions about the main girls sorted past but never told us what the deal was with any of them. Basic lazy writing.
    It's a basic flick and was somewhat entertaining to watch. I suggest watching the original.

Critic Reviews


May 3, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

The film's frosty pessimism about mankind's future does eventually get under your skin. full review

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  • johnyaz69
    July 26, 2008
    what the...?! zombies crawl on ceilings and shoot guns! i think the original is better.
  • IRONMANBLAST
    May 2, 2008
    I STILL GIVE IT 4 STARZ!!!
    THIS MOVIE WAS REALLY HARD TO FIND AND BUY THOUGH FINALLY GOT IT.
    YESSSS!
  • sharkattack1978
    March 7, 2008
    Nope you were right, they did crawl on the ceilings. Who's bloody idea was it that they do that?
  • sharkattack1978
    March 2, 2008
    The zombies crawl on the ceiling in this one, are you kidding? WTF????
  • bearrp3
    February 14, 2008
    cmon Ving in 2 remakes the movie was ok n i love zombie movies but do the man justice Dawn was great with great acting this is close to trash
  • JDFortuneFan
    January 20, 2008
    Trailer up at www.movieweb.com
  • IRONMANBLAST
    December 14, 2007
    I HAVE AN ACHING HUNCH THAT THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO BE SOOOOOOOO GOOOOD!
  • johnyaz69
    November 14, 2007
    i can't wait to watch this! hope there's gonna be more blood & gore.
  • JamesThePirate
    November 13, 2007
    Alright Ving is back! I missed that shotgun wielding, zombie slayer.

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