Earlier this summer, Scream Factory got down with the sickness with they announced new Collector's Edition Blu-rays for the Dawn of the Dead remake and George A. Romero's Land of the Dead. Now they've announced a new Halloween release date for both Blu-rays, as well as a bunch of new bonus features, including interviews with James Gunn, makeup effects artists David Anderson and Heather Langenkamp Anderson (who also played Nancy in the Nightmare on Elm Street movies), actor Ty Burrell (see a tease of that interview here), and much more:
Press Release: This Halloween, get ready for a double dose of zombie apocalypse mayhem and trips to hell! On October 31, 2017, Scream Factory™ is proud to present Dawn Of The Dead Collector’s Edition 2-Disc Blu-ray andGeorge A. Romero’s Land Of The Dead Collector’s Edition2-Disc Blu-ray. These two definitive collector’s editions boast new 2K transfer,...
Press Release: This Halloween, get ready for a double dose of zombie apocalypse mayhem and trips to hell! On October 31, 2017, Scream Factory™ is proud to present Dawn Of The Dead Collector’s Edition 2-Disc Blu-ray andGeorge A. Romero’s Land Of The Dead Collector’s Edition2-Disc Blu-ray. These two definitive collector’s editions boast new 2K transfer,...
- 9/20/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
This year’s Saturn Award nominations have been announced and include a number of horror movie and TV releases, such as The Conjuring and The Walking Dead:
“Los Angeles – February, 2014 – Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity and Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug both received 8 nominations as the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films today announced nominations for the 40th Annual Saturn Awards, which will be presented in June.
Other major contenders that packed a real punch were The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, Star Trek into Darkness, The Book Thief, Her, Oz The Great and Powerful and Ron Howard’s Rush. Also making a strong showing was the folk musical fable Inside Llewyn Davis, which proves that the Coen Brothers are a genre onto their own. And Scarlett Johansson was the first Best Supporting Actress to be nominated for her captivating...
“Los Angeles – February, 2014 – Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity and Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug both received 8 nominations as the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films today announced nominations for the 40th Annual Saturn Awards, which will be presented in June.
Other major contenders that packed a real punch were The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, Star Trek into Darkness, The Book Thief, Her, Oz The Great and Powerful and Ron Howard’s Rush. Also making a strong showing was the folk musical fable Inside Llewyn Davis, which proves that the Coen Brothers are a genre onto their own. And Scarlett Johansson was the first Best Supporting Actress to be nominated for her captivating...
- 2/26/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Guillermo del Toro's summer blockbuster is a well-made sci-fi fantasy full of familiar but satisfying moments
The Mexican cinéaste Guillermo del Toro is a brilliant writer, producer and director of horror, fantasy and supernatural movies, one of the most gifted to have emerged in these fields since Tod Browning and James Whale in the 1920s and 30s. His finest films to date have been made in Spain, most notably two subtle gothic fables set during the civil war and its aftermath, The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth. But he's also made the highly popular American horror flicks Hellboy and Hellboy II aimed at a younger audience and both starring Ron Perlman as the eponymous comic-book superhero, and his new picture, Pacific Rim, which he co-scripted with Travis Beacham, belongs to this category.
Pacific Rim is a holiday blockbuster, a $180m bag of popcorn as unpretentious as it is expensive,...
The Mexican cinéaste Guillermo del Toro is a brilliant writer, producer and director of horror, fantasy and supernatural movies, one of the most gifted to have emerged in these fields since Tod Browning and James Whale in the 1920s and 30s. His finest films to date have been made in Spain, most notably two subtle gothic fables set during the civil war and its aftermath, The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth. But he's also made the highly popular American horror flicks Hellboy and Hellboy II aimed at a younger audience and both starring Ron Perlman as the eponymous comic-book superhero, and his new picture, Pacific Rim, which he co-scripted with Travis Beacham, belongs to this category.
Pacific Rim is a holiday blockbuster, a $180m bag of popcorn as unpretentious as it is expensive,...
- 7/13/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
After years trying to dig out The Hobbit from the mire mare of bankruptcy and struggling to scale H.P. Lovecraft’s Mountains of Madness Guillermo del Toro returns to the big screen with an apocalyptic skirmish between massive otherworldly monsters and the robotic resistance created to meet them.
We come to the shores of Pacific Rim with expectations buoyed on by a heavy marketing campaign focusing on the vast scale of the battle at the end of the world. Combined with the anticipation of seeing del Toro return to our cinema screens, and the personal nature of the project for the director, the film itself has much to live up to.
The rich imagination of del Toro has taken us on many fantastical journeys; grimy escapist fairytales borne out of the horrors of war with a macabre collection of beasts and dark, enchanted creatures brought to life. In this film...
We come to the shores of Pacific Rim with expectations buoyed on by a heavy marketing campaign focusing on the vast scale of the battle at the end of the world. Combined with the anticipation of seeing del Toro return to our cinema screens, and the personal nature of the project for the director, the film itself has much to live up to.
The rich imagination of del Toro has taken us on many fantastical journeys; grimy escapist fairytales borne out of the horrors of war with a macabre collection of beasts and dark, enchanted creatures brought to life. In this film...
- 7/8/2013
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
While America was celebrating the 4th of July in the U.S., the British were celebrating the release of Pacific Rim with the European premiere.
The apocalypse was cancelled as the cast and crew of Pacific Rim descended on London’s BFI IMAX Waterloo – but not before the Jaeger and Kaiju dwarfed the London sky line.
Director Guillermo Del Toro and stars Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Charlie Day, Ron Perlman and Rinko Kikuchi, alongside the likes of director Edgar Wright and Rizzle Kicks, stomped down the red carpet.
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes the sci-fi action adventure “Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Pacific Rim.”
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots,...
The apocalypse was cancelled as the cast and crew of Pacific Rim descended on London’s BFI IMAX Waterloo – but not before the Jaeger and Kaiju dwarfed the London sky line.
Director Guillermo Del Toro and stars Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Charlie Day, Ron Perlman and Rinko Kikuchi, alongside the likes of director Edgar Wright and Rizzle Kicks, stomped down the red carpet.
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes the sci-fi action adventure “Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Pacific Rim.”
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots,...
- 7/6/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
We’ve got a great screening contest to kick off the first day of July.
Who wants to win passes to Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim?
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are synched via a neural bridge, called “The Drift.” But as the enemy grows more powerful with each attack, even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju.
On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes – a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) – who are...
Who wants to win passes to Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim?
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are synched via a neural bridge, called “The Drift.” But as the enemy grows more powerful with each attack, even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju.
On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes – a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) – who are...
- 7/1/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
You want a gigantic, monster-sized epic of a Pacific Rim contest? You have Got a gigantic, monster-sized epic of a Pacific Rim contest! Read on for your chance to win some amazing swag so you can gear up for the film's release!
Okay, so what exactly are we giving away, you ask? Check out the pictures below, and to enter for your chance to win, just send us an E-mail Here including your Full Name And Mailing Address. We’ll take care of the rest.
Good Luck!
For more on the movie visit the official Pacific Rim website, "like" Pacific Rim on Facebook, and follow Pacific Rim on Twitter.
Pacific Rim starts everywhere July 12th. To receive exclusive Warner Bros. movie news updates, click on the banner below.
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Tactical Backpack – Arv $150 “Jaeger Repair Personnel Only” 13 Function Multi-Tool Kit - Arv $45 Metal Notebook with Custom Inside Pages – Arv $40 iPad Mini...
Okay, so what exactly are we giving away, you ask? Check out the pictures below, and to enter for your chance to win, just send us an E-mail Here including your Full Name And Mailing Address. We’ll take care of the rest.
Good Luck!
For more on the movie visit the official Pacific Rim website, "like" Pacific Rim on Facebook, and follow Pacific Rim on Twitter.
Pacific Rim starts everywhere July 12th. To receive exclusive Warner Bros. movie news updates, click on the banner below.
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Tactical Backpack – Arv $150 “Jaeger Repair Personnel Only” 13 Function Multi-Tool Kit - Arv $45 Metal Notebook with Custom Inside Pages – Arv $40 iPad Mini...
- 6/27/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Destroy the Brain is giving away passes to an Advance Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures & Legendary Pictures Pacific Rim on July 8th (Yes, the screening is taking place on the same night of our VHS Swap & screening of Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector).
I’m sure you, dear reader, are as excited as we are to see this film so we want you to enjoy it for free and a few days in advance to tell all your friends how awesome you thought the film was. Below, you can find an image gallery, watch the trailer and get more information on the film. Below that, find out how you can enter the giveaway to win a free pass to the film.
Image Gallery Trailer Info/Summary/Credits Pacific Rim
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(L-r) Russia’s Cherno Alpha and China’s Crimson Typhoon in a...
I’m sure you, dear reader, are as excited as we are to see this film so we want you to enjoy it for free and a few days in advance to tell all your friends how awesome you thought the film was. Below, you can find an image gallery, watch the trailer and get more information on the film. Below that, find out how you can enter the giveaway to win a free pass to the film.
Image Gallery Trailer Info/Summary/Credits Pacific Rim
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(L-r) Russia’s Cherno Alpha and China’s Crimson Typhoon in a...
- 6/26/2013
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic sci-fi action adventure Pacific Rim.
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
- 5/29/2013
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
Set in 2025, the Pacific Rim stars Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Rob Kazinsky, Willem Dafoe, Ron Perlman and Max Martini. Pacific Rim is currently scheduled for release on July 12th, 2013.
Last week we brought you the a new image from Guillermo del Toro’s eagerly-awaited sci-fi flick Pacific Rim featuring Charlie Hunnam and Rinko Kikuchi all suited and booted ready for action. Well now, thanks to USA Today here’s yet another look at the pair:
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic sci-fi action adventure “Pacific Rim.” When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by...
Last week we brought you the a new image from Guillermo del Toro’s eagerly-awaited sci-fi flick Pacific Rim featuring Charlie Hunnam and Rinko Kikuchi all suited and booted ready for action. Well now, thanks to USA Today here’s yet another look at the pair:
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic sci-fi action adventure “Pacific Rim.” When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by...
- 7/12/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Check out this awesome new Comic Con poster for director Guillermo del Toro’s eagerly-awaited sci-fi flick Pacific Rim. Set in 2025, the Pacific Rim stars Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Rob Kazinsky, Willem Dafoe, Ron Perlman and Max Martini.
Pacific Rim is currently scheduled for release on July 12th, 2013.
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic sci-fi action adventure “Pacific Rim.” When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat,...
Pacific Rim is currently scheduled for release on July 12th, 2013.
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic sci-fi action adventure “Pacific Rim.” When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat,...
- 7/7/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Early last month we brought you the first image from Guillermo del Toro’s eagerly-awaited sci-fi flick Pacific Rim and now, thanks to the new Comic-Con issue of Entertainment Weekly here’s a look at Charlie Hunnam and Rinko Kikuchi all suited and booted ready for action.
Set in 2025, the Pacific Rim stars Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Rob Kazinsky, Willem Dafoe, Ron Perlman and Max Martini. Pacific Rim is currently scheduled for release on July 12th, 2013.
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic sci-fi action adventure “Pacific Rim.” When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously...
Set in 2025, the Pacific Rim stars Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Rob Kazinsky, Willem Dafoe, Ron Perlman and Max Martini. Pacific Rim is currently scheduled for release on July 12th, 2013.
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic sci-fi action adventure “Pacific Rim.” When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously...
- 7/3/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Moviehole have posted this first image, scanned from Total Film, of Idris Elba as Sensi in Guillermo del Toro’s eagerly-awaited sci-fi flick Pacific Rim. Set in 2025, the filmstars Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Rob Kazinsky, Willem Dafoe, Ron Perlman and Max Martini. Pacific Rim is currently scheduled for release on July 12th, 2013.
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic sci-fi action adventure “Pacific Rim.” When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju.
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic sci-fi action adventure “Pacific Rim.” When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju.
- 6/8/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
"Pacific Rim" has so many of my favorite things. It's a Guillermo del Toro monster movie. It's a callback to Kaiju and anime culture. It stars actors from three of my all-time favorite shows: Charlie Hunnam of "Sons of Anarchy," Charlie Day of "Always Sunny," and Idris Elba of "The Wire" (bonus points for "Luther"). I do not need to know anything else to guarantee my attendance on opening day.
That said, I won't say no to reading the "Pacific Rim" plot synopsis, which only serves to sell the awesome-sounding movie even further. Check out the full synopsis and Legendary Pictures press release after the jump!
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic sci-fi action adventure ‘Pacific Rim.’
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity...
That said, I won't say no to reading the "Pacific Rim" plot synopsis, which only serves to sell the awesome-sounding movie even further. Check out the full synopsis and Legendary Pictures press release after the jump!
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic sci-fi action adventure ‘Pacific Rim.’
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity...
- 5/24/2012
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Movies Blog
July 12th, 2013 will be a big day for monster movie fans when Warner Bros. releases Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim to theaters. Very little official information has been revealed about the plot, but the full synopsis and cast list has just been released:
“From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic sci-fi action adventure “Pacific Rim.”
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have...
“From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic sci-fi action adventure “Pacific Rim.”
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have...
- 5/23/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Opens
Friday, March 19
A decade after making his 1968 seminal horror film "Night of the Living Dead", director George Romero, armed with a slightly bigger budget, revisited those flesh-eating zombies with "Dawn of the Dead", which was set extensively in a suburban shopping mall.
While there was gore galore, Romero also had things to say about class distinction and society's escalating preoccupation with mass consumption -- to the point at which it had started to consume itself.
The pumped-up, Romero-free 2004 version has no patience for such subtleties. When there's a whole mess of zombie killing to be done, who cares about reflective writing or that time-wasting element of suspense?
Armed with visually assured, muscular direction (by feature first-timer Zack Snyder), a respectable cast and eardrum-blasting sound effects, the new "Dawn of the Dead" certainly makes its arrival known, but long before its departure, the empty onslaught has left the numbed viewer in a zombie-like stupor.
Of course, that likely won't bother the targeted young male demo -- especially given that "Dawn of the Dead" has the slick, repetitive action of a video game -- who should ensure it takes a respectable bite out its opening weekend.
It still would have been nice if there had been a little more to chew on.
To its credit -- and ultimately its frustration -- the picture's 10-minute setup is pulse-poundingly good. Drawing on his background as an award-winning commercial director, Snyder employs a gritty, stylized shorthand that efficiently propels protagonist Ana (Sarah Polley) from suburban Wisconsin wife and mother to zombie prey.
She hooks up with a small band of survivors, including Kenneth (Ving Rhames), a stoic, Rambo-like police officer
Michael (Jake Weber), a nice-guy electronics salesman
and the streetwise Andre (Mekhi Phifer), who's accompanied by his very pregnant Russian wife (Inna Korobkina).
They all take refuge in an abandoned upscale mall that has been commandeered by a group of security guards who are used to running things their way.
While the inevitable power struggle proceeds against the omnipresent Muzak (with thoughtfully programd selections including "Don't Worry, Be Happy" and "All By Myself"), the growing throngs of living dead are moving ever closer to the entrances.
As adapted by screenwriter James Gunn, who cut his teeth on Troma B movies as well as the "Scooby-Doo" pictures, "Dawn of the Dead" is big on snappy repartee at the expense of any kind of intriguing plot development.
You'd think with a mall-full of stores at their disposal the characters would at least manage to come up with something to do other than sleep in the furniture place and have breakfast in the coffee shop.
There are some moments of inspired audacity, including a sequence in which our bored heroes play a game involving blowing off the heads of those crowding zombies who loosely resemble famous people.
Behind the scenes, production designer Andrew Neskoromny does a coldly effective job in dressing a slated-for-demolition Toronto mall that has been ideally framed by cinematographer Matthew Leonetti's grimly grainy lenswork.
Dawn of the Dead
Universal Pictures presents a Strike Entertainment/New Amsterdam Entertainment production
Credits:
Director: Zack Snyder
Screenwriter: James Gunn
Based on screenplay by: George Romero
Producers: Richard Rubinstein, Marc Abraham, Eric Newman
Executive producers: Thomas Bliss, Dennis Jones, Armyan Bernstein
Director of photography: Matthew Leonetti
Production designer: Andrew Neskoromny
Editor: Niven Howie
Costume designer: Denise Cronenberg
Special makeup effects: David Leroy Anderson
Music: Tyler Bates
Cast:
Ana: Sarah Polley
Kenneth: Ving Rhames
Michael: Jake Weber
Andre: Mekhi Phifer
Steve: Ty Burrell
CJ: Michael Kelly
Terry: Kevin Zegers
Nicole: Lindy Booth
Luda: Inna Korobkina
Running time -- 100 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Friday, March 19
A decade after making his 1968 seminal horror film "Night of the Living Dead", director George Romero, armed with a slightly bigger budget, revisited those flesh-eating zombies with "Dawn of the Dead", which was set extensively in a suburban shopping mall.
While there was gore galore, Romero also had things to say about class distinction and society's escalating preoccupation with mass consumption -- to the point at which it had started to consume itself.
The pumped-up, Romero-free 2004 version has no patience for such subtleties. When there's a whole mess of zombie killing to be done, who cares about reflective writing or that time-wasting element of suspense?
Armed with visually assured, muscular direction (by feature first-timer Zack Snyder), a respectable cast and eardrum-blasting sound effects, the new "Dawn of the Dead" certainly makes its arrival known, but long before its departure, the empty onslaught has left the numbed viewer in a zombie-like stupor.
Of course, that likely won't bother the targeted young male demo -- especially given that "Dawn of the Dead" has the slick, repetitive action of a video game -- who should ensure it takes a respectable bite out its opening weekend.
It still would have been nice if there had been a little more to chew on.
To its credit -- and ultimately its frustration -- the picture's 10-minute setup is pulse-poundingly good. Drawing on his background as an award-winning commercial director, Snyder employs a gritty, stylized shorthand that efficiently propels protagonist Ana (Sarah Polley) from suburban Wisconsin wife and mother to zombie prey.
She hooks up with a small band of survivors, including Kenneth (Ving Rhames), a stoic, Rambo-like police officer
Michael (Jake Weber), a nice-guy electronics salesman
and the streetwise Andre (Mekhi Phifer), who's accompanied by his very pregnant Russian wife (Inna Korobkina).
They all take refuge in an abandoned upscale mall that has been commandeered by a group of security guards who are used to running things their way.
While the inevitable power struggle proceeds against the omnipresent Muzak (with thoughtfully programd selections including "Don't Worry, Be Happy" and "All By Myself"), the growing throngs of living dead are moving ever closer to the entrances.
As adapted by screenwriter James Gunn, who cut his teeth on Troma B movies as well as the "Scooby-Doo" pictures, "Dawn of the Dead" is big on snappy repartee at the expense of any kind of intriguing plot development.
You'd think with a mall-full of stores at their disposal the characters would at least manage to come up with something to do other than sleep in the furniture place and have breakfast in the coffee shop.
There are some moments of inspired audacity, including a sequence in which our bored heroes play a game involving blowing off the heads of those crowding zombies who loosely resemble famous people.
Behind the scenes, production designer Andrew Neskoromny does a coldly effective job in dressing a slated-for-demolition Toronto mall that has been ideally framed by cinematographer Matthew Leonetti's grimly grainy lenswork.
Dawn of the Dead
Universal Pictures presents a Strike Entertainment/New Amsterdam Entertainment production
Credits:
Director: Zack Snyder
Screenwriter: James Gunn
Based on screenplay by: George Romero
Producers: Richard Rubinstein, Marc Abraham, Eric Newman
Executive producers: Thomas Bliss, Dennis Jones, Armyan Bernstein
Director of photography: Matthew Leonetti
Production designer: Andrew Neskoromny
Editor: Niven Howie
Costume designer: Denise Cronenberg
Special makeup effects: David Leroy Anderson
Music: Tyler Bates
Cast:
Ana: Sarah Polley
Kenneth: Ving Rhames
Michael: Jake Weber
Andre: Mekhi Phifer
Steve: Ty Burrell
CJ: Michael Kelly
Terry: Kevin Zegers
Nicole: Lindy Booth
Luda: Inna Korobkina
Running time -- 100 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Opens
Friday, March 19
A decade after making his 1968 seminal horror film "Night of the Living Dead", director George Romero, armed with a slightly bigger budget, revisited those flesh-eating zombies with "Dawn of the Dead", which was set extensively in a suburban shopping mall.
While there was gore galore, Romero also had things to say about class distinction and society's escalating preoccupation with mass consumption -- to the point at which it had started to consume itself.
The pumped-up, Romero-free 2004 version has no patience for such subtleties. When there's a whole mess of zombie killing to be done, who cares about reflective writing or that time-wasting element of suspense?
Armed with visually assured, muscular direction (by feature first-timer Zack Snyder), a respectable cast and eardrum-blasting sound effects, the new "Dawn of the Dead" certainly makes its arrival known, but long before its departure, the empty onslaught has left the numbed viewer in a zombie-like stupor.
Of course, that likely won't bother the targeted young male demo -- especially given that "Dawn of the Dead" has the slick, repetitive action of a video game -- who should ensure it takes a respectable bite out its opening weekend.
It still would have been nice if there had been a little more to chew on.
To its credit -- and ultimately its frustration -- the picture's 10-minute setup is pulse-poundingly good. Drawing on his background as an award-winning commercial director, Snyder employs a gritty, stylized shorthand that efficiently propels protagonist Ana (Sarah Polley) from suburban Wisconsin wife and mother to zombie prey.
She hooks up with a small band of survivors, including Kenneth (Ving Rhames), a stoic, Rambo-like police officer
Michael (Jake Weber), a nice-guy electronics salesman
and the streetwise Andre (Mekhi Phifer), who's accompanied by his very pregnant Russian wife (Inna Korobkina).
They all take refuge in an abandoned upscale mall that has been commandeered by a group of security guards who are used to running things their way.
While the inevitable power struggle proceeds against the omnipresent Muzak (with thoughtfully programd selections including "Don't Worry, Be Happy" and "All By Myself"), the growing throngs of living dead are moving ever closer to the entrances.
As adapted by screenwriter James Gunn, who cut his teeth on Troma B movies as well as the "Scooby-Doo" pictures, "Dawn of the Dead" is big on snappy repartee at the expense of any kind of intriguing plot development.
You'd think with a mall-full of stores at their disposal the characters would at least manage to come up with something to do other than sleep in the furniture place and have breakfast in the coffee shop.
There are some moments of inspired audacity, including a sequence in which our bored heroes play a game involving blowing off the heads of those crowding zombies who loosely resemble famous people.
Behind the scenes, production designer Andrew Neskoromny does a coldly effective job in dressing a slated-for-demolition Toronto mall that has been ideally framed by cinematographer Matthew Leonetti's grimly grainy lenswork.
Dawn of the Dead
Universal Pictures presents a Strike Entertainment/New Amsterdam Entertainment production
Credits:
Director: Zack Snyder
Screenwriter: James Gunn
Based on screenplay by: George Romero
Producers: Richard Rubinstein, Marc Abraham, Eric Newman
Executive producers: Thomas Bliss, Dennis Jones, Armyan Bernstein
Director of photography: Matthew Leonetti
Production designer: Andrew Neskoromny
Editor: Niven Howie
Costume designer: Denise Cronenberg
Special makeup effects: David Leroy Anderson
Music: Tyler Bates
Cast:
Ana: Sarah Polley
Kenneth: Ving Rhames
Michael: Jake Weber
Andre: Mekhi Phifer
Steve: Ty Burrell
CJ: Michael Kelly
Terry: Kevin Zegers
Nicole: Lindy Booth
Luda: Inna Korobkina
Running time -- 100 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Friday, March 19
A decade after making his 1968 seminal horror film "Night of the Living Dead", director George Romero, armed with a slightly bigger budget, revisited those flesh-eating zombies with "Dawn of the Dead", which was set extensively in a suburban shopping mall.
While there was gore galore, Romero also had things to say about class distinction and society's escalating preoccupation with mass consumption -- to the point at which it had started to consume itself.
The pumped-up, Romero-free 2004 version has no patience for such subtleties. When there's a whole mess of zombie killing to be done, who cares about reflective writing or that time-wasting element of suspense?
Armed with visually assured, muscular direction (by feature first-timer Zack Snyder), a respectable cast and eardrum-blasting sound effects, the new "Dawn of the Dead" certainly makes its arrival known, but long before its departure, the empty onslaught has left the numbed viewer in a zombie-like stupor.
Of course, that likely won't bother the targeted young male demo -- especially given that "Dawn of the Dead" has the slick, repetitive action of a video game -- who should ensure it takes a respectable bite out its opening weekend.
It still would have been nice if there had been a little more to chew on.
To its credit -- and ultimately its frustration -- the picture's 10-minute setup is pulse-poundingly good. Drawing on his background as an award-winning commercial director, Snyder employs a gritty, stylized shorthand that efficiently propels protagonist Ana (Sarah Polley) from suburban Wisconsin wife and mother to zombie prey.
She hooks up with a small band of survivors, including Kenneth (Ving Rhames), a stoic, Rambo-like police officer
Michael (Jake Weber), a nice-guy electronics salesman
and the streetwise Andre (Mekhi Phifer), who's accompanied by his very pregnant Russian wife (Inna Korobkina).
They all take refuge in an abandoned upscale mall that has been commandeered by a group of security guards who are used to running things their way.
While the inevitable power struggle proceeds against the omnipresent Muzak (with thoughtfully programd selections including "Don't Worry, Be Happy" and "All By Myself"), the growing throngs of living dead are moving ever closer to the entrances.
As adapted by screenwriter James Gunn, who cut his teeth on Troma B movies as well as the "Scooby-Doo" pictures, "Dawn of the Dead" is big on snappy repartee at the expense of any kind of intriguing plot development.
You'd think with a mall-full of stores at their disposal the characters would at least manage to come up with something to do other than sleep in the furniture place and have breakfast in the coffee shop.
There are some moments of inspired audacity, including a sequence in which our bored heroes play a game involving blowing off the heads of those crowding zombies who loosely resemble famous people.
Behind the scenes, production designer Andrew Neskoromny does a coldly effective job in dressing a slated-for-demolition Toronto mall that has been ideally framed by cinematographer Matthew Leonetti's grimly grainy lenswork.
Dawn of the Dead
Universal Pictures presents a Strike Entertainment/New Amsterdam Entertainment production
Credits:
Director: Zack Snyder
Screenwriter: James Gunn
Based on screenplay by: George Romero
Producers: Richard Rubinstein, Marc Abraham, Eric Newman
Executive producers: Thomas Bliss, Dennis Jones, Armyan Bernstein
Director of photography: Matthew Leonetti
Production designer: Andrew Neskoromny
Editor: Niven Howie
Costume designer: Denise Cronenberg
Special makeup effects: David Leroy Anderson
Music: Tyler Bates
Cast:
Ana: Sarah Polley
Kenneth: Ving Rhames
Michael: Jake Weber
Andre: Mekhi Phifer
Steve: Ty Burrell
CJ: Michael Kelly
Terry: Kevin Zegers
Nicole: Lindy Booth
Luda: Inna Korobkina
Running time -- 100 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 3/19/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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