Tagline: When there’s no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.
A re-envisioning of George Romero’s apocalyptic horror classic, “Dawn of the Dead”: An unexplained plague has decimated the world’s population–and yet, the dead aren’t dying. They’ve become zombies, stalking endlessly in a quest to feed on the flesh and blood of the few remaining living.
A ragtag group of desperate survivors in a Wisconsin town seek refuge in a large indoor mall, where they must learn not only to protect themselves from the ever-increasing zombie horde, but also to co-exist with each other as a last bastion of humanity. Sealed off from the rest of what used to be the world, the group uses every available resource, in their against-all-odds fight, to remain alive and human.
A mysterious plague causes the newly dead to rise from their graves and begin to eat the living in this horror remake, starring Ving Rhames and Sarah Polley. During the ruckus caused by all the zombies walking about, a group of humans takes refuge in a shopping mall. Polley plays a young nurse, and Rhames stars as Kenneth, a mall cop. Why it started…where it started — NOT KNOWN. Whatever happened, however it started, overnight, the world has become a living nightmare of surreal proportions, with the planet’s population hit by an inexplicable, unfathomable and lethal plague — and the dead aren’t staying dead.
Corpses yearning for their next meal are now stalking the few remaining survivors, driven by their insatiable hunger to feed upon the flesh of the living. After a terrifying escape from her suburban Wisconsin home on the morning after, Ana Clark (Sarah Polley) runs into a small group of the still-living, including: a stoic police officer, Kenneth (Ving Rhames); Michael, an unassuming electronics salesman (Jake Weber); a street- rough Andre (Mekhi Phifer) and his pregnant wife. This ragtag group seeks refuge in a fortress of the late 20th Century — an abandoned, upscale suburban mall.
As the world outside grows more hellish, as the ever-increasing army of decomposing zombies tirelessly strive to infiltrate the mall, the survivors battle the undead, each other and their own fears and suspicions. Sealed off from the rest of what used to be the world, the mall’s inhabitants — now one of the last bastions of humanity — must learn to co-exist with each other and use every available resource in their fight to remain alive, and more importantly, human. When there is no room in hell, the dead will walk the earth… A re-envisioning of George A. Romero’s apocalyptic horror classic 25 years later.
Dawn of the Dead is a 2004 American horror film directed by Zack Snyder in his feature film directorial debut. A remake of George A. Romero’s 1978 film of the same name, it was written by James Gunn and stars Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, and Mekhi Phifer. The special effects were done by Heather Langenkamp and David LeRoy Anderson, who co-own AFX Studio.
The film depicts a handful of human survivors living in a shopping mall located in the fictional town of Everett, Wisconsin surrounded by swarms of zombies. The movie was produced by Strike Entertainment in association with New Amsterdam Entertainment, released by Universal Pictures and includes cameos by original cast members Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, and Tom Savini.
In the United Kingdom, Dawn of the Dead and Shaun of the Dead were originally scheduled to be released the same week, but due to the similarity in the names of the two films and plot outline, UIP opted to push back Shaun’s release by two weeks. It was screened out of competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The film grossed $59 million at the US box office and $102 million worldwide.
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Starring: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer, Lindy Booth, Ty Burrell, Jayne Eastwood, Inna Korobkina, Kim Poirier, Hannah Lochner, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger
Screenplay by: James Gunn
Production Design by: Andrew Neskoromny
Cinematography by: Matthew F. Leonetti
Film Editing by: Niven Howie
Costume Design by: Denise Cronenberg
Set Decoration by: Steve Shewchuk
Music by: Tyler Bates
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: March 19, 2004
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