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AboutDawn of the Dead is a 2004 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 is written by James Gunn and stars Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames and Jake Weber. The film depicts a handful of human survivors living in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin shopping mall 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.
Plot
After finishing a long shift as a nurse, Ana returns to her husband, Luis. The next morning, their neighbor Vivian enters the bedroom and bites Luis. Ana pulls her off Luis and locks her out. Luis dies from blood loss before reanimating and attacking her. She escapes to find the neighborhood in a state of chaos. She flees in her car, but eventually crashes and is knocked unconscious. She awakens to be met by an armed police officer, Kenneth. The two meet up with a group including Michael, Andre and his pregnant wife, Luda; together, they come to realize the recently deceased people are reviving and attacking the living. They decide to break into a nearby mall, where they encounter a few zombies. They decide to take the elevator to a higher floor, where they meet and join the mall's security guards Bart, Terry, and CJ.
The next day, a delivery truck carrying more survivors crashes into the parking lot. After overpowering CJ and Bart and locking them up in the security room, Ana's group receive the newly arrived survivors. The truck's group includes Norma, Steve, Tucker, Monica, Glen, Frank and his daughter, Nicole, and an unnamed obese, elderly woman. They realize that the disease is passed by bite after the old woman dies and reanimates. Frank, who has been bitten, is killed by Kenneth. Days later, the power goes out. Bart, Michael, Kenneth and CJ head to the parking garage to activate the emergency generator. They are attacked by zombies who managed to get into the garage and devour Bart. The remaining men are trapped in the generator compartment, where they burn the zombies.
Ana asks Andre if she can see Luda, which he refuses. Norma discovers Luda has turned into a zombie, and given birth to a baby girl. Norma kills Luda, which causes Andre to kill Norma while Norma shoots back and kills Andre. Ana kills Luda's daughter. The remaining survivors decide they cannot stay in the mall any longer and make a plan to fight their way to a nearby marina, where they will travel on Steve's boat to an island across Lake Michigan. They begin reinforcing two shuttle buses for their escape, and go to a gun store.
At the store, Andy is dying of starvation. The group straps a pack of food and a walkie-talkie onto Chips, the dog they found on the parking garage, and lower him into the parking lot. Ignored by the zombies, Chips makes it to the store but a zombie gets in the door before Andy can close it. Nicole steals the delivery truck, crashing it in front of the gun store. She gets inside and is trapped by a now-undead Andy. The group decides to head through the sewers to mount a rescue and collect guns and ammo. On the trip back, Tucker falls into the sewer from the street and breaks both his legs, and is mercifully killed by CJ. They reach the gun store, save Nicole, and kill Andy. They return to the door, but Steve has allowed the door to close and they are forced to fend off the zombies until Ana opens it. Having followed them, the zombies push their way in and overtake the mall, forcing the survivors to immediately flee.
Everyone piles into the buses and they navigate through the city. In order to push forward, CJ throws a propane tank into the crowd of zombies and shoots it, killing most of the zombies in the area. Noticing a zombie has managed to get onto the side of the second bus, Glen takes a chainsaw to deal with it, but accidentally kills Monica. Blood spatters on the windshield, causing Kenneth to lose control and crash the bus, killing Glen. Recovering from the crash, Steve attempts to abandon the group, but is bitten. CJ notices the second bus is not following anymore and orders Michael to stop and back up. Kenneth and Terry exit the crashed bus and join the survivors of the first bus. Ana kills the resurrected Steve, and steals his boat keys. At the marina, CJ sacrifices himself, buying the group time by blowing up the bus. Michael helps them cast off but reveals that he was bitten. Ana tries to talk him into coming but he decides to stay and kill himself. Ana, Kenneth, Nicole, Terry and Chips board Steve's boat and sail off as Michael watches them. Michael then puts the gun under his chin and pulls the trigger.
During the credits, a montage of footage from a camcorder found on the boat begins with Steve's escapades before the outbreak, and concludes with the group running out of supplies before finally arriving at an island. They disembark and are attacked by another swarm of zombies.
Technical
Finnish Title - Kuolleiden aamunkoitto
French Title - L'Armée des morts
Hungarian Title - Holtak hajnala
Italian Title - L'alba dei morti viventi
Polish Title - Świt żywych trupów
Film Director - Zack Snyder
Written By - James Gunn
Executive Producer - Armyan Bernstein, Thomas A. Bliss, Dennis E. Jones
Music By - Tyler Bates
Edited By - Niven Howie
Release Date - March 19, 2004 (United States), June 30, 2004 (France)
Running Time - 1 hour 40 minutes
Country - United States
Main cast
Sarah Polley as Ana
Ving Rhames as Kenneth
Jake Weber as Michael
Mekhi Phifer as Andre
Ty Burrell as Steve
Michael Kelly as CJ
Kevin Zegers as Terry
Lindy Booth as Nicole
Michael Barry as Bart
Jayne Eastwood as Norma
Boyd Banks as Tucker
Inna Korobkina as Luda
Kim Poirier as Monica
Tom Savini as Sheriff Cahill
Scott H. Reiniger as The General
Matt Frewer as Frank
Plot
After finishing a long shift as a nurse, Ana returns to her husband, Luis. The next morning, their neighbor Vivian enters the bedroom and bites Luis. Ana pulls her off Luis and locks her out. Luis dies from blood loss before reanimating and attacking her. She escapes to find the neighborhood in a state of chaos. She flees in her car, but eventually crashes and is knocked unconscious. She awakens to be met by an armed police officer, Kenneth. The two meet up with a group including Michael, Andre and his pregnant wife, Luda; together, they come to realize the recently deceased people are reviving and attacking the living. They decide to break into a nearby mall, where they encounter a few zombies. They decide to take the elevator to a higher floor, where they meet and join the mall's security guards Bart, Terry, and CJ.
The next day, a delivery truck carrying more survivors crashes into the parking lot. After overpowering CJ and Bart and locking them up in the security room, Ana's group receive the newly arrived survivors. The truck's group includes Norma, Steve, Tucker, Monica, Glen, Frank and his daughter, Nicole, and an unnamed obese, elderly woman. They realize that the disease is passed by bite after the old woman dies and reanimates. Frank, who has been bitten, is killed by Kenneth. Days later, the power goes out. Bart, Michael, Kenneth and CJ head to the parking garage to activate the emergency generator. They are attacked by zombies who managed to get into the garage and devour Bart. The remaining men are trapped in the generator compartment, where they burn the zombies.
Ana asks Andre if she can see Luda, which he refuses. Norma discovers Luda has turned into a zombie, and given birth to a baby girl. Norma kills Luda, which causes Andre to kill Norma while Norma shoots back and kills Andre. Ana kills Luda's daughter. The remaining survivors decide they cannot stay in the mall any longer and make a plan to fight their way to a nearby marina, where they will travel on Steve's boat to an island across Lake Michigan. They begin reinforcing two shuttle buses for their escape, and go to a gun store.
At the store, Andy is dying of starvation. The group straps a pack of food and a walkie-talkie onto Chips, the dog they found on the parking garage, and lower him into the parking lot. Ignored by the zombies, Chips makes it to the store but a zombie gets in the door before Andy can close it. Nicole steals the delivery truck, crashing it in front of the gun store. She gets inside and is trapped by a now-undead Andy. The group decides to head through the sewers to mount a rescue and collect guns and ammo. On the trip back, Tucker falls into the sewer from the street and breaks both his legs, and is mercifully killed by CJ. They reach the gun store, save Nicole, and kill Andy. They return to the door, but Steve has allowed the door to close and they are forced to fend off the zombies until Ana opens it. Having followed them, the zombies push their way in and overtake the mall, forcing the survivors to immediately flee.
Everyone piles into the buses and they navigate through the city. In order to push forward, CJ throws a propane tank into the crowd of zombies and shoots it, killing most of the zombies in the area. Noticing a zombie has managed to get onto the side of the second bus, Glen takes a chainsaw to deal with it, but accidentally kills Monica. Blood spatters on the windshield, causing Kenneth to lose control and crash the bus, killing Glen. Recovering from the crash, Steve attempts to abandon the group, but is bitten. CJ notices the second bus is not following anymore and orders Michael to stop and back up. Kenneth and Terry exit the crashed bus and join the survivors of the first bus. Ana kills the resurrected Steve, and steals his boat keys. At the marina, CJ sacrifices himself, buying the group time by blowing up the bus. Michael helps them cast off but reveals that he was bitten. Ana tries to talk him into coming but he decides to stay and kill himself. Ana, Kenneth, Nicole, Terry and Chips board Steve's boat and sail off as Michael watches them. Michael then puts the gun under his chin and pulls the trigger.
During the credits, a montage of footage from a camcorder found on the boat begins with Steve's escapades before the outbreak, and concludes with the group running out of supplies before finally arriving at an island. They disembark and are attacked by another swarm of zombies.
Technical
Finnish Title - Kuolleiden aamunkoitto
French Title - L'Armée des morts
Hungarian Title - Holtak hajnala
Italian Title - L'alba dei morti viventi
Polish Title - Świt żywych trupów
Film Director - Zack Snyder
Written By - James Gunn
Executive Producer - Armyan Bernstein, Thomas A. Bliss, Dennis E. Jones
Music By - Tyler Bates
Edited By - Niven Howie
Release Date - March 19, 2004 (United States), June 30, 2004 (France)
Running Time - 1 hour 40 minutes
Country - United States
Main cast
Sarah Polley as Ana
Ving Rhames as Kenneth
Jake Weber as Michael
Mekhi Phifer as Andre
Ty Burrell as Steve
Michael Kelly as CJ
Kevin Zegers as Terry
Lindy Booth as Nicole
Michael Barry as Bart
Jayne Eastwood as Norma
Boyd Banks as Tucker
Inna Korobkina as Luda
Kim Poirier as Monica
Tom Savini as Sheriff Cahill
Scott H. Reiniger as The General
Matt Frewer as Frank
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