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Genre | Horror, Spielfilm |
Format | Breitbild |
Beitragsverfasser | Jake Weber, Ty Burrell, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer, Kevin Zegers, Michael Kelly, Lindy Booth, Jayne Eastwood, Zack Snyder, Michael Barry, Boyd Banks, Sarah Polley Mehr anzeigen |
Sprache | Deutsch, Italienisch, Spanisch, Portugiesisch, Russisch, Englisch |
Laufzeit | 1 Stunde und 50 Minuten |
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Eine unerklärte Seuche hat die Weltbevölkerung dahingerafft, aber die Toten sind nicht wirklich tot - sondern Zombies, die auf der Suche nach noch lebendem Menschenfleisch die letzten bewohnten Gegenden bedrohen. Eine Gruppe verzweifelter Überlebender in einer Stadt in Wisconsin sucht in einem großen Einkaufszentrum Zuflucht, wo sie die letzte Bastion der Menschheit verteidigen müssen. Doch die Untoten haben die Witterung aufgenommen und die Zuflucht wird zu einem klaustrophoben Albtraum.
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Remake des Romero-Klassikers: Handgreiflicher Un-Toten-Horror in Hochglanz-Optik. Die Story hantiert mit den Urängsten der Menschheit vor dem Tod und dessen Verkleidung. Das schafft tiefgehenden Horror und den nutzt "Dawn" meisterlich. Mit unaufhaltsamer Rasanz wird ein effektives und einfallsreiches Drehbuch abgehandelt. Fazit: Sehenswert
Moviemans Kommentar zur DVD: Das Zombie-Remake kommt welch Wunder, mit einer überragenden, eigentlich schon bonbonfarbigen Farbsättigung auf die Mattscheibe. Selbst unter der Dusche (04.20) sehen beide rotbraun aus, wie ein Hummer. Das macht die recht häufigen blutigen Szenen zur Film geworden RAL-Farbpalette. Nur gelegentlich kommt es in Hintergründen zu leichtem Grieseln und in Schwenks vor Großaufnahmen zu leichtem Ruckeln. Gras wird büschelweise und hochscharf abgebildet. Akustisch wird Bombastsound aus der Delikatessen-Abteilung geboten. Permanent ist man so tief im Geschehen rund um den Zuschauer herum, dass man gern auch etwas weniger nah dran sein möchte, so real klingt der Schocker. Egal ob die unsägliche Kaufhausmusik irgendwo in Hintergrund nudelt, oder Besetztzeichen mit dem Hörer aus dem Bildschirm heraus wandern, Schüsse fallen, die Zombies gegen Türen trommeln, es ist alles und immer rundum zu hören. Dawn of the dead ist ein Musterbeispiel dafür, wie sehr ein intensiver Filmsound den Filmgenuss mitprägen kann. Extras gab es leider keine. By the way: Was bringt jemanden dazu, das Hauptmenü zu 90% leer zu lassen und zur Bedienung kaum verständliche Icons anzuzeigen, aus denen man erst schlau wird, wenn man das "?" Icon wählt. Dann werden die Icons erklärt. Was soll dieser Blödsinn? --movieman.de
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- Seitenverhältnis : 16:9 - 2.35:1
- Auslaufartikel (Produktion durch Hersteller eingestellt) : Nein
- Alterseinstufung : Freigegeben ab 18 Jahren
- Verpackungsabmessungen : 17,1 x 13,6 x 1,3 cm; 70 Gramm
- Regisseur : Zack Snyder
- Medienformat : Breitbild
- Laufzeit : 1 Stunde und 50 Minuten
- Erscheinungstermin : 7. Oktober 2010
- Darsteller : Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell
- Untertitel: : Deutsch, Englisch, Italienisch, Spanisch, Niederländisch, Koreanisch, Griechisch, Polnisch, Mandarin, Thailändisch, Portugiesisch
- Sprache, : Deutsch (DTS 5.1), Russisch (DTS 5.1), Italienisch (DTS 5.1), Portugiesisch (DTS 5.1), Spanisch (DTS 5.1), Englisch (DTS-HD 5.1)
- Studio : Universal Pictures Germany GmbH
- ASIN : B003YJ5MWU
- Herkunftsland : Deutschland
- Anzahl Disks : 1
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 3,491 in DVD & Blu-ray (Siehe Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)
- Nr. 278 in Horror (DVD & Blu-ray)
- Nr. 1,556 in Blu-ray
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In der Regel sind ja Remakes eher lasch und völlig sinnlos, in diesem Fall würde ich das aber nicht behaupten. Zwar fehlt ihm der Charme des Originals, dennoch funktioniert der Film, SNYDER hat das mit sehr viel Witz und Humor gemacht, hat aber gleichzeitig auf Action- und Schockelemente gesetzt. Mir gefällt daran besonders, dass er es mit keinem der Elemente übertrieben hat, die Mischung stimmt und deswegen funktioniert der Film auch.
Wenn man sich das Original ansieht, das es heute leider nur noch in furchtbar verstümmelten Versionen zu kaufen gibt, fällt natürlich sofort auf, dass die Darsteller beim Remake um Klassen besser sind.
SARAH POLLEY (Ana), VING RHAMES (Kenneth) und JAKE WEBER (Michale) fand ich sehr gut, die restlichen Darsteller spielen ihre Rollen sehr solide. Oscarverdächtige Leistungen darf man natürlich nicht erwarten, aber für einen Endzeit-Horrorfilm ist das schon gut.
Der Film war ein ziemlicher Erfolg, er verschlang ein Budget von 26 Millionen Dollar, spielte aber alleine an den Kinokassen über 100 Millionen Dollar ein … da kann man nicht jammern.
Auf den Inhalt muss ich wohl nicht näher eingehen, die Story ist ja auch überschaubar, da flüchten halt ein paar Menschen in ein verlassenes Einkaufszentrum um sich vor der Zombie-Epidemie in Sicherheit zu bringen. Mehr schreibe ich jetzt nicht, klar passiert da noch was, aber wenn ich das auch schon vorweg nehme …. mach ich nicht! 😉
Mein Fazit: „Dawn of the Dead“ ist ein sehr gelungenes Remake des Klassikers aus dem Jahr 1977. Der Film ist nicht zu übertrieben, setzt auf verschiedenste Elemente und wurde von Regisseur ZACK SNYDER sehr spannend und gut nachvollziehbar inszeniert. Mich langweilen solche Filme meist ein wenig, weil sie eben nur auf Action- Schock- und Ekelszenen setzen, der hier ist anders, den kann ich guten Gewissens empfehlen.
Eine (unerklärte) Seuche verwandelt Menschen in Sekundenschnelle zu wilden, rasenden Kannibalen. Krankenschwester Ana muss Hals über Kopf aus ihrem Haus fliehen und trifft schon bald auf andere, verängstigte Versprengte. Notgedrungen bilden sie eine Zweckgemeinschaft und kämpfen fortan ums nackte Überleben...
"Bitte meiden Sie das Zentrum und suchen Sie einen Schutzraum auf!"
...und kommen dabei auf eine geniale Idee: "Wir gehen zum Einkaufscenter!"
Mit der 25-jährigen Kanadierin Sarah Polley (Das süße Jenseits, Go) als Krankenschwester Ana,
Jake Weber (Medium - Nichts bleibt verborgen) als Fernseherverkäufer Michael (mit der Synchronstimme von Rick Grimes :),
Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible Teile 1 bis 5, Pulp Fiction, The Tournament, Piranha Teile 1 und 2) als Police Officer Kenneth
und Michael Kelly (House of Cards) als fieser Kaufhauscop CJ.
"Im Fernsehen sagen sie, da hilft nur ein Schuss in den Kopf!"
In weiteren Rollen Bruce Bohne als Andy, der Scharfschütze vom Dach,
Mekhi Phifer (O, Honey, Emergency Room) als Kleinkrimineller und besorgter Vater in spe Andre,
Ty Burrell (Phil Dunphy in Modern Family) als Unsympath Steve,
Kevin Zegers (Air Bud Teile 1 bis 4, Wrong Turn, Frozen - Eiskalter Abgrund, Chroniken der Unterwelt) als Kaufhauscop-Rookie Terry,
Lindy Booth (Wrong Turn, Cry_Wolf) als nervige Nicole
und Matt Frewer (The Stand - Das letzte Gefecht) als Max Headroom, nein, Quatsch, als kranker Frank.
Regie führte im Jahr 2004 der 38-jährige US-Amerikaner Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen, Sucker Punch, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), basierend auf dem gleichnamigen Film (Alternativtitel: Zombie) und Kultklassiker von George A. Romero (1978).
"Fort Pastor ist gefallen! Keine Rettung in Sicht." - "Und die schlechte Nachricht? "
Fazit: 109 Minuten Zombie-Apokalypse mit Beißern, die sprinten (und Mad Max-Showdown). Cooles Remake und für mich Note 2
"Regisseur Snyder, der das Zombie-Genre zwar nicht neu erfindet, aber innerhalb der Eckpfeiler herrlich effektiven Grusel erzeugt, würzt seine Hölle [...] mit wohl dosierter Ironie. Etwa wenn die Helden am Anfang das Einkaufszentrum erkunden. Da dudelt über die Lautsprecheranlage die Fahrstuhlmusik-Version des Gute-Laune-Reggae 'Don't worry, be happy' - in Endlosschleife.
Fazit: Knallharter Schocker, der (fast) pausenlose Action und makabren Witz serviert." - Cinema
EXTRAS [auf der Blu-ray]: Leider absolut KEINE (im Gegensatz zur Dvd*, die ich auch habe)
Dafür gibt es Cameo-Auftritte der beiden Hauptdarsteller aus dem Original von 1978 zu feiern: Scott H. Reiniger (Roger) und Ken Foree (Peter), die beiden SWAT-Kumpel, als General bzw. Fernsehprediger - und dazu noch Tom Savini (einer der Biker und verantwortlich für Makeup und Cosmetic Special Effects) als County Sheriff.
*) Extras der Dvd: Filmkommentar mit Regisseur Zack Snyder und Produzent Eric Newman, Die verlorene Aufnahme: Andys schreckliche letzte Tage werden enthüllt 16:25, Sondernachricht: Wir unterbrechen das Programm! [absolut genial!] 21:06, Untoten-Szenen (optional mit Kommentar von Zack Snyder und Eric Newman) 11:29, Das Auferwecken der Toten 7:55, Angriff der lebenden Toten 7:25, Zerreißende Kopfschmerzen: Anatomie explodierender Schädel 5:38
"Du musst dir das ansehen. Wenn sich die Viecher am Bus festkrallen, können wir sie damit loswerden. Cool was?" - "Wow. Ich glaube, so etwas Romantisches hat mir bisher noch niemand vorgeführt."
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Bel film, remake di Zombi, ottimo cast e sceneggiatura, lo consiglio a questo prezzo, la versione Italiana costa troppo.
*****IMPORTANT***** For anybody looking at this for the first time, this is a remake of the original movie made by George Romero in the 70's.
If you are a fan of the original, I'd suspect that you would at least like parts of this movie if not the whole thing. Like any movie that is being remade, there will be a lot of things fans of the original do not like. That is pretty much the case for any remake or adaption of a book from a much loved story.
BLU-RAY: For the theatrical version, the print is made from a new HD master derived from the digital intermediate archival negative. For the Unrated version,there is a new HD master derived from the digital intermediate archival negative with HD inserts.
I watched the unrated version. I'm not sure how the original looked but this version looks excellent. The colors are very bright. It looks as if the contrast has been turned up and some of the darker area's are hard to see. But overall I like the look.
EXTRA'S: This collector's edition is loaded with extra's and gets 5 stars for them. They are:
DISC ONE – Theatrical Version: I admit it, I didn't watch the interviews on Disc One but I watched all of the extra's on Disc Two... for a review, just look below...
• NEW Take A Chance on Me – an interview with actor Ty Burrell
• NEW Gunn for Hire – an interview with writer James Gunn
• NEW Punk, Rock & Zombie – an interview with actor Jake Weber
• NEW Killing Time at the Mall: The Special Effects of Dawn of the Dead – an interview with special makeup effects artists David Anderson and Heather Langenkamp Anderson
• Deleted Scenes with optional commentary by director Zach Snyder and producer Eric Newman
• Theatrical Trailer
• Still Gallery
DISC TWO – Unrated Version:
• Audio Commentary with director Zach Snyder and producer Eric Newman
• Splitting Headaches: Anatomy of Exploding Heads - This is exactly what it says it is. It is about a 5 minute documentary on how the special effects team made the exploding heads.
• Attack of the Living Dead - This featurette highlight's 6 of the most important zombies in the movie and how and why they were hired for their parts.
• Raising the Dead - A short featurette on the make up artists and the many extra's who worked in the movie. It talks about the different types of zombies as well as how many people were needed for the job.
• Andy’s Lost Tape - This is a fictional video recording made by Andy. He's the guy who was in the building across the street from the mall. He makes the tape with the premise that he's recording his thoughts for a book. This is very well done. It incorporates all the scenes involving him in the movie. He is taping over a previous tape of his wife and daughter from the year before. It lasts about 16 minutes.
• Special Report: Zombie Invasion - This was very well done. It's almost like a mini 21 minute movie. This is shot from the point of view of the viewer watching a newscast. You have a reporter who updates you and some video clips from out in the field by investigative reporters just like you would see if the zombie apocalypse was actually happening.
While watching this, I was thinking to myself that this sort of reminded me of World War Z by Max Brooks and sure enough you see some interview clips with Brooks in these extra's.
• Undead and Loving It: A Mockumentary - This is an entertaining fictional 'Making of' documentary of this movie. In it, the zombies are assumed to be real and are being hired to act in this movie. The production team complains about the needs of the zombies and the zombies complain about wanting to get better parts in movies.
• Drawing the Dead featurette
• Storyboard Comparisons
• Hidden Easter Egg
PLOT/SUMMARY: If you are purchasing this collector's edition then you have likely seen the movie. If not and you are new to this movie, I will give a very brief summary.
The zombie apocalypse hits a small city and a group of people end up taking refuge a shopping mall. Unfortunately when they get there, there are 3 mall security people who don't trust them and take their weapons and lock them up. Eventually they get loose and turn the tables on the security guards with the help of one of the security guards who takes their side. Their only communication is with a person across the street from the mall. They communicate by holding up signs. After a few days another group of people show up at the mall and join them. One of the newcomers has a boat and a plan is hatched to escape the mall and head to a hopefully deserted island.
COMMENTS: First off, I know I am nitpicking with some of my complaints. I get it....if things were logical we wouldn't have a movie. But I don't agree with that statement. I can think of lots of ways to make a zombie movie that would be logical.
-Why did they have to go and ruin the end with the scenes during the post movie credits? They should have just left well enough alone or at least let the movie have a somewhat happy ending.
-I can't believe the survivors wanted to leave the mall. I can't think of a better place to be all things considered. They have everything they need to live. In addition, there was a gun shop across the street. They had plenty of food. Granted they would run out eventually but why rush? They could have slowly picked off the zombies until they were all gone.
-I thought that the pregnant girl disappearing for all that time would have raised some suspicions..
-I didn't like how the security cop turned from being a bad guy into a good guy. His change was just too radical.
-I think the guy in the store could have basically eliminated all the zombies if he tried.
CONCLUSIONS: I think if you are a fan of the genre then you should watch this movie. I get it... if you like the George Romero's original then you might not think this one is so great. But if you look at it objectively, say... as if the original never was made, then I think that most people would say that this version is pretty good. Ultimately I was entertained, that's what this is all about, isn't it?
RATINGS:
PLOT: 7/10 or 3 1/2 stars. I wasn't thrilled with the changes.
EXTRA'S: 10/10 or 5 stars - Everything you could want is here... and then some...
SFX: 8/10 or 4 stars. For the most part, I thought this was pretty good.
THE NEW ENDING: 2/10 or 1 star - I hated it, the credit sequence made it worse
OVERALL: 9/10 or 4 1/2 stars which I'm raising to 5 stars - Ending be damned, I was entertained.
The basic story is the same as the original. A group of people fleeing from the zombies get into a shopping mall, where they find another group of people, security guards, who are not really happy to see them. So they have to hole up in the mall while the number of zombies outside trying to get in grows and grows. Ana (Sarah Polley) a nurse meets up with Kenneth (Ving Rhames), a cop. They then find Michael (Jake Weber), Andre (Mekhi Phifer), and his pregnant wife, Luda (Inna Korobkina). They barely get into the mall ahead of a small group of zombies and then butt heads with CJ (Michael Kely), and his and his sidekicks Terry (Kevin Zegers) and Bart (Michael Barry). Later on a truck shows up driven by tough lady Norma (Jayne Eastwood), Frank (Matt Frewer) and his daughter Nicole (Lindy Booth), sexy Monica (Kim Poirier), smartass Steve (Ty Burrell), and good ol' Tucker (Boyd Banks).
Basically the movie is divided into two parts. Most of the movie the group is just trying to keep things together inside the mall. Then in the final act they make a break for it. The best bits are in that first section and what helps during the great escape attempt is that these people are not too stupid, which is quite an accomplishment for a horror film where stupidity often runs rampant. In the mall there are two intense scenes, the first involving the decision to kill one of their members who has been bit, and the second involving Luda going into labor (yes, what happens then is even worse than you can imagine). In between there are some moments of black comedy as they find way to kill time and kill zombies. Across the street at Andy's Gun Shop poor Andy (Bruce Bohne) is on the roof, all alone, able to communicate with the mall rats by writing messages on boards. There is some nice pathos with Andy to go with the black comedy of the games he plays with his new friend Kenneth. Of course, there are also a couple of memorable muzak moments involving grotesque irony.
Because this is a 2004 film the zombies have to be seriously upgraded. Forget the lumbering ghouls of the original films, because these zombies are not only faster but not as stupid. There are also a lot more of them and the film has a couple of chilling shots and sequences where we get to see wall to wall zombies (or the entire parking lot of the mall filled with zombies at night). I approve of the changes because it allows Snyder to up the pacing and the horror. There is also a corresponding upgrade of what the living at able to throw at the dead that would make ol' Hank Hill pretty happy. Add to this the effective use of the "Aliens" rule, which is that as long as what you are shooting with your big gums are not human, you can blow them to bits and the blood and gore does not really count. You know what special effects are like today and there are enough zombies getting blown away for everyone to find one or two demises that appeal to their inner warped little child. Fortunately the three principles, Polley, Rhames and Weber, are all decent people, even in the face of the end of the world as we know it, so you do not feel like you are wallowing in the depths of human degredation (besides the flesh eating zombies).
However, given what works in the film several of the DVD bonus features are pretty lame in comparison. There is "The Lost Tape" that reveals Andy's terrifying last days and basically turns that interesting character into a joke. Equally painful is the "Special Bulletin" segment, where nobody comes closer in terms of performance or effectiveness to what we get in the opening credits as bits and pieces of information about the collapses of society flash by. In contrast, the beginning of "Raising the Dead," where we see a hundred extras lined up in zombie makeup, is better than those other two bits. Then we get the director and prosthetic makeup designer David LeRoy Anderson delineating the differences between Stage 1, Stage 2, and Stage 3 zombies in terms of makeup that makes it seem like a totally reasonable way of approaching the universe. There are other features on the special effects (e.g., "Splitting Headaches: Anatomy of Exploding Heads") and a commentary track with director Zack Snyder and producer Eric Newman where they both seem rather pleased with the result, and while this remake of "Dawn of the Dead" is a lot slicker than its competition in the 21st century zombie movie category (to wit, "28 Days Later"), it does have its moments.
In essence, The Dawn of the Dead (2004), directed by Zack Snyder (S.W.A.T.) is a remake of George Romero's 1978 film of the same name, and a pretty good one, at least in my opinion. The film stars Sarah Polley (eXistenZ), Ving Rhames (Out of Sight), and Jake Weber (Wendigo). Also appearing is Mekhi Phifer (8 Mile), Ty Burrell (Black Hawk Down, Michael Kelly (Unbreakable), Matt `what the hell happened to my career' Frewer (Max Headroom) and special effects artist/director/stuntman/actor Tom Savini (From Dusk Till Dawn).
The film, set in Wisconsin (that's all we need...zombie cheese heads) opens pleasantly enough, with Ana (Polley), a nurse working in a local hospital emergency room, returning to her suburban home to meet her husband/boyfriend (I'm unsure which). They share some intimacies and then retire for the evening. Seems like a pretty good ending to a normal day...enjoy it while you can, as the morning brings forth a whole boatload of bad mojo (and zombies). As the film progresses, a small group of survivors, including Polley, Rhames, Weber, and Phifer, make their way to a local shopping mall, seeking refuge from the insanity that has ensued, as the epidemic of the dead spreads quickly. The local, still-living population is ripe for the picking, as they are still unaware of what's actually happening, and the nature of the disease, virus, or whatever...tensions run high as personalities clash and more information becomes available, and those not infected begin to understand the reality of what's happening, and also their new place on the food chain. Haphazard plans are formulated and tossed about, but how do you escape from something that's everywhere? No...this becomes an exercise in survival, and a seemingly futile one at that. Is this the end of the human race? Are we destined to become zombie chow for the ever-growing legion of the undead? It's a zombie nation, and we're the minority...
I did have fun watching this film, and thought it was done well, despite certain changes from the original. The direction from Snyder was slick, fast paced, and engaging, showing he's certainly a capable director, able to take an established storyline and infusing a certain amount of creativity, keeping most of the relevant parts, losing the outdated material from the original, while maintaining a level of respect from whence the story came. I did feel the production lost a little bit of heart from the original film (the group here never really seemed to gel as well as those in the original), focusing more on high-tech special effects rather than the character driven elements of the story, resulting in sometimes 2 dimensional characterizations (CJ the gun totin' hick, Ana the bleeding heart liberal, Michael the somewhat logical pragmatic) that you really couldn't care for if they lived or died. I thought the actors did reasonably well, but I felt they probably had little to work with, and ultimately wasted at times, which is a big difference for me from the original. There really weren't any standout performances, but I did like the guy who played Steve (Burrell), the ever-sarcastic pessimist always handy with a smarmy comment. His part was small, but memorable. I suppose the biggest difference between this film and the source was the speed of the zombies (who look really excellent, by the way). I think most of us are used to the shambling, doddering, slow as all out undead, ones we could easily evade, unless their numbers were too great. Not so here as the creatures moved extremely fast, showing excellent mobility and agility. This goes against what I would think of how a dead person would move, especially once rigor mortis begins to set. I suppose this was done to heighten the tension, which it tends to do, but it seems entirely uncharacteristic. I prefer my zombies to amble about, rather than running around like hyper children hopped up on Pixie Stix and soda pop. I did like the special effects a lot, especially those of a grand nature (do kerosene tanks really explode like small A bombs when fired upon?) Gore hounds will find sweet spots throughout, but I was a little surprised at the overall lack of visceral material (what there is is pretty intense).
The widescreen picture looks excellent, and the Dolby digital audio is clear and sharp, pretty much what I would have expected from such a recent release. Included are scads of extra features, listed here adequately enough so I won't do it again, but I did find them entertaining and worthwhile. All in all, I thought the effort was really good here, albeit superficial.
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