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Summary: The best of the trilogy
Review: I do have all three of George Romero's "zombie" series but I believe Day of the Dead is the best of the three! I have watched this one quite a few times and although it does not give the novice the thrills that the original one gives it is still the best when it comes to suspense and thought provoking ideas. The series revolves around a pitiful gang of humans remaining and living in an underground bunker somewhere in Florida. They are not the scared and dissoriented people of the first two movies. They are actually a disturbing and pathetic gang full of desperation for a better life but lacking the ability to stop fighting and join forces to find a way out of their problems. In other words a good description of humanity today. The zombies are definately more frightening than in the other two movies and they also seem more inteligent too. There are subplots and twists in the story that surprise even the guru in suspense movies! As the movie develops you almost wish the zombies get done with all the characters in the movie (well, almost all) in order to stop seeing the things they do to each other. There are a few characters you do care about and even a very unlikely character that displays more humanity than the rest of the group put together but the way the movie develops you must watch it close to the end to see what I am talking about! Anyway, I am not here to spoil the movie for those that have not seen it. It does stand by its own as a movie so even if you do not care to see any other of the series (something I would NOT recommend since all of them are excellent) you can still watch this one without feeling you missed something! For the gore (fans) there is plenty of this to satisfy the eye and the soul! The music score is excellent too. In a sum an excellent movie for the ones who like this type!
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Summary: Nightmarish.
Review: This movie is awesome, just as good as dawn of the dead. Sick, terrifing, nightmarish. Overall: AWESOME.
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Summary: Very Gory and Very Dramatic Performance
Review: Well first let me say that I am a fan of zombie movies and although this is not my favorite zombie movie, it certainly ranks high in the charts. For me Day is the best in series, (although the Night of the Living Dead Color verson is pretty cool too.) But for me this film presents something interesting that you rarely find in a film. Which is how do you solve such an impossible task ? You can't leave the bunker, you can't stay because you drive one another crazy and there doesn't seem to be anyone left. To top it all off, not all of you can fit in your ride. I did find the soldiers to be repulsive but I think to some extent Romero probably got this one right. I liked Logan he definately suited the roll of a nut job trying to do something that couldn't work at all. I give it five stars because if you are new to the film then it has alot of twists to the plot IF and only if you give it chance. If you've seen it even a hundred times there are things in it you miss that help you to appreciate a film like this before. The nice thing about this film is unlike the rest of the series it ends on hopeful note.
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Summary: DAY OF THE DEAD: The Greatest Horror Movie Ever!...
Review: Day of the Dead in my opinion is quite simply: The Greatest Horror Movie The World's Ever Known! It is unquestionablely better than Dawn of the Dead! Yeah, I said it! Even the "Lord of the Modern Zombie", himself, born and bred in New York, George Andrew Romero said so!
The third and(for the time being) final entry in the ever popular, seminal,"Dead Trilogy" is the most compelling, most incisive and just plain most horrifying and graphic film in the zombie saga.
It is a dark and dreary, ultra-bloody tale about what-might-be the last surviving members of the human race, consisting of civilans and army soldiers who take refuge in an underground bunker; fomerly a government storage facility.
From the start feelings between the civilans and the military men
are volatile. Everybody has came down with a severe case of cabin fever. All stressed out souls inside the subterranean dwellings are powder kegs ready to go BOOM!
Things within the group go from very bad to truly disasterous once the army captain, named Rhodes(played masterfully maniacal by Josef Pilato) decides to throw everyone into a dictatorship, with him being the man brandishing the iron hand.
Of course the civilans will not let the tyrannical actions of Rhodes go unchallenged, and that's where the head ripping, eyes gouging, guts spillin, throat tearing, brain blowing, flesh eating, torso pulling, carnage(courtesy of Tom "The Gore Genius" Savini) begins!
Day of the Dead is an absorbing allegory about man's ihumanity towards his fellow man, even in adverse times when he needs
his fellow man the most.
It is about what happens when all sense of decency and rules of cilvilaty are flushed right down the freakin' toliet, inducing people to indulge in the savage, primal urges which lurks deeply within.
Throughout the Dead Trilogy Romero has brilliantly demonstrated the irony of how as the saga progresses the once frightening zombies have become less scary and intimidating;in fact you even begin to feel empathetic to their plight. This idea culminates in "Day", personified in the picture's main zombie Bub.
While on the other hand, the automatic sympathy showered upon the humans at the genisis of the Dead trilogy, soon descends to apathy by the end of the series.
By the time "Day" arrives mankind is no longer the cowering, confused, panic stricken animal that is running scared in Night of the Living Dead, but a vile, heartless, selfish, boorish, predjudiced, power-hungry, rabid dog which needs to be put to sleep.
This film of films is clearly George A. Romero at his finest. His writing has never been more cerebral. Visually he was at the top of his game. Acting-wise this was as good as it gets, Romero had selected a genuinely talanted cast who all gave top notch, indelible performances. Particularly, Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Sherman Howard and(ladies and gents one more
time)Josef Pilato.
Nearly twenty years after the fact, the groudbreaking, insanely gruesome FX amazingly still stands the test of time.
John Harrison's score is a beautifully unique, innovative, pieces of profound music.
As much as I would love to see another addition to the Romero Dead saga, I would be just as happy if Mr.Romero decides to when it's all said and done, to leave his Dead Trilogy--a trilogy. DAY OF THE DEAD:THE GREATEST HORROR MOVIE THE WORLD'S EVER KNOWN!...
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Summary: Bub's Advice on Shaving and Survival in a Zombie World
Review: Day of the Dead, the third install in the Night of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead trilogy, meshes the brilliance of George Romero with the effects mastery of Tom Savini in a gruesomely delicious sight spectacle. It harbors many of the elements Romero fans are accustomed to, building upon the human drama meshed into the previous films and pitting 12 survivors within a hopeless situation, one that consumes flesh and outnumbers the living 400,000 to 1, while adding a dose of the horrific in previously unseen proportions. With hope depleting and the cause of the dead walking the earth still undetermined in every way save speculation, a scientific/civilian research team with a military accompaniment tries to ascertain the best rout possible to confront the undead dilemma stalking the earth. While one portion of the team focuses on "a more esoteric" cure that will wipe out the problem, another researcher fittingly dubbed Dr. Frankenstein conducts experiments that will "make them behave," lessons pitting classical conditioning against the decaying mind. He, along with his star pupil, Bub, show some progress, with Bub remembering some portions of his old life and, more importantly, not acting aggressively when the Doctor enters the room and trying to feast upon him. Still, is this a breakthrough or merely the ranting of an insane mind and, more importantly, is there enough time to find results before rifts amongst the humans become more dangerous than the undead threat itself? To me, Day of the Dead is well worth the watch and is, quite possibly, one of the best zombie movies to ever grace the cinematic eye for a few reasons.
First, it presents zombies in their normal forum, that of shambling terrors bent of the consumption of their breathing counterparts, while also giving them a makeover of sorts. Instead of merely ingesting the living, it also hypothesizes that the dead obviously have the ability to reason is some fashion, a theory touched on in the other portions of the trilogy but "fleshed out" a bit here. With the introduction of Bub and a few other test subjects, we can see the effects of conditioning on the zombie mentality, echoed through Bub's "doing tricks" by playing with a tape recorder, with the use of a telephone, and so on. We also see it with one of the other test subjects as he is punished by the doctor for reacting aggressively, forced to ponder the situation in the obviously unwelcome dark and calming because he obviously doesn't like it. Still, there is something more reflected here as well, a sort of crude understanding and cognition being brought into question that asks exactly how much of their old lives the walking dead recall, not to mention if they can learn or not. The memory portion can be seen in Bub's reaction with his weapon and with his salute to an army uniform, showing that he, in some ways, was connected to this in his former life. The learning portion can also be seen in an earlier scene that takes place in the laboratory, one that shows a zombie watching another aggressive member of its kind as its head is drilled open. Here, it opts to change its flesh-eating tune and skulk into the background, not wanting this treatment as well. Second, the movie combines many of its effects to birth a terribly grim realism that adds to its horrific appeal. Unlike most movies addressing the issue of a plague of teeth and the subsequent need for survival, Day of the Dead shows us much of it from a human prospective. The surreal dream sequences coupled with the terrible "reality" scenes show the viewer a stark reality that is, in many way, terrifying. We see people as they crack from the strain, making mental mistakes that, in turn, become costly. What's more, we are reminded that the zombies cannot be rationalized with, that they consume at any given time, and that will everything becoming rosy in the end is merely some delusion of the ignorant. Outnumbered 400,000 to 1, the outlook is one that cannot be "fine" again. Third, the quality of the actors playing the zombies is breathtaking. To ponder this, I have to ask you to forget the main actors for a second and focus your mind on the support cast that the movie is truly about. While doing this, ask yourself how often are they really believable as they slink through their motions? Most of the time the dead are merely that, emotionless husks that shamble and falter, either eating or dying at a whim, cast as a sea of extras and nothing more. Here, they do much more than that, showing anger, hesitation, and, in the case of Bub, a variety of other emotions that even includes grief. There's even a scene with Bub where I felt sympathy for his outraged plight, not something I'm normally asked to ponder in the course of the dead consuming the living. Still, this only ripples the waters and doesn't touch all facets to this multidimensional film. Graphic depictions of flesh eating, violent manifestations of torso rending and disembowelment, angry white women and the one armed lovers they keep, an alcoholic support character in a land full of zombies and a strong character that isn't white are only a smattering of what's worth seeing here. Besides, when you get down to it, you never know when a good survival guide might come in handy.
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Summary: W.O.W
Review: All I have to say is WOW!!! Day of the Dead is Definatly #1 on my list of Zombie Flicks!!! I have often been told that Dawn of the Dead is a much better movie, but I totally disagree!! The Zombie's makeup, the story, and the actors are all much greater than those of Dawn of the Dead. Buy the movie when 'ya can. Definatly a classic in it's own.
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Summary: Great ending to the Trilogy
Review: This film was a great ending to George A. Romero's trilogy showing the zombies slowly taking over the world. A definite classic. Anchor Bay is releasing a new version of the film next summer (2003).
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Summary: it's not Dawn of the Dead, but still worth watching
Review: A lot of reviews I've read say that this isn't worthy of the series from which it's derives. This film is certainly not as scary/entertaining as Night and Dawn, but is still well worth watching. Okay, to be honest this movie is by all means not even close to as good as the first two. When compared to them,it looks worse than Divine's dog [stuff] in Pink Flamingos. But come on, if you're a fan of zombie movies give it a shot. It's a shame Romero didn't get a better budget for this film. Rumor has it, his original script was the "Gone with the Wind" of Zombie movies. Frankly my dear George, I don't give a [toot].
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Summary: Na, Not really that good.
Review: I seen this movie because of these great reviews written about it here at Amazon, but i was disapointed. It seems most of these reviews come from horror film lovers and Romero groupies. The music sounds like it should have been played in A Dance Hall rather than a horror movie, and believe this music plays through the entire movie! The characters babble on endlessly and really create no plot or interest in the story and through the first half of the movie you are just waiting for zombies to show up.
The only reason i am not trashing this movie completely is the zombies were genuinely realistic and the flesh eating was spectacular to watch (but what else can you expect from Romero).
Stereotypical 80's horror movie that avid fans will enjoy, but people like myself who just wanted see a good ol' flick, pass it up.
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Summary: The best zombie movie ever no question about it.
Review: I have always been a zombie freak and I loved the whole George Romero trilogy but Day of the Dead was by far the best. The storyline of Soilders and Scientics in a underground missle silo waring with each other over what there next move will be is awsome. Captain Rhodes is the cocky and sadistic leader of the soilders and he rules with an iron fist. You love to hate him. Then you have Sara the compassionte and caring and in my opinion the smartest of the science team because she wants to find a way to reverse the problem. You also have Dr Frankinstein as everyone refers to him a lovable but demented man who has the big idea of taming the flesh hungray dead by rewarding them with human flesh for not eating him. I just had one question for him. They hadnt been able to communicate with anyone around the country for a very long time (in my estimate at least 6 months)so if he was succesful in domesticating more zombies than just Bub there wasnt enough people out there to do it to the millions of zombies that roamed the land. He even said the ratio of living to dead was 400,000 to 1 Dawn of the dead was the film that most people said was the best of the trilogy and it was superb but Day of the dead had much better looking Blood and gore effects plus in my opinion Day had a better storyline. It is very grim and bleek but it has that hope that humanity can still be saved and that is all you need for a great zombie movie. I thought the acting was very good and the story never lagged. Plus the last 20 mins of this movie will leave you on the edge of your chair. There is talk now that George has wrote the script for the last installment of this series and it is going to be called Dead Reckoning. I really really hope that with all these big budget brainless horror movies that are getting made that some big company will give him a big budget and let him finish this series with a blast. 5 Stars here. This is my favorite horror movie of all time.
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