Sunday 1 November 2015

Weekly Film 4 (Dawn Of The Dead)


Dawn Of The Dead is a 2004 film in the Action, Horror and Sci-fi genre. It was directed by Zack Synder and was written by James Gunn. It's cast includes Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Webber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly and Lindy Booth. It features the themes of survival, masculinity, brutality, gore and cannabalism all of which by just reading the title you can tell with be featured a lot throughout the whole film. 

Ana, a young nurse finishes her day-shift at the hospital to return home to her beloved husband. The next day, after her husband is killed by her neighbour next door, he suddenly comes back to life. She discovers the chaos happening in her neighbourhood and escapes from her home. Soon after coming to her senses , she encounters a cop and other survivors, they decide to find safety in a mall. Soon more survivors come, and they learn that if they want to stay alive, they should stick together as the world is overrun by an army of undead. Can they survive the horror in this horrific global chaos? When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.'

The film was a remake of the original 1978 version. The 2004 version had a budget of £17.1m and made £67.5m in the box office. I thoroughly enjoyed this film because it was based around the supernatural and I feel the narrative was very good. The characters are trapped in a shopping mall which I think was a very creative idea because it gives the characters less choices and chances to escape which is useful to build the characters. 

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