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Summary:
The world (as humankind has known it) is merely
a memory. In its place is the never-ending nightmare existence of us--the
living--versus them--the "walkers." What's left of mankind is cordoned off
behind the walls of a fortified city while the walking dead roam the vast
wasteland beyond. The few wealthy and powerful try to maintain an illusion of
life as it was, dwelling high above the city in the exclusive towers of
Fiddler's Green, the last bastion of the ruling class. On the streets below,
however, the remaining, less fortunate of the city's inhabitants eke out a
hard-scrabbled life, seeking what little solace they can in the vices
available--gambling, flesh trade, drugs--anything that offers even a fleeting
respite from the hell their lives have become. Both the lofty heights of
Fiddler's Green and the demoralizing lows of the city below are lorded over by a
handful of ruthless opportunists, led by Kaufman, who keeps his hands in
everything, from real estate to less above-board pursuits. To bring food and
other essential supplies to the occupants of the city and to allow the Green's
well-to-do to acquire the scarce luxury items to which they were once
accustomed, a hardened group of mercenaries--headed by Riley and his
second-in-command, Cholo--run retrieval missions outside the city, protected by
their massive armored vehicle, Dead Reckoning. Riley and Cholo, like Kaufman,
are in it for the money, which they hope to use for their own escapes--Riley to
the North, with promises of "a world without fences" and freedom, and Cholo to
the luxury of Fiddler's Green, far away from the violent life he has known.
While Kaufman and his employees concern themselves with commerce, life is
changing both within and beyond the walls of the city. Unrest and anarchy are on
the rise among the city's disenfranchised and outside, the army of the dead is
changing, evolving, learning to organize and communicate. When Cholo commandeers
Dead Reckoning, intent on extorting millions out of Kaufman and his cronies,
Riley and his ragtag group--including Slack and Charlie--are called into action
to stop Cholo and, in the process, protect the city and its population from the
growing army of evolving zombies storming its weakening perimeter
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Box Office Info:
Cast:
Simon Baker (as Riley )
John Leguizamo (as Cholo )
Asia Argento (as Slack )
Robert Joy (as Charlie )
Dennis Hopper (as Kaufman )
Eugene Clark (as Big Daddy )
Jennifer Baxter (as Number Nine )
Boyd Banks (as Butcher )
Joanne Boland (as Pretty Boy )
Krista Bridges (as Teahouse )
Pedro Miguel Arce (as Pillsbury )
Phil Fondacaro (as Chihuahua )
Max McCabe (as Mouse )
Tony Munch (as Anchor )
Directed By: George A. Romero
Written By: George A. Romero
Produced By: Universal Pictures
Release Date (US): June 24th, 2005
Length of Movie: 1h 34min
MPAA Rating: Rated R for pervasive strong violence and gore, language, brief sexuality and some drug use
Budget: $15,000,000
Opening Weekend: $10,221,705
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