Steve Barnett, Mark Canton, Neil Canton, Bernie Goldmann, Peter Grunwald, Dennis E. Jones, Ryan Kavanaugh, David Resnick, Lynwood Spinks, Silenn Thomas
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Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy, Eugene Clark, Joanne Boland, Tony Nappo, Jennifer Baxter, Boyd Banks, Jasmin...
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In Theaters:
24 June 2005 USA
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Universal Studios, Argentina Video Home, Bontonfilm, Frenetic Films, Pan Européenne Distribution, Paradiso Entertainment, Paradiso Home Entertainment, RTL Entertainment, United International Pictures, United International Pictures, Universal Home Entertainment, Wild Bunch
Some time ago, a catastrophe destroyed much of human civilization. The recently dead, for an unknown reason, had returned to life and took the lives of the living. These "zombies" multiplied rapidly by adding to their ranks with every new victim. Several years later, the dead greatly outnumber the living. Many of the living in the vicinity have fled to the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where a feudal-like government has taken hold. Bordered on three sides by a large river and on the other by an electric barricade, the city has become a sanctuary against the undead threat. Fiddler's Green, the center of this city, is where the rich and powerful live in luxury while the rest of the population in the city lives in poverty.
Paul Kaufman rules the city with an iron fist and overwhelming firepower. Kaufman financed the construction of Dead Reckoning, a heavily armored vehicle that can venture out into the world of dead with relative ease. Armed with heavy remote-controlled external machine guns and video cameras to spot zombies on the sides, Dead Reckoning primarily functions as a moving fireworks display base: zombies are fascinated by fireworks, and, just like humans, will stare up at the sky gaping at them while ignoring the humans moving through the streets around them.