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Dead by Dawn is like the 1927 Yankess


In most B movies, you get one very hot chick, possibly two if you are really lucky. In Dead by Dawn, you get three of the most stunning and gorgeous women women that God ever created all in one kickass movie. You get here the very women that brought down a CEO(Jodie Fisher and Hewlett Packard's Mark Hurd), defended a Governor against some of the most vile sexual harassment charges ever leveled(Cassandra Gava and Arnold Schwarenegger) and bedded two of the biggest cultural icons in American history(Shannon Tweed with Hugh Hefner and Gene Simmons) This is the best lineup(and the most stacked ) since the '27 Yankees or the '86 Boston Celtics,

And while we're on the subject, the men in this movie are no slouches, though they definitely play second fiddle to the babes, Ted Prior plays one of the sleaziest villians in recent memory and Bill Ferrell plays the dupe about as well as anyone. The scene where Bill tells Shannon he slept with her best friend is nothing short of brilliant, though the makeup and wardrobe people ought to be crucified and hung for letting Ferrell wear what are arguably the ugliest boxer shorts in cinematic history. In other scenes, Ferrell evokes a younger Robert Mitchum,

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I am a HUGE Boston Celtics fan...but I have to say that this lineup more resembles the 2010-11 Heat than anything else. 3 stars. Each with their own appeal. And noone will deny the Heat they bring! Haven't seen it yet, but Ms. Foster has me itchin' to grab the DVD.

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Wow...people are really taking the sports analogy pretty seriously. Since this is a B movie, I would say that this movie reminds me of those underdog, underachieving sports teams(think Billy Bean's MoneyBall Oakland A's)

It is pretty wonderful to see so many gorgeous women in one movie. I would have loved to have seen Pam Grier in this movie---then this would have been an instant classic....If you love B or cult movies, Dead is a masterpiece of the genre.

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