Specifically, in stating that Dead Rising didn't crib the anticonsumerism theme of Dawn of the Dead, Judge Seeborg found the zombie game devoid of any social commentary at all. Dozens of zombie movies and games the publisher introduced as exhibits to establish genre conventions were thrown out because Capcom submitted them with synopses pulled from the user-editable Wikipedia.Īnd when the judge did agree with Capcom, it wasn't always in a complimentary way.
While the judge determined that a review of the movie and the video game revealed "profound differences," he didn't side with Capcom on every issue. Dead Rising's use of the word "hell" references the tagline for Dawn of the Dead's release ("When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.").
Both works use music in the mall for comedic effect. Both works are a parody of rampant consumerism. Both works feature the creative use of items such as propane tanks, chainsaws, and vehicles to kill zombies. Both works feature a subtext critique of sensationalistic journalism through their use of tough, cynical journalists with short brown hair and leather jackets as a lead male character.
Both works are set in motion by a helicopter that takes the lead characters to a mall besieged by zombies. The mall is located in a rural area with the National Guard patrolling its environs. The mall has a gun shop, in which action takes place. Both works are set in a bi-level shopping mall. Rather, the few similarities MKR has alleged are driven by the wholly unprotectable concept of humans battling zombies in a mall during a zombie outbreak."Īccording to the judge's decision, The MKR Group listed the following principal similarities between Dawn of the Dead and Dead Rising: Last month, United States Magistrate Judge Richard Seeborg granted Capcom's motion to dismiss the suit, saying that The MKR Group (the producer's company) "has not identified any similarity between Dead Rising and any protected element of Dawn of the Dead. However, once the complaint got before a judge, the producer's case fell apart like the rotting, fleshy husks at the still-beating heart of the dispute. Romero's Dawn of the Dead filed suit against Capcom, claiming the zombies-in-a-mall action game Dead Rising ripped off the classic 1979 horror film. Earlier this year, the producer of George A.
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