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28 Weeks later had some big shoes to fill as 28 days later was excellent. There's not many movies that come out that I take the time and money to actually go see in a theater but this one was an exception. I left feeling like I had gotten my moneys worth as was the general consensus of those I went with. I didn't like the whole repopulating the City theme or the whole quarantined/non-cleared area issues. They would have been better off in my opinion having had successfully shut off the affected area from the rest of the world for the 28 weeks and then to have the infection suddenly leak out and begin to spread outward again. Perhaps the producers of 28 months Later (if possible) will read this and get back to what was great about 28 days later. By the way how the heck did 2 kids successfully get through all the trumped up security to get to the "non-cleared section of the city? And why would they take the risk of repopulating areas of the city so soon and so close to areas not cleared. Seems to me they would have treated that area like it had been hit with an atomic bomb! Maybe this was just average after all?Read full review
The Disease-Ridden, Flesh-Eating Rage Zombies return in '28 Weeks Later', but this time in an Apocolyptic Thriller that pits "Rage-Zombies" - VS - Innocent People and the might of U.S. Armed Forces. "28 Days Later" Director Danny Boyle and that movie's screenwriter Alex Garland serve as Executive Producers this time around. After a short prologue that sets up star Robert Carlyle as the type of spineless jerk he plays so well, the movie offers a short history of the 'Rage Virus' and how it turned its victims into Cannibalistic Zombies. Now 6 months after the first outbreak, the afflicted have apparently all starved to death. London is nearly a ghost town, the few survivors herded into a "Safe Zone". The American military is occupying the country, charged with keeping it safe as it attempts to rebuild from the disaster. Airplanes are flying in again, but instead of depositing business travelers and vacationers, the passengers are refugees returning from abroad. Teenage Tammy (Imogen Poots) and tween Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton) are among the latest repatriates, the first children to arrive and the only children in all of London. The kids reunite with their father, Don (Carlyle), the Zone's Chief Electrician, but it is not a totally happy reunion. Not only does he inform them that Mom's dead, but also they have barely become a family again before "Rage Strikes Again". Chief Medical Officer Scarlet (Rose Byrne) expresses concern at the children's arrival, certain that London is not yet ready to have the young ones added to the population. The prediction proves to be right in more ways than one, since the 'Rage-Virus' implodes the heart of the Safe Zone. The U.S. Army does not fool around, adopting a kill anything that moves attitude. 'Zombies' are unleashing and Tammy and Andy's worries skyrocket (with the rest of Rebuilding London) as they flee through the city streets. Bullets, firebombs, and chemical weapons erupting in every corner of every scene. A full-fledged Apocolypse-Battle is in-full engagement. While some snivelling minots want to draw inferences to this symbolizing 'The War in Iraq' and an oppressive America (IDIOTS).... if Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and his Co-Screenwriters Rowan Joffe and Jesus Olmo intended this as some sort of veiled critique of American Imperialism it fails. Fresnadillo simply wants to blow up things real good and that he does; for the sake of action-pulsing nightmarish horror/slaughter — the firebombing of London is extremelly impressive with flames filling City Streets and shooting up through the buildings. (Wildly Impressive Cinematography). There are elements of the original '28 Days Later' that survive: shots of an eerily empty London and the quick, chaotic editing. But unlike the first film, '28 Weeks Later' poses a new phase on what may turn into a 'Rage-Zombie' franchise? - As George A Romero started in his 'Zombie' franchise; "Rage" now sets the challenge and irony of "What can stop the Virus; but "Rage Itself"?? Good Film -- SEE THIS !!!!Read full review
The first film, 28 Days Later was a gritty dark "zombie" film about the violent nature of man and the hope of men. I of course was worried that the second film wouldn't live up to my high expectations. Well I was wrong. The focus of the film shifted to cowardice and the price you pay. Now moving on to the disc itself. The transfer was fantastic. Some parts were grainer than others due to the stock but it is a HUGE improvement over the transfer of the first film. The sound mix was a DTS-HD Master Audio track and it was loud with a nice use of the surround and the subwoofer. Buy this disc today.
While I enjoyed the first film ("28 Days Later"), I thought it was a wee bit overhyped, a little slow at parts and with the gore scenes happening so quickly you didn't dare blink for fear of missing them (I swear I went through a case of Visine after watching the film, my eyes were so dry from not blinking). Well, this sequel does for "28 Days" what "Aliens" did for "Alien," and by that I mean, it cranks up the action, ratchets up the tension, and soars by at a rapidfire pace. With the plot moving more quickly and the gore both more visible and more visceral (the helicopter vs. zombie scene is an instant classic), you have a sequel that is even better than its predecessor.
One of the better zombie movies out there and in my opinion, even better than the first one (28 Days Later), even though it wasn't considered an actual sequel, since it was a different storyline.
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