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Summary: JOLLY OLE ENGLAND?
Review: Although there are certainly some tense moments and a few really disquieting scenes, Danny Boyle's 28 HOURS LATER loses something in the end. Some of the camera work and imaginative editing are really effective; the acting overall is good. Naomie Harris and Cillian Murphy are very durable in their leading roles; Brendan Glesson and Megan Burns lend fine support as Frank and Hannah. The movie loses its steam once it hits the soldiers camp and the typical, cliche characters perform in their expected macho madness. By the time the film reaches it's all too predictable ending, one feels a little left out. Many reviewers said that this film is not a "horror" film; than shame on 20th Century Fox for marketing as the scariest movie ever made.
On the DVD, the deleted scenes show they should have been, and the three alternate endings are worthless, too. The third one is nothing more than the storyboard with overacting hamminess from director Boyle and screenwriter Gardner.
The movie does have a message, but as far as really frightening, it only has it's moments.
RECOMMENDED WITH RESERVATIONS.
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Summary: Excellent movie. Disturbed me for days.
Review: Rarely, and I mean very rarely do movies have the ability to scare me. But 28 days later, in it's amazing combination of sound sight and emotional relevence, pulled it off. Set in post apocolyptic Britain, our hero Jim is given the daunting task of surviving in a world where: A: most everyone is dead and B:the survivors are hell bent on killing him. However, he does succeed in meeting some survivors who do not have the intense desire to kill him, and the movie goes from there. For some reason Danny Boyle taps into my personal deep fears of the downfall of society. It attacks your emotional fears instead of relying on an assault of blood and gore. The film has so many underlying themes, it would be a waste to try and describe them all. It was one of the greatest movies I have ever seen.
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Summary: One of the worst movies ever
Review: Do not bother. This movie has nothing to offer.
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Summary: Far more then your average horror movie
Review: It's rare to find a horror movie that is truly unsettling and frightening these days. It's so easy to be jaded by the blood and gore of the Freddy/Jason type slasher films...that when a movie like "28 Days Later" comes along, that does indeed have it's share of gore associated with it, but also has an actual intelligent storyline underneath it all, that it's no wonder so many people were excited by it.The basic premise: a bunch of primates infected with the fictional "RAGE" virus are somewhat accidentally released after a break-in at an animal testing facility in England. 28 days later, the cities are all but deserted and in ruins. The movie then follows the progress of a handful of survivors as they search for others who are uninfected. and try to make sense of what exactly has happened. Going into this, i honestly expected the usual zombie movie...but this is far more then that. The depth of the storyline and the acting by everyone involved is wonderful, and leaves me wondering if some of the people giving this film a terrible review, actually saw the same movie as i did. There is a twist to this that i will not get into, other then to say it was a brilliant move in steering the film away from a typical "zombie-fest". As an avid horror movie fan, i am always thrilled to see a movie go in the less obvious directions, as this one does. the final act of the movie, is actually almost like a completely different film. focusing more on the remaining characters, and their inner relationships, then on running from the monsters. but there are still plenty of monsters...just not in the shape you might have expected. The director,(the amazing Danny Boyle of "Trainspotting" fame), sets a tone of dark, and ominous paranoia early on...as one of the main characters wanders down the deserted streets, finally making his way into a church, and seeing hundreds of dead bodies piled up in front of the alter. And he maintains that sense of dread through-out the film. There is a sequence towards the end of the film that is truly frightening...where one of the characters is on the outside of a house, and sets in motion a chilling series of events, and watches it all unfold, going from window to window. The effect of this scene...thanks to the direction, lighting, and even the music, stays with the viewer long after the film has ended. The true test of a great horror movie, as with all great movies in general...is that it stays with you long after you've seen it. This is especially true of "28 Days Later". it's a film to be watched more then once, to fully appreciate the underlying horror of the story.
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Summary: gave me nightmares for weeks afterwards
Review: let me preface this by saying that movies don't generally scare me like this. there are always too many fantastic elements that make it hard for me to suspend my disbelief (aliens, monsters, ghosts, etc.). however, the premise for this film, though their were a few plotholes here and there, hit a bit closer to home than other films of this genre. an outbreak by a dealy virus created by the government is much scarier and believable to me than a spaceship crashing on a planet teaming with hostile aliens (though i enjoy those movies too). i especially appreciate that the filmmakers realize that it's what you DON'T see that is the most frightening, and resisted making this into a typical zombie gorefest. this is a great film, and while it is a bit morbid, i think it's ultimately an optimistic film, which is why i wasn't as perturbed by the ending as some other folk seem to have been. this movie had my grim imagination at work for long afterwards. standing in crowded supermarket lines or in the cafe at lunch, i'd wonder how long it would take for the infection to spread through the crowd, and how people would react when it did. maybe that says a bit too much about me. anyway, they skipped over the first 28 days of infection in the film, and left that to your imagination. a final thought: selina alludes to news reports (while there still were news reprots) that there were reports of outbreaks in new york and paris. sequels perhaps? naaaaa.
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Summary: Not that scary, but it does work as a drama.
Review: As a horror film, "28 Days Later" is only so-so. Its not that scary, the "zombies" do alot of chasing but no flesh eating; there made for TV movies that are scarier than this film. However, there are some genuinely tense moments in this movie and the acting and general plotline are very good. Don't buy into the "alternate ending" hype, its not worth getting the DVD just for that.
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Summary: 28 days long
Review: What an excellent premise with an excellent sound track, excellent cinematography, and excellent atmosphere. But the movie jumped over some prime opportunities for scares! It just lacked punch!!! This movie is ofcourse comparible to Night of the Living Dead. But lacked so much of what the latter had! I wanted to see more attacks on people. I wanted to see the "Infected" attack each other from time to time. Why were they only after the non infected? If they were infected with rage why were they so discriminate? I wanted to see cannibalisim! I wanted to see non infected people getting mauled by mobs of infected! They didnt make the situation seem hopeless enough because the infected lost almost every encounter with the non infected! It annoyed me that the infected only attacked at night. More bodies strewn in the street. I wanted gory details!And unfortunately it fell very short.
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Summary: excellent film -- warning: extremely violent and gory!!!
Review: In the opening sequence, a trio of animal rights activists invade a lab determined to free the poor defenseless chimps. A lab worker implores them not to, as the chimps are infected with murderous rage. The activists ignore him and let loose the chimps. The first victims are themselves. Within 10-20 seconds, they have changed permanently into murderous infected demons. Jim is lying in a London hospital when, 28 days later, he wakes up to find the entire city evacuated and full of trash and abandoned cars. He goes into a church, sees some people and shouts "hello". which results into a demon priest and several others chasing him till they are shot by other survivors, Mark and Celina. Here Jim joins them and learns precisely what has happened, and what they need to do to survive. Celina makes it clear she will leave them behind "in a heartbeat" to ensure her own survival. In time, they meet Frank and his daughter Hannah, a really nice pair. Frank knows of a gathering of survivors north of London but has not risked going for fear that he dies and Hannah is left alone. In a team, he deems it is safe. They can join the survivors and fend of the demons till they naturally perish from starvation and the elements. The movie struck me a bit as human nature and the will to live, even at others' expense, magnified many times over. At one point, Jim, who is incredibly gentle, is asked who he has killed, because he would not still be alive if he hadn't killed someone. He is ashamed of what he has done to ensure his own survival. But when put to the task of saving his friends from a fate even worse than being chased by infected demons, he draws on resources no one knew he even had and proves that he can ensure his own survival while saving those he cares about.
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Summary: Unoriginal and formulaic
Review: The premise of 28 DAYS LATER is excellent -- too bad it's not original. Borrowing heavy from such horror classics as THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and Stephen King's THE STAND, this movie only succeeds in retelling an old story. A deadly monkey virus named The Rage is accidentally released into the public and only a few individuals survive. While the structure of human society is virtually destroyed the survivors must fight against the remaining infected that aim to kill. As the survivors fight for their lives they travel from London to Manchester in hopes of joining a military group who promises an end to the virus. But upon arrival the group realizes that things are not what they seem. Unfortunately, the unfolding of the plot left little to the imagination. I was especially troubled during the scene when the survivors tried to drive through the underground tunnel on their way to Manchester. Anyone who has read THE STAND should well remember the scene of the Lincoln Tunnel in NYC and learn the obvious lesson to not travel in tunnels after an apocalypse, as bodies, vehicles, and unknown creepy things exist in the dark. The remainder of 28 DAYS LATER movie left little to the imagination and was uninteresting. I really wanted to enjoy this movie, but I rather felt disappointed.
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Summary: Night of the Living Dead remake
Review: I thought that the movie could have been a lot better. The acting was somewhat to be desired but it did have a couple of shocking moments. It reminded me to much of night of the living dead with a little twist on the zombies.....rage..... I thought that Night of the Living dead was far better. God I hope they don't make a sequel to this movie.
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