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Summary: A zombie movie for adults
Review: I won't go into a synopsis of the film but, here's what I liked. The situation feels real. The film makers point out over and over that it's people who are terrifying. The more powerful scenes--explosions, piles of bodies, etc--recall real human tragedies in Bosnia, North Ireland, Rwanda. As surreal as the film gets, there's always this line that connects us to our world. Despite the survivors' horrific situation, they find joy, freedom and love at the end of the world. If you can manage to avoid the infected, the world's still a beautiful place. The survivors have friendship, family, and that freedom that comes with being the last people on earth (or so they think). Because the characters have emotion and depth, and care for each other, we actually care about them. This is quite a contrast to many modern horror films where you really hope that half the cast is killed off quick--especially that annoying one, you know which one I'm talking about. It's the intimacy and freedom that creates an ominous tension when the survivors reach their, would be, saviors. The second we met the soldiers we feel that the infected city is safer. It's not anything the soldiers do or say at the beginning. And, it's not some poorly constructed background music--the villains theme or something. It's just that the freedom is gone, and the survivors are no longer in control of their own destiny. The moment we enter the military compound we just want to get the hell out. Here, things go really bad and hesitant Jim discovers some people he really wouldn't mind killing. The audio commentary by director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland runs throughout the film and ads to your understanding of this film and the film making process--it's hidden in the alternate languages section for some reason. The "making of" feature is more than a 15 minute interview with the cast and really tells you something about the movie. If you like M. Night Shyamalan's magic realism style of horror and sci-fi (Unbreakable, Signs), you will probably enjoy this film. I would put it in my list as one of the best in the genre.
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Summary: Use your imagination... it's all the RAGE!
Review: I thought this film was extremely well done. As a skeptic of horror films, moreover a skeptic of apolocolyptic horror films, I was very much entertained by the underlying themes that littered this film. Who'd have thought a group of animal activists would incite a world-wide spread of a potentially devistating virus? Well they do and 28 days later the story that follows is excellent. "The Infected" are probably some of the scariest bad-guys I have ever seen in a movie. As an action fan, I think it's safe to say there's some comedy found in the way the un-infected dispose of the seemingly unstoppable menace that finds them in London's nooks and crannys. By the time our heroes find the source of the miltary's distress signal, the directors make it clearly evident that things are far from ok. Although Jim and company seem to be safely confined in the 47th's well secured mansion in Manchester, the man leading this group of outlandish militants seems to be as sick as the "infected." To make a long story short, good can over come overwhelming evil. And this film illustates just that. And in many ways. Before I saw '28 Days Later' I had NO IDEA that people involved with 'Trainspotting' and 'The Beach' we're involoved. Now that I have watched it a second time, I can see the similatities. I LOVE 'Trainspotting' and thought 'The Beach' was very original. If you threw these two films in a blender with 'The Omega Man' and 'Dawn of the Dead' the end result would be similar... Just see the movie, it's very good.
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Summary: The Cult Horror Flick of My Generation
Review: I am not a good review writer but I feel that the people below me know nothing about movies and they do NOT give this exquisite film justice. I am a college film and photography student currently taking a class titled "The Horror Film," so needless to say I have learned a couple of things about the genre. First of all this film is pure eye candy: from all the satrical posters scattered through the background (yes lady below me, I am an American and I did notice the background posters), to the cleaver methods of shooting through molded glass. The cinamatography of this film is so good that you can stop 28 Days Later at any momment and capture an amazing photo. Few films display this level of cinemaphotography. Second this film pays homage to the great zombie horror flics from the 70's such as The Omega Man, and Dawn of the Dead but it still adds its own new twist instead of trying to mimic them ( example: running zombies) . Infact some of the scenes within the film are near duplicates from Dawn of the Dead with new creative input. Third the cast of characters is great! The only characters that are well known by U.S. standards are the Evil General ( sorry forgot his name ) and Naomi Campbell. This destroys all biases that we normally attribute to popular actors when watching them in alternate roles. When seeing this film, one is completly unaffected by these biases and main characters role is well taken. Forth this is a great Horror film because it touches on our current fears of chemical warfare instead of some other redundant theme. The "anser to infection," is a perfect example of this theme that elevates 28 Days Later above other horror flics. Lastly, this film comments on society, and rises questions about humanity such as "Is chemical warefare our greatest threat, or is mankind its own threat." this is portrayed through the evil soldiers who are more manacing that the infected themselves. In conclusion, you should not pass this film up because you will be missing one of the better horror films of this generation. I was always jeallous of the people in the 70's that could be appart of the great cult films released during that time. Now I have my own cult flim thanks to Danny Boyle. (sorry for my horrid grammer and laguage, I just felt this film needed propper support)
Thank You
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Summary: What Real Horror is All About
Review: With 28 Days Later, a brilliant and suspensful horror movie, writer Alex Garland (of The Beach fame) and director Danny Boyle (of the Trainspotting Fame) have teamed up to bring us a modern-day experience in terror. With this film, we are given an urban apocalyptic tale that will chill you to the very bone. When a young man wakes up from a coma naked in a hospital, he soon realizes that there is something horribly wrong with the world. Everyone seems to be gone and, when he finally encounters a group of people, they seem to have turned into blood thirsty monsters. It's only when he teams up with a Selina and her friend that he learns that a virus has destroyed the greater part of England's population and turned many others into monsters. This virus is, simply put, rage. People are infected with it and turn into crazy, blood thirsty, zombie-like monsters that no longer fear anything. When Jim goes to his home and finds his parents dead, you know this movie isn't going for the cheap thrills. Instead, it tries to hit a kind of emotional terror we don't often find in Hollywood films. Some have said that the film gets out of hand in the end, when our group of survivors tries to find comfort in a band of military men who are everything but what they seem to be on the surface. But I think that the brilliance of this film is that, by the end, Jim becomes inficted with rage himself, but of a different kind. The film doesn't get out of hand, it only shows that sometimes, the human race is the one thing to fear. 28 Days Later is simply brilliant in every shape and form. It has made amazing discoveries in actors Cillian Murphy and Naomi Harris. With a minimalist score, a digital video-style imagery and very engaging editing, 28 Days Later is bound to become a modern-day horror classic. You won't see a better horror film this year. If you're looking for something intelligent and thrilling, you won't have to look any further.
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Summary: A great movie, but not for all
Review: I watched this movie after receiving extremely mixed reviews from those around me, and I was not disappointed at all. This movie was actually painful to watch in areas, with scenes involving rape, violence involving children, and very realistic gore effects. However, all of these images contributed to a final message about the shape of mankind and the philosophty surrounding our own self-importance. The movie was flawed, yes, with some shaky dialogue and a slew of scientific nitpicks, but overall a very effective peice of art. My best advice about this movie is to see it despite the mixed reviews around you. It's worth seeing at least once to flesh out your knowledge of movies. It will at least help you learn about others' opinions.
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Summary: 28 days
Review: whoever decided to make a low budget movie and thought it would make alot of movie quick, was very correct....this movie was promoted to be, scarier than the ring. It dindt even come close. This movie sucked so much, i left the theatre and demanded my money back, before i got a hour in to the movie......i think the producer and director should never make a movie again.....if i could give this movie no stars on this review, i would give it negotive 10 stars....
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Summary: Paradox and irony embedded in gore horror
Review: Several horror and SiFi movies in the past decades have tried to show us how an scenario would be if man kind is suddendly struggled by fatalistics events like a world war or an epidemic but as far as I've seen this is the first movie that sucessfully combine scary creepy gore-horror, current political arguments and a truly insight into the human nature when actual extreme situations that can truly drive to madness are the day-to day living circunstances. By watching this movie almost by sure you'll bring back to mind the higly acclaimmed "The Omega Man" plot. I think of "28 days later" as a valid updating of that storyline with cleaver adaptations to the new century postmodernistic horrorizing envision of epidemic ocurring in a current european social enviroment. Even when most of the plot turns around the 28th day and subsequents after the epidemic begun and extended, the starting scenes shows how ironically an epidemia can be wide spread and become out of control, then becoming the prelude to horror massification. Multiple accounts during the film are made to propagation days, causing that even without explicitly be watching the facts, the suspicion is omnipresent during all the film becoming quite horrorizing. The storyline is solid and having even a political and social insight, all wrapped in the most ferocious irony and black humor that have distinguished Boyle's movies ("trainspotting", "shallow grave" among others) in cool combination with gory creepy flashes of rage zombies-like persons ("sicked" people infected by a highly infectious form of rabies that was enpowered in a renowned researching laboratory, from which emerged to the outside to become an epidemic) These parts remember some of the best gore horror films ("night of the living dead", "evil dead" among others). Describing this movie in short word could be: an awakekning to a nightmare where shall you survive day to day to the attacks of the rabies infected people... and ironically to the "normal" too, ignoring completely that reaching the quarantine end may be your only hope to leave alive... but may it be? All will depend on that you take any measure to achieve it.
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Summary: waste of time and money
Review: I bought this movie because i love zombie movies, and this one got great reviews. Dont be fooled, this is by far the worst movie ive seen in a VERY long time. The worst part is i probably never got past the first hour, even though it felt like i had been sitting there for an eternity. I just kept wondering when it was going to either pick up and turn into the amazing movie everyone claimed it was or finally come to an end. The characters(i cant remember their names, thats how bad of a movie this is) were badly under-developed (but perhaps they got more into that later im not sure), and the dialogue was just awful. Nothing about this movie was the least bit surprising nor frightening. And the story moved along rather slowly. This movie is just a waste of money, i really regret buying it, so if you must see it, just rent it(although i dont even recomend that).If its a decent zombie movie you want, watch resident evil, dont even bother with this one.
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Summary: Wow
Review: It's amazing how crappy movies are being made nowadays. This movie was SO predictable, i watched it with a friend(a zombie fan) and he thought it was awesome and bought it right away. And it sucked. This goes on the worst movies list of 2003 with Dreamcatcher, They, and feardotcom. Don't Waste your time!
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Summary: Chilling and poses a potential truth
Review: Like it or not, well know scientists are testing infectious diseases every day in their labs. This movie shows one to the extreme when exposed. You need to pay attention to the details. What happens is that an innocent group of animal environmentalists break into a lab that is testing on chips. Security finds them and then warns them. They do not listen, but instead try to free the chips. All hell then breaks loose. The virus that these chips possess quickly spreads, turning innocent people onto other innocent people. The game is now survival; you are trying to save your own self. I see that a hidden message from this film is to resolve your hatred and differences with others because you never know if you are going to have to depend on these people in case of a crisis as this movie showed. The bottom line is that hatred and rage do not solve anything; they only add to the pot that is stewing. Forgiveness heals not only yourself, but your neighbors as well.
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