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Summary: What would you do?
Review: what would you do? well, I'd tell you what I would do. I think Salena had it right the whole time....Kill or be killed! In the end, I do think that she needed Jim, if not more than to realize that the yhad been quarantined...Anyway, if you would like to see what it's like to live in fear and under martial law once again, pick this flick up....I doubt you'd be dissapointed
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Summary: Been There, Done That
Review: I've seen this movie before, in several different versions. It starts out as "12 Monkeys" then transforms into "The Quiet Earth" and finally ends as "Day of the Dead." In fact, the entire movie is a patchwork of previous, more coherent reflections on the apocalypse. The stroylines, scenes, even characters are lifted directly from other apoacalyptic movies. Even the use of unknown actors has been done previously to achieve the illusion of ordinariness/reality. Presumably, when you don't see celebrities you think "gee, this could be me and this could really happen!""28 Days Later" is another example of patent forgery, or should I say "homage," to hit the screens and lift our hard-earned money. The marketing strategy warrants praise for boldly inflating the movie into a phenomenon, transforming a sampled set of imagery into "the scariest movie since the Exorcist." The storyline, pitting survivors against the "infected" as well as against one another, is the basis of virtually every zombie movie out there, beginning with "Night of the Living Dead." In fact, if it wasn't for George Romero's Dead series, this and other movie of its ilk would never have been imagined. Even the exploration of sociopolitical issues, such as the global economy, medical ethics, and race relations have been plumbed in other movies repeatedly and more effectively. That goes for the attempts at humor as well. None of the scenes, characters, plot points, or themes in "28 Days" have any original essence. In fact, the filmmakers hardly tried to veil their rehashed version of others' works. Their use of digital film is about the only new twist in an old drink. It doesn't help. The DVD has "alternate endings" further validating the sampled (aka plagiarized) origins of this movie. The hero is killed ala "Omega Man." The hero survives to lead a bittersweet existence ala "Planet of the Apes." But we could place our own endings in also: the hero dreamt the end of the world or had a psychotic break with reality or there was a momentary shift in the space-time continuum transporting him into another dimension. Who cares? 28 days later, you'll be wondering what the big deal was all about anyway.
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Summary: What was that?!?!?
Review: This had to be one of the worst movies I have ever seen. What ever happend to this being "The scariest movie of the summer"? All I have to say is that I was utterly disappointed, thank God that I rented it first.
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Summary: shocking horror of it all
Review: dont take my word for it you must see it for yourself. this movie is great. it will keep you on the edge of your seat the whole time wondering what will happen next. some parts are predictable but mostly it keeps you guessing. the shock factor is the best and it will make you wonder what kind of secret experiments our government does and if they went out of control. this movie is for fans of end-times or apocalyptic-type movies or just people that like to be scared
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Summary: Unwatchable Crap
Review: I wish I had my $3.99 rental fee back.
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Summary: Not Scary and Not Entertaining
Review: This movie looked a compendium of a dozen or more similar films that I've seen over the years. It was as though the writer had an idea but no clue as to how to implement it. Even if you accept the basic premise of the film, most of the action is unrealistic or unbelievable. And there are far too many scenes that don't make sense even in the context of the movie's premise. Overall not scary, not even interesting and definitely not entertaining.
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Summary: Confusing
Review: The movie begins in an animal testing lab where a group of animal rights activists attempt to free the monkeys that are imprisoned there. Just as they are about to release one, they are caught by a scientist who tells them that the monkeys have been infected with something called 'rage'. The activists scoff at the scientist and set on monkey free. The minute that happens, the monkey immediately attacks a woman, infecting her with rage.
Fast forward 28 days, and a man (Jim) wakes up in a hospital only to find himself completely alone. He leaves the hospital and sees that the streets are deserted as well. After a frantic search, he meets to survivors. Occasionally, they come across one of the undead and must kill them or else they stand to become infected themselves.
This was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The storyline was really slow and confusing. I'm just thankful that I rented it and didn't shell out money to see it in the theatre.
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Summary: Horrible, not Horror!
Review: What an incredible waste of time, I can't believe that I sat and watched the whole thing. If I could give it a negative rating I would. The real shame about this movie is that the premise is possible, making it potentially horrifying. Unfortunately, the most horrifying thing about this movie was the acting. The characters were poorly developed and the character interaction was so completely ridiculous that it made the movie unbelievable. The dialog was idiotic and so poorly delivered that I started hoping that the protagonists would be kiled, just so that they would shut up. I was really hoping that Cillian Murphy would be eaten alive, or at least knocked unconcious.
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Summary: Two stars only for the beginning.
Review: To the people who are trying to make themselves sound smart by writing about how everyone "don't get it" get over yourselves, this is not a movie that makes you think, and if you feel intelligent by watching this movie then you need to question who the real moron is. Pick up a book and read, you'll find plenty of books like this that are much better than this movie. The beginning is great, I do have to give the writer and director credit cause it really sets up the tone of the movie, your almost on edge waiting for something to happen. But then as it goes along all it does is get more and more disappointing, and that's a shame cause it had so much potential. This film is no 'Night of the living Dead' and you almost wish it was cause at least you'd actually be scared instead of sighing and waiting for another flash of the zombies, and that's all you really get are flashes, there's no real interaction with the infected and uninfected. The movie would have been much better if it were 'Night of the living dead apocalypse style' maybe if they had them fighting the zombies more and didn't have that whole "Military" thing going on half way in it would have been an improvement. The alternative endings were okay but I doubt it could have improved the movie, face it the trailers were more scarier than this film. The whole movie just started to plain suck after the beginning to be honest and I wondered if the real title of this movie was 28 days of boredom cause after watching it you feel as if 28 days have been sucked out of your life. You want a good scary zombie flick watch the original "Night of the living Dead" instead.
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Summary: The first 2/3s are great ... then
Review: This film started out wonderfully. The whole setup, mood, photography, etc. are excellent. The senses of impending doom, confusion, and loss are very palpable. Similar in some ways to The Omega Man, Last Man on Earth, Andromeda Strain, Night of the Living Dead ... and that's fine. In fact, even good - because it is very well done. The the last third at a miltary camp gets more unfocused, weirdly brutal and just strange. In fact the last third reminded me of a really bad horror film I had seen in the eighties. The film poses some great questions about morality, loyality, science ... but the last third, for me, really diminsihed what started out as a much more powerful film.
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