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Summary: Scary, original, and with great acting
Review: 28 Days Later stars heartthrob Cillian Murphy. I never saw him before this movie and I must say I was very impressed. He is a great actor and really shines in this film. I like the fact that the cast is mostly English and that Cillian's love interest is an African American Naomie Harris; you don't see that much these days.
28 Days is rather gory and is for a real horror fan, so if you think you're up to it then by all means see it. It is worth it and will keep you on the edge of your seat the whole time. It's got everything: drama (of course), a love story, horror, etc. AND the best thing is that the actors aren't ones you've seen over and over again (like Ben Affleck or Tom Cruise)...they're new talent! If you enjoy watching Cillian, which I'm sure you will, then you can also see him briefly in Cold Mountain.
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Summary: hate it more then anything
Review: I hate to even waste my time writing a review for this junk! But if a save one person from seeing this film it was all worth while. It's too bad they could have made this film alot better but it's to late. It's not worth the 3.00 to rent it and DON'T even think about buying it!! OK I'm done bi***ing now!
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Summary: Total garbage--DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME!
Review: I could not believe, literally, that I was watching a professionally produced movie. I thought at first that maybe someone was pulling a prank on me and had substituted some high school kid's work in the DVD box. This movie totally blows! I fell asleep after about fifteen minutes or so into it, only to wake up in another fifteen minutes, and then drift right back off to sleep. The acting is horrible, and I mean HORRIBLE. The dialogue is funny, in spite of itself. Avoid this dog, no offense to my canine friends!
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Summary: excellent 1st half horrible 2nd half
Review: To see the waifish 'jim' take out a group of trained english soldiers and kill with bare hands (very sick I might add) the same guy that threw him around like a ragdoll moments earlier in the movie got on my nerves. If the whole movie from say, the exodus from London on were deleted, I would've been satisfied. Danny Boyles had excellent vision with 28 days later.. The camera angles are simply brilliant. The introduction of the zombies is brilliant. The setting in london is incredible to watch. Unfortunately, Danny and Alex Garland focus on presenting Jim's transformation to brutal enforcer of humanity instead of exploring the full potential of what the circumstances provide for the characters. The soldiers were plain stupid. For being the ones to survive the carnage of the virus outbreak, these guys would be about as tough a bunch of soldiers as you could get. Instead Boyles makes them some rapist buffoons who Jim has no problem finishing off when he goes into pyscho mode. Its too bad the 2nd half of the movie occured. 28 days later would've been much better if they tried something different I believe. Still I highly recommend the film; it really is a high quality movie.
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Summary: DVD better than the Theatrical Release - TV more suitable.
Review: I gave this one 2 stars for the theatrical release. I give it 3 stars for the DVD release but definitely this is a TV quality movie and that is probably where it will play best - after the Ten o'clock news on Friday evening. It was even shot on video (Canon XL1S). The makers of Trainspotting have brought us a Zombie movie, only it is not a zombie movie, but it still is. The zombies here have been replaced by the infected, but for all intensive purposes they are still zombies... except they run. The premise is simple. Monkey experiments cause an infection to spread across Britain turning people rapid. Survivors try to make it to civilization. Cue lots of set pieces involving who is going to make it and who is not. The producers of this film often have posters for "The National Lottery" in various scenes as a movie in-joke gimmik. 28 Days Later has appeal in the realm of independent movie productions but certainly does not surpass the offerings of Romero or even Fulci for that matter. It has a social and psychological element that may move this into the category of intelligent horror, but at the same time the IQ drops a few points in various scenes. For example: - Why are the army so crazed to rape women only 28 Days after the holocaust? (US soldiers in Iraq will probably laugh their heads off)
- Why do characters still walk into "traps"? (You know - when a character goes for a walk on their own or drive into a dark place.)
- Why hasn't the world done something about it? (Very plausible when you think about the ending.) So some intelligence points granted - others subtract from this. Overall there is a good representation of England turned deserted except for zombies that "run" amok, some very violent scenes and a few interesting parallels between mankind and the zombies. Essentially it is a film of two halves. The first half takes place in London as survivors meet up, get killed and try to make their way to safety. The second half of the film takes place in a Military compound in Manchester. The film borrows heavily from - Day of the Triffids; man wakes up from a coma to find the world desolate, Day of the Dead; Army try to protect the survivors only to turn on them and they have an ex-soldier turned zombie to experiment on, The Stand; the scene in the tunnel is from that book. So 28 Days Later is not exactly the most original Zombie horror flick in the world, but the originality is in the direction of being more art-house than mainstream and for that it does look better than most but is still a no-brainer in the guts. I'd watch it though for the video look (Canon XL1S) that is done quite well considering you can buy this camera on Amazon for $3,529.88. Independent filmmakers will enjoy that and heck so might you.
Rating: 
Summary: Eh?
Review: Well, I thought the movie had a great and original storyline but I was not to fond with the acting and filming. In all honesty, the only good thing about this DVD is the movie's storyline and that is it, I just can't say more. You may want to give it a look.. but don't expect much.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: Absolutely loved this movie. I personally couldn't care less about the social commentary and the latent meaning behind it. The way Danny Boyle shot it was brilliant, it was kinda grainy guerilla style film making that made it masterful. Not to mention he did with about a million dollar budget.The scenes of deserted London were great. Furthermore Boyle relied on the quite atmosphere to create suspense. Absolutely amazing. But this DVD it has lot of extra features crammed into one disk.
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Summary: Awesome!!
Review: I ordered this movie on pay per-view with DirectTV.By the way which is an all day ticket! Soon as the movie starts it kind of reminds you of Resident Evil but NOT! Twenty minutes into the movies your like oh my god! It was non-stop action and it actually had my heart racing in some scenes. I would definitely recommend for those who love horror,action and grotesly awful things that make a good horror movie. MUST HAVE FOR THE DVD COLLECTION!!
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Summary: Overyhyped and overpraised...
Review: When I first saw the trailer for this film, I was elated that somebody had finally taken "zombie horror to a new level." I'm a huge horror movie buff, and I was growing tired of inane, slasher, pop-out "Boo!" bores that are being released so rapidly and being labeled as "horror" films. So I figured this film would finally be just what I needed to scare the hell out of me and keep me awake at night... ...I've had no problems sleeping since the minute the film ended. I thought this was going to be a movie that created its fear through subtle imagery; use the whole idea that what you DON'T see is what's scary. I was wrong. The first ten or so minutes of the movie are the scariest, I think, as it shows an entire city in desolation. The imagery is eerie and convincing and mildly disturbing...but it just goes downhill from there and becomes another carbon copy of everything we've seen before. The dialogue doesn't help any either. From the very start of the film, I found myself thinking, "Wow...this is cheesy!" The only "new level" this movie rises to in terms of zombie horror is that now the zombies can run instead of just walking around aimlessly. But that's nowhere near enough to make them scary... And the pace of the movie is utterly slow. One would think this would add to the suspense and tension, but it only bogs it down because you begin to realize haflway through the film that nothing is going to happen. I'll be selling this DVD very soon...
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Summary: London Calling....
Review: The specter of a nightmarish bio weapon is an even more prescient threat now than when this movie was actually produced. This alarming relevancy lends a disturbing amount of real world horror to this explicit and well cut thriller. In 28 Days, we see, with horrifying clarity, how a modern society, in this case 21st century Great Britain, can degenerate into bygone barbarism in a matter of days, given the proper catalyst. The catalyst, in this case, is a plasma based virus that is transmitted not through saliva or air, but through rage and violence. These fresh takes on the classic pathogen/zombie genre are refreshing in their patent originality, but also pass a certain sense of classical reverence to younger audiences. The virus is one of all consuming rage, where the hosts are transformed into raging distributors. This plague quickly creates nationwide chaos, and the break down of law and order is quick to follow. One man is immune to it all, as he lies in a comatose state in a London hospital. Our main protagonist, Jim, awakes to the world gone mad with stunning immediacy, and is quickly forced to adapt or survive. He begins his journey of self preservation with a group of survivors, namely Selena, a rough and tough woman who swings a mean machete. The connection between Selena and Jim is slow to develop, but they soon learn to rely on each other. Their travels continue as they meet up with new packs of survivors, including a group of well armed military men. While the troops, at first, offer comfort and an added sense of security, the hidden designs of the soldiers are soon revealed to be almost as horrifying as the infected. Jim is forced to examine his own soul and his motivations for survival in one last chilling bid for ultimate escape. The story of overwhelming despair and desperation is incredibly strong in this digital thriller. The digital filming adds an air of rapid decay, of a world gone absolutely wrong in a limited amount of time. Humans have quickly reverted to long gone Stone Age survival instincts, in order to fend off the newest class of predators. Most of the actors are amateurs, an absolute boon to the story of regular people thrown into an extraordinary situation. I loved how the script subtly examines broader aspects of humanity and its situation on Earth, never becoming an overly philosophical vehicle but deftly touching on easily connectable trends and plot twists. The DVD offers the alternate ending, including the one that rightfully should have been utilized instead of the Hollywood fantastic conclusion seen in the theaters. Just a wonderful combination of new technology with a superior script. Excellent stuff.
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