Rating: 
Summary: Excellent but bleak
Review: 28 Days Later is an excellent portrayal of how humans react when placed in extreme situations. The result of the removal of civilization is almost a retreat back to animal instincts. The infection itself is also intriguing due to the fact that it turns people into raging beasts. The film does an excellent job of making the viewer frightened; not in a slasher movie sense but a general feeling of unease and paranoia. The first time I saw Event Horizon made me feel similar. The acting by Murphy and others is superb. However, since the subject matter is very bleak the movie isn't exactly uplifting, but overall the film portrays the apocalyptic theme well.
Rating: 
Summary: Harmful
Review: As I said in the title Harmful. Not very stimulating, fun and if you were expecting to hide behind the sofa just through that idea out of the window. Basically one man wakes up from hospital 'unharmed' after a bomb has wiped out the everyone in England. Or so it seems. A few survivors are there to help but the rest are all mutants trying to eat their skin and so on. No plot.
No stars.
No good scenes.
No sense. Don't waste good money. Try 'The Shining'.
Rating: 
Summary: "SLEEPING BOOOOOOBY"
Review: WELL! It is a bit like Woody Allen's "Sleeper" - waking up from a coma to find that things 'have changed - somewhat' ~ then of course Vinnie the P's Version "The Last Man On Earth" in glorious black and white shot in the deserted Olympic Italian village circa 1961 is it? That's the bleakest - not forgetting Charlton Heston's odd remake... This one's somewhat predictable - and somewhat yes - enjoyable as our rainbow troupe of survivors plod their way to salvation acress merry olde england. Chilling too since labs are open prey today and lord knows what 'walks amongst us' these days. More of the plague stricken would have been fun along the lines of "Living dead of the Manchester Morgue" - but not too happy with the way Anglo-Africans are seemingly exploited in this flick .... unpleasant. The male nudity ?
Not quite necessary ...... footnote ~ anti-radiation pills are currently available [no kiddin'] should one invest???
Rating:
Summary: Disappointing...
Review: THe premise of this film made me think that it would be interesting. Clearly, I was wrong. Animal activists, contagious virus, and end of the world scenario was not enough to save this film from ruin. While I can't pinpoint anything specifically that made this film wreak, I can say for one thing that I was bored pretty much throughout. It seemed to me that this film was simply a showcase for gore, violence, and red eyed zombie freaks, unless I'm missing some deeper point. I certainly don't think that there was a lesson to be learned. This film was also problematic in many respects, and unrealistic to say the least. I doubt there would truly be a happy ending as positioned in the film if there were an unstoppable global contagion. This film conveniently leaves too many questions unanswered. How did the fighter jet pilot survive? Did a government organize itself to look for remaining survivors? How come some infected died and others remained zombies? If this film was positioned as a fantasy film it might be more understandable. But I don't think that 28 Days Later is a fantasy film. In all, this film was terribly disappointing.
Rating:
Summary: Flashing lights, red eyes, and that's about it
Review: "28 Day"s starts out well. Yes, you see "Omega Man" (not to mention the best of all - the fine 1964 Vincent Price film "Last Man on Earth") and Romero's Dead films. But there's a trippy topical newness to the start of 28 Days, as animal rights terrorists (and there are such groups) release a havoc causing virus into the British population. The jerky camera work is effective, in the short term. And up until Jim and his little group gets out of London, there is some serious dread. (The zombies are the most jacked up zombies in the horror canon.) But the movie's mixed signals start multiplying quickly. I suppose one shouldn't think too hard about the story, but the genius of Romero (and others), is that you keep it somewhat simple. For example, "28 Days" hints at Jim's Catholicism, even has some music to reinforce it, and then does nothing with it. Next, you have bike-courier Jim carrying on like a Special Forces guy, kicking both zombie and bad soldier behind. Rambo or St. Francis? One reason I rode with this split for a while, is that there were hints that there may or may not be something wrong with Jim. Was he infected in some way? A hybrid? Who knows? He certainly has his I-love-violence moments where one could draw parallels, due to the obvious direction of the film, between him and the zombies. And in one scene, he goes out of his way to seek it out. But the dots are never connected. And then there's whole second half of the movie, which is a wash. The rogue soldiers looking for women to start their new world seems pretty silly and contrived even by horror flick standards. What's also silly is how these same heavily armed soldiers can't kill a single zombie or bike courier in the movie's last 10 minutes. Jeez, these guys are soft when something bad gets in the house. The mean little kids from "Lord of the Flies" could of done more with less. So in other words, 28 Days fails for quite a few reasons. Yes, it has energy and is stylish (especially if you like strobe lights), at least for about 20 or 30 minutes. And then the virus wears off. And it's only those effective minutes that get the two stars.
Rating:
Summary: A classic...I think not.
Review: I have never, and I repeat, have never seen a movie that I completely disliked. I have seen a lot of movies in my day, and had yet to be entirely disappointed by a movie until now. I was so excited to see this movie because of all the critical acclaim, but just hadn't gotten around to renting it. I think the fact that I was anticipating this movie so much may have led to my utter dissatisfaction. I thought the movie was terrible. For one, there is no sense of time in the movie. Morning turns to night in less than what the movie is depicting as 5 or 10 minutes. I think this flaw was the deciding factor in my final judgement of the movie, though there were many others. I don't think the characters were as developed as I'd like. I don't mean that I want to know everything about them, but I would like to at least have a general sense of personality.
Another thing that I didn't like was the ending(s). I'm not going to give any details out in my review, but after seeing all the endings, I really wish they would have just ended the movie after they left the compound. They ruined it even further by writing the cheezy ending(s) that they did. Overall, the only reason I gave the movie 2 stars rather than 1 is out of pity. I don't have the heart to give an F. I guess I couldn't be a teacher.
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Summary: erie, atmospheric and thought provoking
Review: I had been told about this movie on many occations and to shut my friends up i went ahead and watched it.
I am a great fan of zombie movies especially the 80s brainless ones, what made this film diffrent from the 80s zombie flick was this was not a brainless zombie movie quite the opposite it gets the cogs in your brain turning big time, at many times in the film i thought to my self how would i cope with such a situation? could i survive? The artistic way this movie was shot is erie yet beautiful, feelings from shock to sadness, fear to happiness are felt as you journey into this film, i found my self forgetting i was watching a film and in a strange way found my self living this story with them, i felt for the characters cared what happened to them, this is a film you will not forget fast the use of Brian Eno's ghostly song "An ending" is perfectly used to capture the abstract feeling this film so cleverly radiates.
Rating:
Summary: A thriller not for the squeamish
Review: This was rivetting, even though it has some serious story flaws (what movies don't these days?). It creates suspense and intrigue while causing the audience to care about the main characters who we want to see make it through this terrible ordeal. The idea of a virus of rage may be surreal but it allows the movie to show how some people even w/o the virus behave as rageful animals toward other humans while others behave with compassion. It also makes me look at all of the violence I absorb into my mind and how it affects me. Although there are no big stars in this movie, it is well done. Like Trainspotting, by the same director, it is disturbing at times to watch but also rewarding at times. It shows the best and worst of humanity. With all that said, it is gruesome and has horrible scenes that are not appropriate for the young or those who do not like to watch horror. You will think about this one afterwards!!
Rating:
Summary: Very Original
Review: Movie is very well gone. Must buy.
Rating:
Summary: Incredibly eerie
Review: 28 Days Later was very well orchestrated movie. I haven't seen a movie so eerie since Apocalypse Now. The movie starts with animal rights activists releasing chimps that carry a very contagious virus. Well, things go from bad to worse when the virus takes over England turning everyone into zombies. Meanwhile, A man named Jim awakes from a coma discovering everyone in England dead; except for the infected people. From there Jim must find a way to keep his survival and stop the virus. The photography in this movie was phenomenal. Showing the sight of the zombies was very clever. Overall, I highly reccomend seeing this movie and I think it is the best zombie movie ever made.
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