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Summary: A Misleading Movie That Overwhelmingly Let Me Down
Review: As an avid movie critic,
I found this movie to be dull and the least bit original. To begin with this must have been written years before the world became technological. Also if you want a good scary movie don't purchase this, it isn't at all. It has not ultimate climax, if anything the introduction is the highlight of the movie and from that point it begins to go downhill. The "zombies" or "infected" look so fake and were so poorly developed that they ended up looking like psychotic nutcases. I was attracted to this movie because it is british, and british film makers have a unique way of capturing their audience. This movie failed to do anything to me at all except make me feel like i shouldn't rented Buffy the Vampire Slayer which would have given me more thrills.
If you want a movie with no climax and a bunch of talk then buy this, if you want a good movie, i would suggest looking around some more.
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Summary: Best Zombie Film Ever!!!
Review: 13 year old 'Scream' fans rejoice! You can finally watch a zombie film that doesn't have any gorey scenes and will not insult your intelligence in the slightest! I stumbled into this film cos I though it was the sequel to the awesome Sandra Bullock film '28 Days' but was pleasantly surprised to find that it's actually a horror which does everything right. Don't be foooled by the fact that it's foreign, this feel just like any Hollywood movie like '2 Fast 2 Furious' or 'Bad Boys 2'!This film is totally a breath of fresh air to the horror genre just like the US remake of 'Ringu'. Highly original and doesn't rip of 'Dawn of the Dead' 'Omega Man' or 'Day of the Triffids' at all. I mean this film doesn't have zombies that will kill and eat you, it has people infected with the "rage virus" (whoah I could have never came up with that name!) that will kill you for your blood. And those empty street scenes, wow I've never seen a movie that uses that cinematic effect before! The director is this really cool British guy who made 'Trainspotting' you know the more harder edge version of 'Requiem for a Dream' and he sure knows how to build suspense without using the old cat-jumps-out-of-closet trick. I sure am glad this was made with 13 year olds in mind too, I certainly don't want to see a zombie film that show zombies biting people on camera, yuck! It good too that it wasn't made by one of those Itallian directors who might have shown guts on the screen or even hurt a real monkey, like in those sicko 70's zombie and cannibal movies true horror fans avoid. The whole family can enjoy '28 Days Later' and thats the way a horror film should be! Also the suspense is fast like it was filmed by the same cinematographer who make those trippy "Backstreet Boys" MTV video clips, it sure isn't boring like those over-rated turkeys 'The Exorcist' or 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'. I just can't epress my gratitude enough for Danyy Boyle and his fresh original horror film that push the boundries and is the scariest movie since 'Final Destination'.
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Summary: Terror at its finest!
Review: Do yourself a favor rent/buy both Resident Evil and 28 Days Later - and watch one right after the other. Do not compare, do not contrast. Possibly by simple coincidence 28 Days picks up precicely at the end of Resident Evil (basically you'll have a 3 1/2 hour movie on your hands). Moreover, while Resident Evil is a far more mainstream Hollywood film, with its share of special FX and grandiose production value, 28 Days Later diverges with surreal claustraphrobic imagery - therefore you can appreciate each individual film in different contexts. Either of these movies are great, particularly if can't get to sleep on a dark and stormy night.
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Summary: Kicks Resident Evil's ...
Review: First off, anyone saying that this movie is ripping off the Resident Evil movie are jackass idiots. 28 Days Later was filmed in Britain almost two years before it was released here in the USA, so the filmakers probably didn't even see Resident Evil when the movie was written. I liked about everything in this movie. All the characters were great. I liked how the main character was such a normal looking guy and not a big action hero type. I liked all the unexpected turns such as when the guy gets infected in Jim's house and Selina brutally slaughters him before the infection started to take over. I loved how the "zombies" moved so fast, even though I am a huge fan of George A. Romero's zombies which move pretty slow. Before I saw this movie I thought the fast moving zombie idea was going to be a bad one, but I quickly changed my mind. This ability made these creatures so much more terrifying then let's say the Resident Evil movie's zombies. Try and imagine Alice from the Resident Evil movie trying to break one of these guy's necks. It would tear her apart. I noticed that alot of reviewer's thought the whole British military wanting to rape the two girls was a bad idea. Yeah it was pretty disturbing but it made it so much more satisfying when Jim returns to the base and lets the infected member run loose. Probably the most satisfying part of the whole movie was when Jim smashes his thumbs in the one guy's eye balls and the guy is making that quiet squealing sound. At that moment I knew that I loved this movie. Some things that disapointed me about the movie was that it didn't show more of how the disease got across London. It would have been cool to see what was going on in the US. If we helped London out. Maybe thats why the US got infected, (if it did get infected or not. I'm not sure). Anyway, great movie. Screw anyone who thinks the Resident Evil movie was better.
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Summary: Destined to be a horror classic
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. 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 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 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". while, the actual ending left a bit to be desired, and will leave you with some questions (ones that may be somewhat answered in the alternate endings that are included with the dvd)...it's a film to be watched more then once, to fully appreciate the underlying horror of the story.
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Summary: A very good zombie movie, nearly a classic, an achievement!!
Review: This will be one of the best zombie movie. Classic Boyle movie - flashy image, editting with full momemtum (as in Trainspotting), male frontal nudity (as in Trainspotting), gore (as in Shallow Grave). Combining all these classic Boyle ingredients and turn them into the first horror movie by Boyle, this is 28 days later.
Like some of his movies, we know little about the casts, that makes this movie less Hollywood-like but more 'authentic'.
Without disclosing too much about the story, I will say this is a very special zombie movie, more outstanding than Bioharzard, or Lucio Fulci's Zombie.
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Summary: 28 Days.... I've been counting the days until the release
Review: I'm a fan of good movies, and 28 Days is a good movie. It's one of the best horror movies I've seen. I can count on one hand, of how many good horror movies I've seen. And guess what, 28 Days is one of them. There's not alot of blood and gore like you would think, but actually that helps the movie. Trust me, get this movie when it comes out on DVD and you wont be disappointed.
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Summary: 28 Days Later: Surprisingly, Piece with Humanity
Review: I know, I know, it looks like it should be awful. I thought I was never going to see it. However, I felt a little indulgent, and on a summer afternoon I saw Danny Boyle's "28 Days Later". (After all, I figured, he DID make "Trainspotting"... how bad could it be?) Three viewings later, I was only more ravenous to see it again. It is amazing how this film grows on you. Boyle does a spectacular job in not overdoing gore (as you would expect in a zombie film) and instead focusing on the humanity of the situation in which his characters find themselves. What would you do if your world was destroyed? Why live? These are the questions Boyle asks and answers in "28 Days". The film serves as an intense commentary on human nature from a number of perspectives--the ugly and ruthless, and the spiritual and beautiful. The film showcases a fantastic soundtrack and great acting. It helps that the actors are pretty much unheard of, along with the fact that the film is almost completely shot in digital. It gives the movie a sense of legimacy and rawness that lends itself well to the subject matter. You cannot, however, avoid the fact that this is a horror film. If you can't stomach a good bout of anxiety, don't bother. I, for one, love a good scare, so this movie is all the better. Give "28 Days Later" a shot. Watch it with an open mind. There is a lot of beauty and art in this film... if you're looking for it, it's not hard to find.
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Summary: Takes you on an epic odyssey across Great Britain.
Review: I went into this film expecting a classic sci-fi genre with that age old plotline dealing with an end of the world scenerio. What I received in return was a film that beat the crap out of anything I've seen for the last six months, a film that torched the mess out of: A. Freddy Vs. Jason B. Jeepers Creeper 2 C. Cabin Feaver D. Darkness Falls E. The Ring This film takes us on a smart, sophisticated journey from London to Manchester, England. We encounter a host of infected civilians and a small band of survivors who come together for survival. This film is beautifully executed and wonderfully put together. It will no doubt have you wondering what you would do in a similar situation. The soundtrack is perfect. In one scene, four of our survivors are driving through the Manchester country side as they see the city burning to the ground from a far distance, while in the background we hear Faure's 'In Paradisium'. It's a twisted turn that made me want to stand up in the theatre and shout in approval. We also behold the thin line between the sane and infected. This is strongly thrust at us towards the end of the film when a group of nine surviving soldiers show us why morality and ethics takes a back seat in disasterous times. The last twenty minutes of this movie is one of the most powerful segments captured on film in the last year. The racking soundtrack and edge of your seat suspense will have you rooting for some survivors to live, while hoping other get torn apart by our red-eyed monstrous civilians. A must see for all fans of suspense, horror, and, believe it or not, music and art lovers. This film is a magical epic that you can't miss!
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Summary: BRILLIANT !
Review: Well I've seen this movie 3 times here in the states and loved it and was scared everytime. I could sit here and bash the movie with things comments that it was already done in Omega Man or Night of the Living Dead or so many other classic horror movies but I WON'T. It's all been done before anyway. This movie presents alot of old concepts and ideas from some well known classics and combines them into a brilliant story to make one very modern and instant classic of a movie. I guarantee you there has not been a movie this scary or original of it's kind in over 20 years. The camera work was genius and I'm sure hollywood has been knocked on its ass over it. Music was awesome. Acting was 1st rate. A few details of the movie could have been better thought out but regardless not important in retrospect to the whole story. I took my girlfriend to see this who hates ( I mean HATES horror movies) and she said it was an excellent movie as well. Although I doubt she would ever sit down and put herself through that emotional rollercoaster again.
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