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Summary: Thought-provoking and moving
Review: If it isn't the year's greatest bait-and-switch deal, then it's definetly one of them. While the movie isn't nearly as scary as critics and advertisements will have you believe (to quote In the Bedroom, they aren't a "consistent presence"), it is definetly ten-times more thought-provoking than the average horror movie ever aspires to be. So what does this mean? Well, it means that, instead of the script focusing on humans running away from zombies for 90 or so minutes, the script instead focuses on how 4 strangers cope with being the only persons alive in their country, who also happen to be stalked by ranging monsters, of course. Surprisingly, the script is loaded with more mindful ideas (i.e. lone survival VS. cooperating with strangers to survive as a unit, because, let's face it, being alone sucks) than seat-ejector tactics. The fact that the movie pays so much attention to its characters makes the film's occasional bits of horror all the more genuinely frightening. More than anything, the movie would rather (first) portray its characters as three-dimensional human-beings before expecting you to fear for their lives. Credit also goes to the film's Director of Photography, for his consistently penetrating portrait of a world dead (the shots of a girl dressed in a red dress, running through the darkness, are the fim's highlight). Along with the score composer, the actors, the director... and God!
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Summary: Best Zombie Horror movie since the 80s!
Review: I saw the trailer for this movie at Final Destination 2 and thought '28 Days Later'would be great and this movie more than exceeded my expectations. The film has a great soundtrack, great action sequences, was directed great, has great acting, and a great and simple plot. This the best Indie/Horror film since the 80s.5 stars. Two thumbs up (three if I had another). Hot. However, if are a senior citizen with your poker friends at the movies for the weekend this is not the movie for you, I had would have to recomend 'Seabiscuit'( I hear good things). But if you aren't go see this movie. See it once to be scared, twice to be terrified.
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Summary: Funny Movie
Review: 28 Days Later is a wonderful, horror/comedy movie.
You see it, you want to be scared.
Which you are.
Also, you see and laugh at how the characters make jokes at a time of a major creepy time.
This movie is an A++++++++
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Summary: Not just a movie, it's a Film. **SPOILERS**
Review: Indeed, this film seems to generate a love or hate response among the viewers (always a sign of potential greatness - no mediocrity born of the test audience here).Shot on digital video (likely due to cost and flexibility) we are introduced to what has perhaps been mistakenly billed as a horrer film. This film is clearly in the post apocalyptic camp, with all the ensuing moral cautionary notes thrown in. 'Action' is given a chaotic cutting / editing which makes the scenes all the more tense. However, there's really very little gore and 'pop out' surprises. Overall the move focuses on character development. The cinematography is painstakingly crafted, ambiance is subtle and evokes the dread of being lost in a hostile and barren environment, characters are rich and evoke at least a sense of personal attachment. There's very little I can add to the many excellent reviews already posted here. However, that being said: This movie is not a derivative of Resident Evil (please forgive those that assert this - the video game generation knows no other frame of reference than...well, video games) or any other Zombie movie. In fact, there isn't a single zombie in the whole film. The infected are just that, infected with a virus causing uncontrollable and unreasing hostility and violence. If one wants to find the roots of some of the major plot devices, they should look back to 'The Day of the Triffids'. Clearly there are parallels to ombie movies but to call imply derivation is unfair. When Jim, in a disoriented state only glances at the new paper detailing the evacuation does this really surprise us? He's hungary, dehydrated and has just awoke from a head wound induced coma. To top it all off the whole world has apparently diassapeared. I think it's safe to see he is not thinking 100% clearly. The flashing light on the skyscraper is actually quite clever, healthy humans will reason through to the appartment but the infected, with their diminshed mental capacity would likely be unable to connect the light to the stairwell and the correct apartment. When Jim wanders into the cheesburger stand it's a classic 'don't go in their, moron' syndrome. Unfortunately some people probably would do things like this, evidence that they still haven't fully adjusted to their new reality (natural selection anyone?). It was pleasant to see someone actually tell the other folks that going into the tunnel was a really [bad] idea. The plane flying ahead was clearly placed there to support one characters hypothesis that the rest of the world didn't have the virus, that in fact England had been isolated. I had to wonder how this could realistically be achieved. Adventurers would inevitably stop by, it would seem radio signals would be making it across etc. However, it plausbile to assume visitng thrill seekers were killed and radio may have been intercepted in places here and there. It's unlikely the virus would spread from the island...but not impossible. Regarding the brutish behaviour of the soldiers. No surprises here...what do you expect when law breaks down? Keep in mind the it's extremely unlikely they were motivated by the cerebral desire to reconstitue the species, rather the reproductive urge combined with the stress of the environment, and obvious lack of consequences for their actions helped shaped their attitude. This type of behaviour should be expected, and much worse if any serious breakdown in a society were to occur. From my perspective there was only one serious plot hole - (it's a rather significant one though). Why didn't the infected attack each other? If they were just mindless angry people lashing out at anything that moved, why not each other? They clearly weren't intelligent enough to reason, they shouldn't have a plausible goal to 'get the living' as we are always presented with in B rate zombie movies. In any event, a top film, check it out.
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Summary: Can't stop thinking about it!
Review: Good movies affect you. By that I mean after viewing them you still think about them and want to see them again. This is how I felt about 28 Days Later. I think this movie is just brilliant. I enjoyed everything about it. The script, the acting, the music, the plot, and even just the general feel of the movie were enjoyable. Don't get me wrong it was completely creepy but in a good way. Even if you don't like scary movies at all I would recommend this. It wasn't at all what I was expecting; it was so much better. I don't really have anything to say that hasn't been said. I just wanted to add another five stars to its list. People, if you haven't seen this movie for God's sake GO SEE IT! I love it and am counting the days till the DVD comes out.
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Summary: 28 Days Later
Review: 28 Days Later is a movie about the post-apocalyptic events when a virus that causes people to be fueled with extreme rage and sends them in a permenant killing frenzee, is accidentaly released from a british research facility. Now the main charachter, Jim must find answers as to why and how this disaster took place. Unspeakable evil awaits Jim as he and fellow surviors fight to survive and not get torn apart by the "Infecteds" that now plague the Earth. This move scares the [heck] out of you and is spine chilling. Cillian Murphy rewrites zombie horror and keeps you on the edge of your seat with suspense.
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Summary: I'll buy it
Review: Director Danny Boyle has created a masterpiece worth buying. The view of a post-apocolyptic world is stunning, and for the first time since the Evil Dead trilogy, the use of the shakey-camera effect has been put to a great use. If you didn't like this movie, maybe you would enjoy a loud, pointless car movie with Vin Diesel. Or perhaps you might care for Spy Kids, a movie about children saving the world from a "bad guy" that doesn't bother to use a gun. It's funny how if you throw in a few celebrities who happen to be friends with Robert Rodriguez (director/writer, also did "From Dusk Till' Dawn" and "The Faculty") you get a blockbuster hit. See 28 Days Later.
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Summary: 28 days ROCKS
Review: I don't know what that...was thinking giving it 2 stars. This movie brought back the Zombie genre...This movie was great. Many jumps I do agree the movie plot fell apart during the end and threw me off a bit, but it was well worth my money. I will definetly go back for the alternate ending feature.
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Summary: Just Bad
Review: Having recently viewed this movie, I can honestly say this is a must miss for all horror fans. First the good, the sound track was really well placed and worked great, if you are a gore fan, there was plenty of it, and I really liked that they did not try to just keep things jumping out at you, they won't more for a pyschological thriller. However, they failed on the pyschological thrill. The movie was just walking and more walking, the few short action sequences where good (but there was only about 3 of them). Honestly you just walk out of the theatre rather bored and feeling like you've been it for 28 days, it fails to have any impact and comes off as rather comical.
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Summary: This is Resident Evil without a well developed plot and cast
Review: The only thing that scared me and made me think when it came to this movie was when I asked myself, "How did they get financing?!". And as a big fan of movies dealing with bio-hazardous incidents and in particular, the Resident Evil franchise, that really says something about this movie. The plot was not well organized or developed at all, and in acception to a few concepts of the movie, it was ridiculously unoriginal. I would describe 28 Days later as some kind of mix between the book The Hot Zone and Resident Evil. So if you are planning on seeing this, I'd recommend looking into one of those two instead, you'll be much less disappointed.
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