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28 Days Later (Full Screen Edition)

28 Days Later (Full Screen Edition)

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Overrated Overhyped and Dissapointing
Review: Before I get into this review i want everyone to know that I never hate movies for no apparent reason. The problem with this movie is that it was overhyped as the "Scariest movie since The Exorcist!"

WOW!! There is No way anyone can ever compare this movie to The exorcist. Anyway I went to see this movie with a neutral state of Mind. I wasn't expecting the best movie ever and I wasn't expecting the worst.

So the movie begins and for the first 5 - 10 minutes the movie is off to a good start. (Except for the music being played while he walks down the empty streets) and also, {all the camera shots are done on a tripod it gets really annoying and believe this, it isn't original or innovative!!!

So everthing is going pretty well until...
he meets the fellow survivors. From here the movie goes into a downward spiral in which nothing helps it ascend.

Every scene after this is awfully drawn out(think Matrix reloaded party/sex scene, except with dialogue and no sex or dancing) The more characters they bring on, the worse the movie gets. And then if things couldn't get worse we are introduced to some soldiers who instead of helping the main characters they become their enemies.

So the story all of sudden moves from being about an empty
and dead "world" to being about "bad soldiers"
Such a good premise thrown into the trash, what a SHAME..

But I still had hope ... hope in that the ending had to be good..

And of course it was, quite possibly, the worst ending to a movie I have ever seen. And if you don't believe me then why did they come out with a new ending only weeks after it's release?? This of course angered me even more, because they couldn't get it right the first time!

I wasn't the only one who hated this movie... This was the first movie in which HALF the people in the theatre walked out HALF WAY through the Movie!!

With all the hype, this movie was very dissapointing. The Blair witch was hyped like crazy too, but that was an innovative movie and a lot scarier. TRUST ME!!

But anyway... you guys out there have two choices:; You can either buy or rent this movie, which you will regret or you can take my word and save your money.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Oh stop crying about the ending
Review: Ok so the ending of this movie was a cliffhanger so what. All of ther other endings sucked. Having said that let me tell about one of the most awsome movies of all times. 28 days later beings when some animal right group lets infected monkeys out of their cage (cuz isn't always monkeys) They are said to be infected with "rage" 28 days later the stuff hits the fan.Monkeys bite people. People trun in to crazed bloodlusting zombies.They destroy almost all human life. Cut to a couier waking up in a hospital all alone. Goes out on to the streets of London and there is no one.Creepy. He meets up with Selena a bad mommayomma who's been giving Zombie's the beat down. Be warned these aren't you graden varity zombies. Nay nay my friend they are fast mean powerhouse zombie. This movie is great from begin to end. Yes I say end. Leave the ending alone it was fine how it was. This movie is great.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent Movie
Review: Excellent film. Should be watched by all.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: its okay
Review: when this movie came out it kept saying stuff in the commercials like scary as hell. i had really wanted to c the movie badly. but my parents wouldnt let me c it cause it had nudity(which they thought was girl not guy)but after awhile of begging they said ok. i was so happy but when the movie was over i was not happy. first off it is not scary. if ur a person that gets scared easily watch it but for me a real horror movie fan it was not scary at all. but i did like the story concept of this rage virus. i also liked that it was not a typical zombie like movie. it was pretty different. one thing the ending was stupid even with the alternate. but the blood and gore was alright although it could have gotton bloodyier. its not scary but the movie itself is good. but for me it sucked.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Ok at Best
Review: I can't believe people are actually giving this Movie 5 stars? I guess it's one of those Love it or hate it things. I liked the Storyline but after that...mostly boring. It was just interesting enough to get me through the whole thing. If you want a really entertaining Spookie movie get House of a 1000 Corpses.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A study of characters in a horrible situation
Review: FIrst the obvious; 28 Days Later borrows from many sources. It's not so much a horror movie but a character study of people in a horrifying situation. 28 Days Later has much more in common with Hitchcock than (Tobe)Hooper. Danny Boyle focuses much more on character and the eerie situation the characters find themselves in more than the thrills and chills of Resident Evil. That's one of the strengths of this fine film. While it may ape Night of the Living Dead (the prototype for all these films), Boyle makes 28 Days Later worthwhile by focusing on how the characters adjust to their horrible situation.

Jim wakes up in the hosptial after a biking accident. What's frightening is that he wakes up in a completely deserted building and, from all appearences, city. London is as quiet as a field mouse with no moving traffic and, more importantly, no signs of human life. He quickly discovers that a plague of some sort has broken out and that the uninfected residents were evacuated.

He arrives at a church and goes inside. The church is filled with human bodies. Hoping that there might be someone alive in the building he calls out. Two of the "dead" bodies rapidly raise their heads staring right at him. More of the bodies stir. As Jim attempts to leave, he's confronted by a priest who clearly is suffering from the plague. He escapes but is being pursued by the walking dead. Suddenly, he's saved by two masked people who fight off the "Zombies" by burning them and, ultimately, blowing up the gas station where they've converged.

Boyle manages to elicit moving performances from his young cast and captures all the torment, fear and sense of dread the survivors feel as they relate stories to each other about what has happened to them.

The DVD includes three alternate endings (one of them in storyboard form with narration by the writer and director). One of the film's variations includes a completely different second half to the film (again, it's in storyboard form). This radical departure from the film's theatrical version is very interesting and suggests a completely different, darker film than what was ultimately shown in theaters. It's not surprising that they didn't film it (they had some narrative issues) as this version would have been a complete downer and the film wouldn probably not done as well at the box office as it did otherwise. It also feels a bit unnatural after having viewed the film's actual narrative course.

The internet trailer, theatrical teaser and trailer (the latter two basically identical)and audio commentary by director and writer give a unique perspective to the viewer; it feels almost as if one has been working on the film.

The DVD transfer looks very good considering that the film was originally shot on digital video and transferred to film. The sound -- both the effects and the soundtrack itself chillingly come to life on the DVD. While 28 Days Later is a horror movie it's not just slash and burn horror movie. It's a film with heart and, ultimately, more in the tradition of great horror films that examine how the characters cope with the horrible things they witness as the horrible things seen.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Real Mind Trip!
Review: The images in this film fly at you like snow in a blizzard. The camera angles are clever and effective at including you in the horror of what is being said and done and at the same time is mind-numbing due to the intense graphic overload...its like Satan showing you a slideshow...little snapshots of hell.

In its slower moments we get too close to the "infected", those infected by the Rage virus, which turns these moments into a feel-sorry-for-these-zombies movie. I would have preferred having seen them in only the glimpses and snatches we are given in the rest of the movie to keep them inhuman and frightening. I also felt the "Mars Needs Women" part of the film, where we learn the real reason why the shortwave broadcast was made by the soilders weakened the film but it made a nice set-up for the "our hero gone bullistic" payback scenes. (I had this strange feeling I was watching a remake of Apocalypse Now where Martin Sheen went on his sweaty, half-naked, grease-painted mission of death).

The film itself I rated 4 stars but gave it that extra star after I discovered that this whole beautifully executed film was made on an extremely low budget. Only someone with real vision and intelligence could do so much with so little.

Throughout, this film is harsh, shocking and gory but finishes well by its willingness to let you breath the fresh air with at least the hope that all will be well in the end.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Disturbing
Review: That's the word for this film - it is far more scary if you live in the UK & have walked down the same streets as featured in the film! Majority of poor reviews on this are posted by guys from the US - imagine if it was your city...

The idea here isn't to make a Zombie film, it is to examin the darker side of human nature & the desire for survival at any cost. It also addresses genuine (& realistic) fears in the modern world about a pandemic wiping out the world's population following 9/11. The manifestation of the disease as a zombie-creating evil is inconsequential & shouldn't be looked on as the most important aspect of the film. There are too many themes to go into here.

The start of the film is breathtaking & creeped me out for weeks, the shots of deserted London streets & the M6 motorway completely deserted are genuinely disturbing. The fact that this film is set in the UK as opposed to the US makes it even more freaky.

Like I say - much better if you are British! Awesome.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Refreshing
Review: 28 days later, or should I say 35 years later, there's a good spin on the exhausted Zombie theme. Finally a film that isn't just a remake of Romero's perfected lumbering gore-machine zombies. Add good acting, believable characters, new scenary, and good directing, and we have a fast moving action packed movie that makes for a tense and entertaining watch. If you like horror, then this is one you'll want to watch again and share with friends. I say 4 stars for entertainment + the fifth star for quality and originality.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: The Brits can't make a good movie.
Review: This movie is very shallow. It has a good idea but not a good story line. The British tried to make a good movie but did not succeed. There is unnecessary nudity in the movie especially since the only show the guy naked. Unless you see this movie for free, don't waste your time or money.


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