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I liked the second part better, but this one is still a classic. Make sure to check out this one and the second one or you'll miss out.
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| Y | JV47842 |
"28 Days Later" is a powerful British horror movie from director Danny ("Trainspotting") Boyle. When animal rights activists free contaminated apes from a laboratory, it's only a matter of weeks before Britain has been decimated. Infected individuals are kill-crazed zombies that move quickly and show no mercy. Cillian Murphy is the reluctant hero of the movie, a young man who was unconscious when hell broke out throughout the country. We join Murphy as he awakes from his coma and tries to find fellow survivors.
The beautiful Naomie ("Miami Vice") Harris plays the feisty Selena, a woman who is determined to survive.
This is an excellent addition to the horror stable. The real horror lies in the activities of mankind rather than the acts of the infected population. The scenes with Christopher Eccleston and his group of soldiers are chilling and thought provoking.
-DVD Connoisseur (see my profile)
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| Y | I definitely agree, but I think I liked it even a bit more than you. This was a really important movie within its genre. | Choco |
I can't help but have high hopes and elevated expectations for any movie touted as "Scary as hell!" especially in this day and age of been-there/done-that movie-making.
Well, Mr. Boyle...been there.
28 DAYS LATER isn't a bad movie. I enjoyed it to some degree, but entire plot points were obviously lifted from the far superior LIVING DEAD trilogy of director George A. Romero. There's this fine line between homage' and rip-off, and I don't think Danny Boyle knew where that line was.
Who really cares that the zombies/not-zombies were quick on their feet? That isn't as innovative when you realize that the same thing was done in 1985's RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD.
Oops.
Yet again...been there, done that.
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| N | I think this film was quite original, and time has shown that it itself has reignited and reinvented the "zombie" genre. | Choco |
| Being part of a generation that thrived on horrer films in the 80's, I held high expectations of this film. Unfortunatly, they were not met. Though the plot was sound, the movie lacked effect. In short, there were not enough graphic scenes. The blood seemed plentiful but the scenes were cut so sharply that it was difficult to make out what was going on half the time. The infected shared many qualities with classic zombies of the past and the movie had that dark quality that all horror movies should have, but in the end I felt a little empty. The one part of the movie I really did enjoy was when the main character (a former bicycle courier) goes Navy SEAL and takes out an army soldier by going knuckle deep into his eyesockets. In the end I felt a bit empty, like I hadn't seen enough (even though I was praying for the end to come 80 minutes into the flick). In conclusion, I'm glad it was a European movie. That way I don't have to blame Hollywood for another ill-fated attempt to capture the enthusiasm of an undying genre. |
this movie was boring and had no real interest keeper. It could have been alot better(if my 3 yr old cousin made) than it was amped up to be. Only scary part is when a car alarm goes off. Don't buy it if you don't want to waste your time!
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| N | puhlease... | Choco |
| N | Perhaps a second viewing is required?! | DVD Connoisseur |
An entertaining, if not completely unoriginal, zombie movie. If you've seen "Night Of The Living Dead", or "Dawn Of The Dead", or any zombie movie, you've seen this. But it is a zombie movie in 2003, hence the high star rating. Minus points for the terrible DV photography.
You have to say that Director Danny Boyle has certainly done a variety of different films ("Trainspotting", "The Beach", etc.) and now comes his "zombie" movie--although he's denying that tag (who's he kidding?). One of the few effective and watchable things I've ever seen shot on digital video, this is a film that a lot of people I know either love or hate. Well I fit in with the former group. Check out the fastest-moving and most hectic zombies ever (yes, and that beats Lenzi's "Nightmare city"). Very dark, apocalyptic, and extremely good fun.
This film is amazing, I recommend anyone to go see this movie. This is the first movie in a long time that is scary. It's unique, gory and has a good plot to it.
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| Y | Choco |
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