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28 Days Later ... the infected are here!

Advantages: Frity British horror film
Disadvantages: None

***Why I watched 28 days later*** As I true horror fan I always try to watch new film releases. Unfortunately for me my partner does not share my enthusiasm so most of the time I only end up watching the film when they are released on dvd. I love the original zombie style horrors so when I read a review about a new British post-apocalyptic horror film by director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, The Beach) I flew down to the video shop to rent it. ***The ...
...learns that during the last 28 days he has slept through the effects of the 'rage' virus. The highly contagious infection seems to have spread quickly because it is spread through blood and renders a victim helpless within seconds, leaving them as deadly killer, referred to as 'the infected'. Unable to take in recent events Jim is desperate to get home to his parents, but Selena and Mark do not want to leave the sanctury of their hideout. After deciding ...

clumsy221 09.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of 28 Days Later (DVD)

Bargain 3 great british films

Advantages: all each have there own merits
Disadvantages: descent the weakest of the 3

...original thought put in. The "descent" based in the highlands in an uncharted underground cave a bunch of women face unkown terror of beasts that dewell beneath the ground. The women in this film are all of noticable charactistics e.g the bold strong leader (who felt an undiscovered cave would be a challenge) to the quiter but mentally strong lead charatcter. once a year they meet up for an adventure weekend were they seek a challenge and bond ...
...The film in question is strong with some good character development that helps suck you in and care which women live through the ordeal. first hour into the clastrophobic caves are jumpy and have some great tention and the beasts add a great deal of fear which make everything come together. the main problem though is when the film kicks in the camera is all over the place and you struggle to understand what is going on and who your following within ...

MATTBFG 24.07.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Descent/Dog Soldiers/28 Days Later (Box Set) (DVD)

Zombies walk not run

Advantages: top brit film
Disadvantages: none

...permanent state murderous rage. Within 28 days the whole of the country is overwhelmed and a handful of survivors begin their attempt to salvage a future life, little realising that the deadly virus is not the only thing in the country threatens them. So when Jim(Murphy) Awakes from a coma to find a desolate London he wonders around looking for people picking up the endless amount of money and canned soft drinks that aligned the streets, until ...
...with the infected which results in Jim cracking a priest around the head with a bagful of canned drinks, From there he is saved by 2 saviours who then proceed to take Jim to look for his dead parents with disastrous effects. Who will survive whilst on the run? Will They find salvation? Who will they meet? And will they be nice? My opinion – This is not a zombie film pure and simple I know it gets lumped into that genre but it is not this is ...

allmarallnot 12.07.2007 · Read full review
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Review of 28 Days Later (Limited Edition) (DVD)

28 Days Later

Advantages: A very good storyline
Disadvantages: Cillian Murphy is in it!

28 DAYS LATER is a sci-fi horror movie directed by Danny Boyle (who interestingly directed a couple of episodes of TV's INSPECTOR MORSE early in his career!). The story follows Jim who, waking up from a coma, finds that a virus has turned the population of the UK into psychopaths - they come across very much like zombies and remind me of those in George A. Romero's zombie "…Of The Dead" series. The story is very derivative, not just of zombie movies, ...
...that. So there we go - definitely worth a watch. The cheapest I have found this DVD is at the online store Choices DVD, which has it for only £4.49, with free postage and packing. The sequel to this film was recently released in cinemas, called 28 WEEKS LATER. ...

phurren2006 18.12.2007 · Read full review
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Review of 28 Days Later (DVD)

28 Weeks later is nothing like 28 Days later

Advantages: Good for box set collectors
Disadvantages: 28 weeks later has no real story line.

I loved watching 28 Days Later, but unfortunately I did not enjoy 28 Weeks Later. It is not as good as 28 Days Later by a long shot. 28 Days Later was what I would call a typical zombie type horror flick, but I felt it had a good story line to. That is where 28 weeks later goes wrong. The main plot of 28 Weeks Later was to carry on from 28 Days Later but unfortunately it struggled to even do that. There is no real story line, it's just all about ...
...What I noticed most about 28 Weeks Later was it seemed more americanised, and I found parts of the film to me were aimed at showing the force of the US airforce. If I was rating 28 Days Later I would rate it as good, but as this is a box set and 28 Weeks Later was no where near as good I can only call it Satisfactory. Unless you are into box sets and you must have it, if I were you I would save my pennies. ...

markybaby76 18.10.2007 · Read full review
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Review of 28 Days Later/28 Weeks Later (Box Set) (DVD)