Advantages: Action packed gorefest Disadvantages: Annoying central characters
...certainly have made comparisons between 28 Days Later and classic TV shows like Day Of The Triffids, The Survivors and more recently The Last Train. 28 Days Later mixed an apocalyptic nightmare with George Romero's Living Dead movies, with high speed zombies instead of slow walking ones. It was inevitable that after the success of 28 Days Later, the revitalisation it had on British cinema, and the "To be continued..." style ending that this movie ... ...on and the story continues 28 Weeks Later.
Sadly the first point to note is that 28 Days Later, does not really continue on from the previous movie. Although our high speed zombie creations are back, created from an terrible accident; the cast and characters from the original instalment are all gone, worse still never once is there any mention of these characters, so it seems we'll never know their fate. What 28 Days Later does do is introduce a ...
sghawken 24.08.2007
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Advantages: Brilliant special effects, nail-biting action and jumpy bits! Disadvantages: The characters of the children are a little dull...
...and it happened to have 28 days in it.
I absolutely loved it straight away, which i wasn't expecting as i'd always avoided films that had zombie's in as i automatically classed them as "rubbish"..... which, looking back, seems rather strange as i'd NEVER actually sat and watched one!! Lol! But i was literally captivated by 28 days later. The eerie sight of London completely empty grabbed me straight away, and the action really started quickly and ... ...I couldn't wait to see 28 weeks later when i heard about it, especially to find out what had happened to London and the rest of the country.
And it is this fact that makes me a little ashamed to admit that it was actually only yesterday that i went out and rented it!!! *lowers head*
Now, i've had a brief glance at a few other of the reviews, and they don't seem to be really enthusiastic about this follow up to 28 days later, but i absolutely loved ...
susannaspecial 21.07.2008
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Advantages: , action-packed and superbly directed thriller that more than lives up to the original film Disadvantages: n/a
...Over the course of 28 weeks, Britain is declared relatively safe again and an American-led NATO force begins repopulating the country, amongst them being Doyle, a wisecracking sniper; Flynn, a helicopter pilot and family man; and Scarlett, an army medical officer who is wary of two children, Tammy and her younger brother, Andy, who have just arrived by plane with other British expatriates. Scarlett is frustrated that her superiors did not inform ... ...of Britain.
Now another 28 days after the outbreak in 28 Weeks Later, the remains of the helicopter are seen, while someone is calling for help in French-accented English over the helicopter's radio. In the last scene, a large group of infected are seen running through a subway tunnel, through the Palais de Chaillot towards the Eiffel Tower. ...
Frenchyanj 12.09.2007
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Advantages: Some good acting, Nice view of the New Wembley Stadium Disadvantages: Poor storyline, Corny Ending
...I was raging!
Now 28 Days Later was full of atmosphere, tension and Britishness...28 Weeks Later is full of gung-ho Americans and nothing else. How on Earth this passes as a sequel is beyond me.
The storyline is one of the ever conquering Americans coming to save little old Britain again. I am not being political here, but its obviously a Hollywood remake. In its defence however, the hero does, for a change, die and he is an American soldier, pretty ... ...myself to enduire anymore of this torture. That and the fact that I hired it and its gone back dont help!
The ending leaves it wide open for a 28 Years Later I guess, but based on this one, I wont be rushing out to hire out. ...
LammyBloke 02.10.2007 (14.10.2007)
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Advantages: An amazing sequel Disadvantages: Leaves you wanting a follow-up.
...story of the Rage virus.After 28 weeks,the virus has been controlled by NATO forces.London has been cordoned off and citizens unaffected by the virus have been sent to a special safety area to be re homed whilst the surrounding areas are made rehabitable.
Robert Carlisle plays the character of Donald Harris who has been reunited with his 2 children,Andy and Tammy who had been sent away when the virus took hold.
Now together again,the absence of ... ...gap.The children decide to go out of the NATO safety area to return to their previous home for a picture of their mother.upon their return to the family home,Andy see's his mother,who he had been told had been killed.It turns out she is a carrier of the virus and managed to survive.
She is captured by the NATO troops who had followed her children,they take her to the safety zone,where she reignites the virus.A definite must watch film for any horror/zombie ...
nicki76 25.09.2007
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