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| Movie Description Danny Boyle's surprise 2003 hit, 28 DAYS LATER, gets the sequel treatment here. Few elements from the first film remain--actor Cilian Murphy doesn't return, and Boyle and screenwriter/novelist Alex Garland take producer credits this time out. In their places step director/co-writer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (INTACTO) and actor Robert Carlyle (TRAINSPOTTING), who bring the original story to its next logical step. The zombies (again referred to as "the infected") from the first film have died out and England is ready for repopulation. The American military are slowly bringing British citizens back to London, where a heavily guarded community is picking up the pieces and trying to return to normal life. Carlyle plays Don, a man who has lost his wife but is reunited with his children, Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton) and Tammy (Imogen Poots), near the start of Fresnadillo's film. The two kids soon escape from the heavily guarded community, go off searching for their childhood home, and discover that mom might not be quite as dead as they originally thought. Chaos follows, with the sadistic military and the forlorn survivors battling both each other and "the infected." Fresnadillo apes much of Boyle's style from the original film, shooting in rapidly edited sequences that cause plenty of blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments. A pounding soundtrack helps enliven the scenes with "the infected," and an abundance of swooping aerial shots highlight the desolate London landscape. A few minor sub-plots emerge, Fresnadillo offers sly commentary on the military's trigger-happy tendencies, and the film ends up somewhere in between zombie fare such as George A. Romero's LAND OF THE DEAD and dystopian visions of the future such as Alfonso Cuaron's CHILDREN OF MEN.
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Top Reviews  The "Rage Zombies" --- 'Rage-On' !!!!!Review created: 08/18/07(updated 10/13/07) by:  5 of 5 people found this review helpful. The Disease-Ridden, Flesh-Eating Rage Zombies return in '28 Weeks Later', but this time in an Apocolyptic Thriller that pits "Rage-Zombies" - VS - Innocent People and the might of U.S. Armed Forces. "28 Days Later" Director Danny Boyle and that movie's screenwriter Alex Garland serve as Executive Producers this time around. After a short prologue that sets up star Robert Carlyle as the type of spineless jerk he plays so well, the movie offers a short history of the 'Rage Virus' and how it turned its victims into Cannibalistic Zombies. Now 6 months after the first outbreak, the afflicted have apparently all starved to death. London is nearly a ghost town, the few survivors herded into a "Safe Zone". The American military is occupying the country, charged with keeping it safe as it attempts to rebuild from the disaster. Airplanes are flying in again, but instead of depositing business travelers and vacationers, the passengers are refugees returning from abroad. Teenage Tammy (Imogen Poots) and tween Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton) are among the latest repatriates, the first children to arrive and the only children in all of London. The kids reunite with their father, Don (Carlyle), the Zone's Chief Electrician, but it is not a totally happy reunion. Not only does he inform them that Mom's dead, but also they have barely become a family again before "Rage Strikes Again". Chief Medical Officer Scarlet (Rose Byrne) expresses concern at the children's arrival, certain that London is not yet ready to have the young ones added to the population. The prediction proves to be right in more ways than one, since the 'Rage-Virus' implodes the heart of the Safe Zone. The U.S. Army does not fool around, adopting a kill anything that moves attitude. 'Zombies' are unleashing and Tammy and Andy's worries skyrocket (with the rest of Rebuilding London) as they flee through the city streets. Bullets, firebombs, and chemical weapons erupting in every corner of every scene. A full-fledged Apocolypse-Battle is in-full engagement. While some snivelling minots want to draw inferences to this symbolizing 'The War in Iraq' and an oppressive America (IDIOTS).... if Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and his Co-Screenwriters Rowan Joffe and Jesus Olmo intended this as some sort of veiled critique of American Imperialism it fails. Fresnadillo simply wants to blow up things real good and that he does; for the sake of action-pulsing nightmarish horror/slaughter — the firebombing of London is extremelly impressive with flames filling City Streets and shooting up through the buildings. (Wildly Impressive Cinematography). There are elements of the original '28 Days Later' that survive: shots of an eerily empty London and the quick, chaotic editing. But unlike the first film, '28 Weeks Later' poses a new phase on what may turn into a 'Rage-Zombie' franchise? - As George A Romero started in his 'Zombie' franchise; "Rage" now sets the challenge and irony of "What can stop the Virus; but "Rage Itself"?? Good Film -- SEE THIS !!!! Review ID: 10000000004222567 Was this review helpful? Report this review  28 weeksReview created: 10/09/07 by: 4 of 5 people found this review helpful. this is one of the coolest zombie movies ive seen in a long time i know thare not zombies but if it looks like a duck an sounds like a duck ... well you get the point you should IF your a fan of these kinds of movies buy it!!! if not then rent it Review ID: 10000000004553509 Was this review helpful? Report this review  28 Weeks Later Mini Review (No Spoilers)4 of 10 people found this review helpful. This is the sequel of the movie "28 days later" which takes as 6 months after the first one. All the infected have died of starvation and London is beginning to repopulate. Again something goes wrong and everybody is running for their lives. This is pretty much the synopsis of the movie. The scenery (central London) is nice and special effects are ok also. The movie has nothing more to show you than the first one and it is not a movie that you are going to remember for more than a week. If you like gore, blood and splatter then this movie is for you. If you want a plot, some descent acting and a good script then see something else. Surely not a movie to buy but a movie to rent when you are with your friends. The most annoying thing was the camera shots which is like an infected has the camera on his hands when he is running. Review ID: 10000000004059649 Was this review helpful? Report this review  28 WEEKS LATER (2007, DVD)Review created: 10/10/07 by: 0 of 7 people found this review helpful. SEEN ONE ZOMBIE MOVIE, SEEN THEM ALL. SAME OLD SAME OLD. NIGHT OF LIVING DEAD TYPE OF THING. DON'T BOTHER, WASTE OF TIME. TWO THUMBS DOWN AND I AM A HORROR MOVIE BUFF, VERY DISAPPOINTING :o( Review ID: 10000000004557145 Was this review helpful? Report this review Reviews Very GoodIt was much better than the orginal and that alone is rare. It was filmed better the actors where better and it was actually a little scarey unlike the 1st one. Wish they would have told us what happened to the 3 people from the end of the first one though. all in all Great Movie will watch again and again Review ID: 10000000008822605 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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