Comments on: 28 Weeks Later (2007) Movie Review

By: Grayson

Grayson — Mon, 26 May 2008 04:13:17 +0000

I like zombie movies. I thought this movie was alright.. I didnt see any political commentary, though some of my friends have told me otherwise. Maybe your looking too hard.. Its a sequel. What sequel has ever been better than the original. I dont believe it was supposed to be a duplicate, would you rather have followed the characters from the previous film through some dreary “lets start over ” bit… Oh wait…

*The rage virus was supposed to be the entire opposite, they wanted to develope and infect a populous possibly the world with a permanent euphoria, they found a way to introduce it to people/chimps as they are, as everyone knows, close to us genetically, through a strain of polio.

*Im sure youd been more disappointed had it been a book butchered for money than a sequal of a movie that wasnt really a zombie movie anyway. Danny Boyle executive directed as well as the writer of the original.. They had some say.. Its just an unfortunate mistake, a good idea diluted with dollar signs and ill intentions… or good intentions miss guided.
*The moment you see the children you know your going to become emotionally involved. Whats wrong with knowing whats coming?, if you are one of those who (in some movies) can see whats gonna happen next. Like in No Country for Old Men, he gets hit by a car in the end, granted i came in probably about half way through the movie, as it did not interest me at ALL…. it was obvious. Why not just go for the ride.
*It was a good idea that couldve had better execution. just another one of those things, like what if this album had been recorded with this producer instead of this one, if this character had been voiced by this person instead of who did it. Imagine this movie the idea and tone, entirely in the hands of Danny Boyle, same budget.. Same result?

And by the way resident evil was a videogame, a good game gone sour, bad ideas will do that.. but thats hollywoods fault, theyre running out of ideas so theyre ripping, anime, videogames and books, probably music soon. (Videogames ruined by hollywood: super mario brothers, resident evil, doom, street fighter, mortal kombat, silent hill, dungeons and dragons, and soon to come Bioshock a great game and idea, soon to be zapped of all its nutrients, maybe Assassins Creed and god forbid Grand Theft Auto 4.. there are already books and movies that fully emmulate the gta theme… art imitating life.

I am also most afraid of our government developing biologically engineered “weaponry”, its well known they dabble in things they shouldnt. where do you think all the best drugs come from? lsd namely.

nice review all the same.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:03:35 +0000

Movies like this (Resident Evil series etc.) are beginning to become more and more popular among society. They are going to form a new type of genre…epidemics. Although I didn’t think this pair of movies were entirely orignal, I did think they were very good. If you cross-reference the Resident Evil series and 28 Days/Weeks Later, you will find that they are the SAME thing. Humans make virus, humans get infected, humans kill EVERYONE, survivors go crazy and kill anything, everyone dies anyway despite your 2 hours and $10 wasted. Before you see these type of movies, you know what you are going to see. DON’T COMPLAIN ABOUT REVIEWS AND DON’T MOAN AND GROAN ABOUT HOW BAD THIS MOVIE IS!

By: Aragami

Aragami — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:13:59 +0000

That was exactly my point and my bad that i didnt make myself more clear. I do watch movies from other genres (lol do i need to say that?). My point is that when i first watched it with my friends we all were quite content with the production BECAUSE we had known beforehand that we were gonna watch:
1. A zombie horror movie
2. A sequel crafted to make money
That considered we only could enjoy it as a nice alternative to slow and decaying zombies of Romero. If you dont like the progression it offers you start nitpicking thats as obvious as the fact that if you didnt like the prequel you’re unlikely to enjoy its second part. I’m really happy i could see this movie as it provided me with fun and thrills and thanks for the crew for that. Damn if you think its crappy make a better one instead of wasting your life reading its review and comments lol

By: Nix

Nix — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:16:51 +0000

Guys, it’s a crappy movie about zombies that run around and eat people — The End. You’ve mistaken the high production values for a good horror movie. It’s not. If you think “28 Weeks Later” has “great characters” you need to start watching things besides zombie movies.

By: Aragami

Aragami — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:27:01 +0000

Hmm… did he really focus only on those 50 words or did he name what he sees as the main flaw in your accordance? Its sad that such a great move is described as a film with a plot having no real direction and all. Sure it could be better, sure we horror freaks want a solid proof horror movies with good script can do better than that but hey, it has nice characters, it has stunning atmosphere, it has a deadly menace and is so damn enjoyable to watch that I’m asking myself a question – did the reviewer want to see a breakthrough zombie movie when he opened the file? ;p Would he rather watch a philosophical zombie movie Bergman style like people sitting in a basement and talking about the meaning of life in a zombified world or was it supposed to be realistic with military protocols and believable characters? I think the reason a review could be so critical is because certain expectations were not met and that is a pretty subjective matter. If i had expected too much i could have written a review even more harmful but i didn’t and now I’m glad So people go to your local cinema to watch the move if you liked the prequel (or any zombie horror) and think what would you do in this place at that time. Dams its a great movie. 8/10

By: Nix

Nix — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:10:55 +0000

@joerg,

There are approximately 1,000 words in the review, and I spent 50 of them on the “hidden political agenda” (as you say). I spent the other 950 telling you why the movie is a failure. I find it interesting that all you can concentrate on are those 50 words, but ignore the rest of my criticism of the film. Hmm…

By: joerg

joerg — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:59:29 +0000

Movie is great. What some mention as “boredom” is just charcter-development, and it really doesnÂ´t feel forced at all. And if the action starts it goes nonstop from there.
There are great, chilling scenes like the one in the tunnel, where we see how fast the virus is spreading under dozens of caged pupil or during the end in the subway station. And damn, thereÂ´s a lot of gore as well. The hellicoper-attack is funtime for every gorehound, I promise you!
After all, a great genre flic, which you can enjoy much more if you ainÂ´t looking for any “hidden political agenda” behind it. The only reason the reviewer seemed to pisst of by this movie.
And IÂ´m pretty sure it will do very well while itÂ´s still running in cinemas across Europe and will make even more money, when released on DVD.

By: Hao

Hao — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:59:16 +0000

Wow, I can’t believe I am reading this =\ I thought this movie was very good for a zombie film and quite a worthy sequel to 28 days later. Sure it has some flaws in the story, but there are lot of brilliant parts to it too. The beginning is very good. The underground night vision sequence was brilliant, and the film still retains the eerily atmosphere of the first one.