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28
DAYS LATER
PLOT
A couple of animal activists release infected monkeys at a lab, but without
knowing the deadly consequences. 28 days later, Jim wakes up from a coma
at a hospital. The streets are empty and there isn't a single soul in
sight. When he stumbles onto a couple of people, it seems as if something
is wrong with them, their eyes are glowy and they are raging mad. When
he finally meets some sane people that have not yet been infected, he and
his newly found friends have to try to find a way to survive this nightmare.
REVIEW
It took me forever before I finally gave in and saw this movie. I thought
the plot sounded ridiculous and it was just too mainstream for me to ever
be able to enjoy it... well I was wrong, while it is quite mainstream, it's
a very powerful drama, which seems to ignore a bit too much that it's actually
a horrormovie. The settings are beautiful and the deserted cities create the
perfect atmosphere. 28 Days Later does start out quite slowly and it's pretty
hard to get through the first 20 minutes or so but as soon as you get into
the movie, you find that there's actually a really good movie in there.
Danny Boyle is a brilliant director despite the very limited budget he had
to make this movie with. There are a few scenes, which do look pretty cheap
but like 99% of the movie looks awesome and there's some really powerful
stuff in here. There are no A actors in here, I didn't recognize any of
the actors despite the fact that I watch a lot of British programs, shows
and films, I do live in Sweden you know and we get a lot of those here.
Despite that, the acting is top-notch and young Megan Burns gives us an
incredible performance.
I've seen about one or two really good British horrorfilms and lots and
lots of really bad ones so I've got prejudice against British horrorfilms
now a days. I guess that's why I wasn't drawn to this at all when I saw
that it showed on the theatres in town. While I still have a lot of pre-
judice against British horrorfilms, this movie helped to work against my
prejudice a little bit anyway. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it
was similar to Stephen King's The Langoliers as that is one of my all time
King favourites. The only thing that this movie has against it is the fact
that it's just too much action and not enough horror. This is a very common
phenomenon in recent British horrorfilms, the same thing was for Dog Soldiers,
Deathwatch and The Bunker, especially The Bunker that was just a terrible
movie. But after all, this is a brilliant movie and I highly advice you to
check it out.
GORE
I really can't comment on the gore as there's just a lot of blood splatter
and rotten corpses and infected bloody people and all the action scenes
are very dark so you can't really see how some people die etc etc.
SOUNDTRACK
Ave Maria has become a popular track to use in modern day horrormovies and
I think that's a very positive thing since classic music always creates a
good atmosphere, whether it's intended to be creepy or just powerful.
BOTTOM LINE
28 Days Later is a powerful and effective movie which sucks you in and makes
you feel bad for almost everyone who dies, even if you don't know the person
very well. Danny Boyle creates the perfect atmosphere and there are few flaws
to be found. I think you should check it out no matter what your opinion on
recent horrormovies are. But let me just say, THIS IS NOT A ZOMBIE MOVIE like
so many people like to call it.
Review
By: AnthroFred
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