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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.
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 horror movie. 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 horror
films and lots and
lots of really bad ones so I've got
prejudice against British horror films
now a days.
I guess that's why I wasn't drawn to this at all
when I saw that it played in the theatres in town. While
I still have a lot of prejudice against British horror films,
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.
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.
Ave Maria has become a popular track to
use in modern
day horror movies 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.
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 horror movies are. But let me just say,
THIS IS NOT A ZOMBIE MOVIE like
so many
people like to call it.
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