YaWhateva

I dunno if this a repost or not but i have to say that everyone should go see 28 days later. Its a really good zombie movie from Great Brittain that is finally making it to the US. i saw a special screening of it and i must say that 28 days later is one of the best movies i have seen in a very long time. No more stupid slow lumbering zombies, these zombies are crazy and strong and fast. Not to mention it has a really good story. Go see it when it comes out, June 27th, or if you are England, go buy the DVD.

CSflim

I'll vouch for this. 28 days later rules, but I wouldn't call is a "zombie movie", as that will give the wrong impression (evil dead etc). It would be like comparing Donnie Darko to Back to the Future! Its a really good film, which was very well shot. The early on scenes shot in a completly deserted London rule. It was incredibly spooky...The calm before the storm!

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YaWhateva

Well true, its not a typical sort of zombie movie, but ya deserted London was creepy.

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diergray

Comes out Friday. I can't wait!!!

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FunHater

I'm considering actually shelling out the cash to see this movie. I dunno, when I first saw the preview I wasn't overly interested, but my curiousity has been growing as of late.

rockzilla

Saw it last week, if I had spent 13$ to see it, I would have been upset, but since it was a freebie, I was pretty entertained. I don't know if it was supposed to be a horror movie, but it certainly didn't scare me in the least.

Nikilidstrom

yeah but you're insane, it says so right underneath your name

my buddy has been naggin me to get ready to see this movie, and since my gf doesnt like horror, looks like i'll have to check it out with him. At least I'll only be out the price of 1 ticket if it sucks.

Nikilidstrom

wait a minute, I'm now insane too! Guess I'm movin up in the world

NeverBorn

I can't wait to see it. I've been hooked on it since I saw the trailer..its those red eyes..

docbungle

Screenplay is by Alex Garland. He wrote the novel "The Beach" which was made into a very crappy movie. The novel was awesome though.

wondash

Metacritic rates it a 76 so far. That's amazing for a horror movie! Can't wait to see it!!

livewirerc

I'm a diehard zombie movie fan, so of course I'll be seeing this one! The previews look so good.

CSflim

Basically, it starts off with a guy, waking up from a coma, in a hospital bed. His room has been locked, but he has been kept alive on a drip. The entire hospital is deserted. He manages to get out of the hospital, into the city centre of London, which is completely deserted. He screams at the top of his voice, but no one is there! (This part looks really cool..coz you can see, that it really is london, and it really is deserted! They shot it really early in the morning, and were given permission to cordon off areas of the city. I thought that was really cool)

anyway, it turns out that 28 days before, an epidemic had broken out in london. this disease, Rage, is highly contageous. It turns those who are infected into insanely violent people. Blood contact will cause infection within seconds. Jim eventually meets up with two other "survivors". Not just has the entire country been infected, but the entire world. Its now a game of surviving day by day.

Notice, the word Zombie is never used to describe the infected people. I would strongly reccomend this movie, as it has a lot to offer. It is incredibly brutal at times, yet occasionaly quite tender. It has characters who are very well developed, and interact in a very real way. In the latter half of the film, the story starts to develop in a very unexpected way, which makes for compelling viewing.

The reason I would say that it's not a zombie movie, is that the phrase "Zombie Movie" has certain connatations, most notably; chainsaws, shotguns and flame-throwers . Instead, this movie is more about the reactions of the characters involved, and about human nature in times of crisis.

EDIT: I should mention that this film is made on quite a low budget. It is shot almost entirely on Mini DV. I don't know why, but that seems to bother people. I have read reviews on IMDB blasting this film, purely on the basis that it was shot on DV! Give me a break! So if this is a problem for you, then go see something else. Personally, I find that low budget films can sometimes come out better than they would have done with a larger budget. Why? Because on a low budget, you only have to please yourselves. You don't have a bunch of ignorant corporate fucks breathing down your neck, deciding what would or would not make the film more popular with the general public. Result: Slick, ultra-glossy Bland Homogeneous movies, with a beautifully high tech credit sequence! Grrrr.... sorry...got a bit off track there. 28 Days Later Rules!

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YaWhateva

agreed. nice post.

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mtsgsd

Anyone remember "Omega Man" with Charlton Heston? The plot sounds the same. Maybe a remake?

YourNeverThere

when i saw the first teaser i thought that i might b e a version of King the Stand, which is not i later found out, its even better, I cant wait to see it

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diergray

Just saw it and it was excellent. Parts of it did remind me of Dawn of the Dead and Omega Man but almost all zombie movies do.

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TheDave87

sounds kinda like a mix of Resident Evil with The Stand... at any rate, im hooked... the 6 minute preview on the movie's site nailed me from the get go. I just gotta talk everyone into shelling out the cashola to go see it.

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QuasiMojo

Fortunately I have a friend who came upon the pre-release DVD and he decided to show it to me 2 weeks ago.

I want to see it on the big screen.

~these xombies screeeeam~

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wondash

Saw it last night. Great movie! Sold out show.
Only two problems;
1) The asshole couple sitting behind me liked to talk during the quite scenes.
2) It should have been rated R-MN/R-ZN

YaWhateva

agreed on that number 2, wondash, but at least they got through the male nudity very early in the movie.

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Gman

I seriously thinking about going to see this. The commercials make it look like what Resident Evil SHOULD have been like. And who doesn't love zombies?

Spritebox

This movie is the best I've seen in theatres in a very long time. I loved it.

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Double D

I saw it tonite, after hearing good things about it and reading excellent reviews. I was all psyched for a really scary movie. It wasn't. 28 Days After is _not_ scary at all.

I wasn't expecting just a zombie movie, either. The zombies were different in that they moved faster, but they still have that dumb limp thing going. Why is that?

What I really did enjoy was the cinematography. As has been noted here, the shots of an abandoned London were bleakly beautiful. I loved the camera work throughout, actually.

I'm just beginning to wonder if are we so hard up for decent films that we call just about anything *great* and *the best.* This film was neither.

Nappa

Just got back from seeing it. Thought it was a really good premise and setup, but after they find the soldiers it got really weak. Still, it's one of the best horror movies to come out recently....really hope american studios make note of it.

Porkchop

Nappa i agree. I have this on dvd it is out here in England.
They actually talk about what if they never ran into soldiers etc. It makes for a more interesting premise. They actually find a man in the complex instead of soldiers who has ideas on a cure. He is locked away in a cell with no contact, and talks about a total transfusion etc. The directors screenwriters then found it hard to keep this going with so few people. Interesting though.

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mrap1

What I didn't like about the movie is that they kinda took it on a different track after the survivors found the soldiers. Then the movie got too belligerent. I think the soldiers had a good idea in wanting the women so that they could start civilization over, however they got stupid in that they made the soldiers too desperate and unprofessional. I mean its only been like 30 days since the catastrophe occured, you're telling me that professionally trained soldiers can't go for 30 without getting some?

And it's also unlikely that the entire world is now dead. According to the movie the only way to contract the disease is to be exposed to bodily fluids (saliva, blood, etc.). If you can quarantine yourself from the general population, then you're a survivor. One would expect that if these were the only means of contamination that very many people would therefore have survived. I mean, if you can lock yourself in a buidling where you're certain that no one has been infected, which is a very easy thing to do, then you're relatively safe. This might be a problem in big cities like NY, but I'm sure that even there you could have quite a few survivors.

Anyway, even though I thought some of the plot was weak, I did think it was a good movie, and it certainly was better than any of the other stuff that was playing in the theatre.

YaWhateva

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dont read unless you have seen the movie.....













Thats why there was that plane at the end that flew by and they were trying to get its attention for a long time and why the one soldier guy said that England was quarantined off becuase it was quarantined from the rest of the world.







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Dr.Who

Just saw it a hour ago, and yes it is a lot like Omega Man. I think that there is some long moment in the middle and the story with the Army Soldiers don't bring nothing new. Worth renting if you ask me. More of a drama/thriller than a horror film to me.

messy

Yep. I saw it last night and have to agree with everyone on here. Awesome flick.

2 things though:

a) Some ass-monkey behind me brought his 5 year old daughter to the show. She didn't make a peep the whole time, but that's probably because she was too busy wetting her pants. Poor kid.

b) Another ass-monkey and his friend walk into the show about 10 minutes late and ask me and my girlfriend to scoot down a seat so they can sit together. The movie had already started so I didn't want to make a scene, but I was sure to tell him "THAT'S why you get here early, dumbass." Then I made sure I had control of the armrest. Oh yeah!

TheClarkster

Great movie overall.
But like everyone else, we have idiots in our theaters.
Ones that like to make the telltale zombie noise whenever you know something is going to happen.
Or the ones who only like to converse during the quiet parts.
Geez.....

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THE MAC GOD

It's a good movie, but people who aren't used to the way Britan does it movies, might not like it...


But I did (of course, I AM a big Monty fan)

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wondash

Here's why I think it would be very difficult for this virus to spread across the entire world; The infection occurs very quickly, and once you're infected, it's totally obvious (red eyes, bad attitude, vomiting blood, etc.). So initially it would spread fast, particularly in a city environment. But as soon as everyone realized what's going on, it would just become one big shooting gallery. I liked the movie because in the end, it was clear that the entire world was not infected.

Tex

1st half of the movie was good, but the 2nd half sucked ass. The whole "Lord of the flies" type feeling that came through with the soldiers just doesnt do it for me.

Eiresol

It's not a zombie film. They arent zombies.

Spektr

I've seen it twice and it's fuckin great. I think that a lot of people have been turned off of it because of people calling it a "Resident Evil" knock-off, but it's so completely different. It's really an interesting survival story. It demonstrates the lengths that people are willing to go when all they can do is survive. For example, Major West. He believes that the entire world has been wiped out by Rage and feels that it is his personal responsibility to repopulize the world, which is why he allows his men to practically rape Selena and Hannah. It's really fascinating if you pay close attention

domokong

it's a really good move.
reminds of resident evil (in terms of plot and how the little girl (hanna) said "you are all going to die" when she was high and sitting on the couch). at first i thought it was a knock off but as it turns out, the story is very different.
also, parts of the movie reminded me of a home movie that a family would shoot, especially when they were traveling and having a picnic.
the music went really well with the action scenes, especially when jim went all crazy and killed all the soldiers

Zipperhead

Good spoiler domokong, sheesh.

mrap1

Thatdoesn't explain why they weren't able to receive any radio broadcasts. I mean I could understand how civilians might not have access to powerful radios, but the soldiers most certainly should have had some. And if the soldier new that England had been quarantined, then why were they so desperate to get with the two women? He had to know that eventually, perhaps in a few months, that help from the outside would come. Besides doesn't England have like a gigantic navy? The virus would have no way of getting aboard a navy ship or submarine. I'm sure that officers aboard those ships would have contacted the soldiers to apprise them of what was going on.
Again good movie, it just had several inconsistencies.

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My friends and I must have been the only people not knocked out by it.

It wasn't awful, but it certainly wasn't anything special. Most of the plot was hideously predictable (the romance, who would die and when), most of the characters were walking cliches (the stern army commander, the genial alcoholic father), and the attempts at social commentary were weak.

Also irritating were the plot inconsistencies (I don't think the rest of the world would wait two months for all of England to be killed by zombie infecteds before sending in help), and the guy doing the whole "I am in a horror movie!" thing and wandering into a dark building for no particular reason other than to raise tension, even though we all know he won't die because he's the main character. Plus, the biggest scare in the movie was a car alarm.

i didn't hate it, but it didn't distinguish itself as a horror movie. Might as well have been made in Hollywood for how typical it was. Then again, I seem to be the only one here who thinks as much. Ah well. I'm just glad I didn't pay for it.

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