Evengyny
Thanks for the memories!
Claysaba
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Voxitype
Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
AshUnow
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
daelite8874
One of the best horror films of the 21st century and great special effects
benjaminpeterrichards
I watched this supposedly in HD recently after not seeing it for over a decade. My memories of it were immensely positive, I remember being gripped, engaged and happily going along with whatever the narrative offered.My most recent viewing however was not so straightforward. Being British I am acutely aware of the tropes of UK produced cinema and those cliches don't engage me now, or more to the point I am perhaps more aware of them. 28 Days Later seems prosaic and fettered by these production values and that spoiled my watching experience. On the positive side, there are still iconic moments, an amazing soundtrack and frenetic scenes to be enjoyed.
Woodyanders
While this film didn't exactly reinvent the zombie horror genre, director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland nonetheless still manage to bring a feeling of jarring intimacy and immediacy to the standard premise by wisely focusing on a small handful of survivors who try to stay alive and retain residual traces of their humanity in an extremely dire and desperate situation. Indeed, Boyle and Garland handle the premise with admirable take-no-prisoners grim seriousness by showing in stark and chilling terms how easily people can degenerate into a horrible barbaric state in the wake of civilization collapsing. In an inspired cynical touch, a group of soldiers turn out to be anything but heroic and helpful as they prove to be more concerned with their own self-preservation over helping others out. Cillian Murphy makes for an engaging average guy protagonist as the fundamentally decent Jim, Noamie Harris provides plenty of spark as the sassy and ruthlessly determined Selena, Brandon Gleeson does typically fine work as affable cab driver Frank, and Christopher Eccleston likewise excels as the steely Major Henry West. A tense sequence in a tunnel rates as a definite harrowing highlight while the shots of a dead quiet and empty London are quite eerie and striking. Anthony Dod Mantle's rough digital cinematography gives this picture a gritty sense of documentary-style realism. But it's the way this film manages to keep things on a basic human level which in turn makes the horror presented herein so potent and unsettling.
bosswilde
28 weeks later is a post-apocalyptic film directed by Danny Boyle. One of my favorite paintings on the theme of a zombie Apocalypse. Watched the tape a dozen times, including all additional materials, both in Russian and in original language. To this day, for me, this movie and the sequel 28 weeks later, but it is a little bit later, is the standard zombie-genre world of film. The film is set in what was once an amazingly beautiful country with a rich history of great Britain, stricken with an incurable virus, leading to instant infection. Upon contact with a human, the virus turns them into insane killers.Unlike other films of this genre the infected are alive. They are fast, rabid, angry, hungry and insatiable creature. Danny Boyle opened a new world of "living dead" is not only world cinema but for the interactive entertainment industry. The second important fact is that the Director, in most cases, refused to computer graphics and hand-drawn special effects. Instead, the gallons of fake blood, tons of makeup, and many non-professional actors in the role of fast zombies.Happy in the movie and memorable music written by the British composer and musician John Murphy, which complements the atmosphere of despair, of madness, of fear and impending doom brings to us what words cannot, and most importantly, doesn't distract from the movie itself.I advise to all, this cult film from the famous Director, ushered in a new wave of zombie horror in world cinema