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I'm willing to say this is the movie that got me into horror. I was a fan of it before with some classics like Alien and A Nightmare On Elm Street, but this movie managed to change that like into a love. Also, this boosted both Danny Boyle as one of my favorite directors, and Cillian Murphy as one of my favorite actors. And while the ending is a tiny bit disappointing, the rest of the movie is incredible.
28 days later is far better than the sequel. I loved the story line. They weren't really zombies. Just infected with Rage. Amazing affects to this movie. The ending scenes were great. So much about this movie I just love. A definite 10/10.
"This film is about a virus, 'Rage' virus that makes the infected person mad with extreme rage and hungry for blood. Within 28 days one outbreak in London caused entire Britain dead or evacuated leaving behind a blood-thirsty infected population and a handful of solitary normal persons. Civilization came to a halt, society got destroyed while those limited survivors fight for existence among frequent attack by the vicious victims.
Sounds familiar? Then what makes "28 Days Later..." a classic among a horde of zombie/biohazard movies? Simply a touch of art that Danny Boyle is able to bring what others could not. The others focus too much on extensive, special-effects-controlled, gory action sequences between infected and normals, with heavy background music. But here there's always a tinge of sadness, emptyness, helplessness. Consider that empty London scene with that background music. We found out there's much else to show than just electrifying action or gore to describe the picture of life in this condition that these movies talk about.
There are mistakes and loopholes in this movie. But that couldn't weaken the otherwise tight-gripping storyline. The greatest achievement of this movie is to make one viewer stay neutral throughout the film, without taking any side in the first place. Because the virus we talk about is simply used as a metaphor. 'Rage' is shown as a social disease. That makes it a 'serious' film, not a flick. Every person, even the harshest critic of zombie horror movies should watch this." --shanfloyd, imdb.com
I watched this when it came out and i have to say i was pissed off. The movie seemed like a let down. Did not really seem gory enough of fun enough, and maybe intense enough for me. Then i rewatched recently and found it ok and the story was better. The faults i found in it the first time were better this time knowing the type of story it was. It is pretty good and most people will like this movie.
28 DAYS LATER is one of the "better" modern versions of a zombie film (compared to all the stinkers that have come out since George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD) ..... I was glad to see zombies who behaved differently this time (symbolic of what we've become as a society - fast and brutal) ..... and everyone involved (from actors, special effects, etc) does a top notch job delivering a great film on a modest budget (compared to all the 100 + million costing stinkers we've seen released over the last decade) ...... my ownly complaint is where the things slowed down too much 2/3rds into the film (fortunately this doesn't last long)!
Quite possibly the smartest of the zombie genre. It has everything and more. Awesome story line brought to life by a great cast. I truly do appreciate the underlying messages as well. I loved the reason for the outbreak, very original, very scary and very possible. If the world were to be taken over by zombies of infected people...I could see it happening this way.
Posted By: Holdthephone at 12:43am, March 11, 2008
This Movie made me love horrors from the frights to the violence to the acting and filming it's just a great movie.
I love it soooo much I haven't seen the sequel is it anygood?
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I love 28 days later!!!!
This is what horror movies should look like. Not only did it make a zombie attack realistic, but it also had great structure and great acting. I was impressed with the moral and existential questions that were being brought up through the entire movie. While watching this movie I turned to my friend and said this isn't a horror film it's sci-fi because it is actually good. This movie has finally raised the bar for horror movies around the world. I hope that people try to make more movies like this.
Epic! That's all I can really say about this movie. I have never been a huge fan of fast motion zombies (seeing as it would be physically impossible i.e. rigor mortis) but this is really good. I really like how they technically aren't zombies at all thus justifying their speediness. Strong acting, excellent direction, nothing more to ask for. A little slow paced I suppose for all you people who keep going to see Saw movies. But that's not my business. This movie is great.
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