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28 Weeks Later (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 174
Fresh: 123
Rotten:51
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Consensus: While 28 Weeks Later lacks the humanism that made 28 Days Later a classic, it's made up with fantastic atmosphere and punchy direction.
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong violence and gore, language and some sexuality/nudity
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release: May 11, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $28,586,503
Synopsis: Danny Boyle's surprise 2003 hit, 28 DAYS LATER, gets the sequel treatment here. Few elements from the first film remain--actor Cilian Murphy doesn't return, and Boyle and screenwriter/novelist Alex Garland take producer credits this... Danny Boyle's surprise 2003 hit, 28 DAYS LATER, gets the sequel treatment here. Few elements from the first film remain--actor Cilian Murphy doesn't return, and Boyle and screenwriter/novelist Alex Garland take producer credits this time out. In their places step director/co-writer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (INTACTO) and actor Robert Carlyle (TRAINSPOTTING), who bring the original story to its next logical step. The zombies (again referred to as "the infected") from the first film have died out and England is ready for repopulation. The American military are slowly bringing British citizens back to London, where a heavily guarded community is picking up the pieces and trying to return to normal life. Carlyle plays Don, a man who has lost his wife but is reunited with his children, Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton) and Tammy (Imogen Poots), near the start of Fresnadillo's film. The two kids soon escape from the heavily guarded community, go off searching for their childhood home, and discover that mom might not be quite as dead as they originally thought. Chaos follows, with the sadistic military and the forlorn survivors battling both each other and "the infected." Fresnadillo apes much of Boyle's style from the original film, shooting in rapidly edited sequences that cause plenty of blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments. A pounding soundtrack helps enliven the scenes with "the infected," and an abundance of swooping aerial shots highlight the desolate London landscape. A few minor sub-plots emerge, Fresnadillo offers sly commentary on the military's trigger-happy tendencies, and the film ends up somewhere in between zombie fare such as George A. Romero's LAND OF THE DEAD and dystopian visions of the future such as Alfonso Cuaron's CHILDREN OF MEN. [More]
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Mackintosh Muggleton, Imogen Poots, Catherine McCormack
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Mackintosh Muggleton, Imogen Poots, Catherine McCormack, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Idris Elba
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Screenwriter: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Roland Joffe, Jesus Olmo
Producer: Andrew MacDonald, Danny Boyle, Alex Garland
Composer: John Murphy
Screenwriter: Jesús Olmo, Rowan Joffe, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Studio: Fox Atomic
DVD Info
Release:
Sep 9, 2008
DVD Features:
- Keep Case
- Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
- Dolby Digital Surround - French, Spanish
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Subtitles - Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Alternate Scenes - Deleted Scenes (w/Optional Commentary)
- Audio Commentaries - Juan Carlos Fresnadillo - Director; Enrique Lopez Lavigne - Co-Writer
- Behind the Scenes - 1. "Code Red: Making Of 28 WEEKS LATER"
- 2. "The Infected Make-Up Effects"
- 3. "Getting Into The Action"
- Trailers - Theatrical Trailers
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Slideshow - "28 Days Later: The Aftermath" Flash-Animated Graphic Novel (Stages 1, 3)
Reviews for 28 Weeks Later
This film is a gross error of judgement for all concerned, from the predictably repetitive plot resting on the freaky premise of its progenitor to the anti-cinematic whiz-blur-cam that passes for cinematography.
Fresnadillo's film is an undeniable triumph and one that horror fans will love for decades to come.
The infected just seem to bite, spit blood, scream and repeat a little too much.
Una digna segunda parte que mantiene el nivel de la original, de 2002, gracias a su ritmo inquietante, su nerviosa banda sonora y su escenario cuasi apocalíptico.
If a heart-palpitating, seat-jittering gore fest happily gets your blood boiling, you'll indeed seethe infinitely more this time around.
It's an exciting, well-directed thriller that, while providing more than enough action and gore to satisfy genre fans, also offers the political commentary that has characterized zombie movies.
This sequel takes its predecessor's derivative, remorseless premise and deepens it a bit, though I can't be alone in wondering why this, of all things, should be a franchise.
Besides exhilarating, terrifying action, what 28 Weeks Later achieves best is a mood of terror, vigilant fear, and high-alert tummy flutters. Worth every penny.
S'alimentant d'une mise en situation beaucoup plus large et complexe,28 Weeks Later est la suite dont avait besoin cette nouvelle franchise pour être prise un peu plus sérieux
Suggests the kind of fable as might be shared from generation to generation, albeit in its own nerve-racking, nihilistic way of directing these metaphors into our psyche.
a perfect blend of well-drawn characters, political allegory, grand guignol, flesh-crawling tension and very fast-moving zombies.
"Weeks" abandons any trace of hope it has in characters prevailing for the better. It is cynical, nihilistic and unflinching.
works not just because of its visual and thematic resonance with current global traumas, but because it grips you on an emotional level
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