Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Movie Review: 28 Weeks Later


Well I just got back from seeing 28 Weeks Later, and I must say, I'm not too impressed. Though it had some good zombie violence (zombies getting shot up, zombies getting burned alive, zombies getting sliced apart by helicopter blades, etc.) I found the story pretty contrived. It was one of those movies where after you see it you're questioning all the decisions that the main characters made throughout the movie. eg. "Aww man, they never should have left that bunker. . . " or "that guy would never have been given security clearance in real-life" and the like. Obviously its a sci-fi movie but the human elements of the movie still need to be realistic. Also, while the first movie (28 Days Later) relied on awesome story, believable character development, and amazing cinematography for its success, this movie relied heavily on the dramatic theme music from the first movie to build suspense, which was a pretty big cop-out. And of course, they ended the movie on a cliffhanger so that they can milk another sequel out of the "28 [insert measurement of time] Later" franchise, which, in this reviewers opinion, should never have become a franchise to start with. It was an awesome movie on its own, these sequels are not helping its reputation.

5 comments:

kmatter said...

Livng in London I was more entertained with the fact that I know and regularly visit a lot of the places where the movie takes place rather than the actual story line - at least that's something i guess

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