| Posted by: The1TrueFrog at June 30, 2003, 11:10 pm | | Topic: Reviews: 28 Days Later Forum: JoBlo | | 28 Days Later - 5/10 I'm not going to say that this movie just totally sucked, because it did at least try, and a few good things going for it. I was getting into it really good during the setup -- it had this eerie resemblance to Dark City, with a nicely done ghost town and a very nightmarish church. Also nice casting, especially considering all the "unknown" actors that do seem to have potential talent. However, somewhere near the middle, this movie just took a nosedive. Eventually the "scare" factor turns repetitive, cut-off flashy scenes become distracting, and rather than all the suspense that everyone keeps talking about was just boredom. Then as said by "Tommy Doyle" above (beautifully I might add), the writers wanted us to see a moral standpoint about humanity -- which was fed to us by a bunch of horny military perves. Kinda shows a conflict of interest on their behalf... Anyway, the bottom line is that if this movie were trimmed down about 45 minutes and there was a little more zombie action and a better conclusion (maybe a Planet of the Apes-esque one -- "damn you all to hell!!" hehe), I would have enjoyed myself a lot more. The only real upside of the finale was watching all those bastards get what they deserve! A 50/50 movie it be... |
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