| Posted by: Requiem-for-a-Dream at July 30, 2003, 2:50 am | | Topic: Reviews: 28 Days Later Forum: JoBlo | | 28 Days Later- 10+ ***Top 5 of 2003*** Genre: Horror/Sci-fi Year: 2003 Rating: US R/ Can 18A for Extreme Gore, Nudity and Unrelenting Terror. Director: Danny Boyle Cast: Cillian Murphy Plot: A group of animal activists free a bunch of monkeys infected with the "Rage" virus. 28 Days Later, the world is infected and everyone who has the virus is violent and ravenous. My Thoughts: Thus far, this is the most brilliant film of the year (and I doubt that any other will match the intelligence of this script). I walked out of the film praising it loudly to my girlfriend (co-owner of this site). I couldn't get the film's haunting imagery out of my head. I've read many great reviews for this film and a few poor ones. The poor ones seemed to focus on the pace of the film, which I felt was perfect. The film opens with a monkey watching horrible acts of human behaviour on a television. We then see that the monkey is strapped down to a table. A group of animal rights activists break in and try to set the animals free when a scientist walks in on them and screams that the animals are infected. "Infected? With what?" one activist asks, "Rage" the scientist replies. What a simple way to describe something so complex. What 28 Days Later.. does so well is make the viewer think about humans as a species. The movie works as a moral tale about violent acts being the foundation of our society. After 28 days, our lead wakes up in a hospital bed completely nude wondering where the hell everyone is. He soon finds out and the answer isn't what he expected. Advertised as a Resident Evil-esque zombie flick, this is nothing of the sort. It's a biological warfare story where the victims of the virus act viciously, attacking humans. I think many of the bad reviews have to do with expectations. I knew what kind of movie this was going to be going into it so I wasn't let down in any department. Gore hounds will also get a kick out of this flick. Blood is splashed around like it has a purpose. This is the most powerful film I've seen this year, although there are a few that have come close (The Hunted, dealing with a similar subject matter of human evil in a more conventional way and Identity that explores the human mind). House of 1000 Corpses remains at the top but 28 Days Later... is a much more unconventional horror film where as House is more of a throwback to the 70's. Add to all the goodness an incredible soundtrack/score, this movie will not be forgotten. You have to check this film out if you have a fondness for scares and intelligent films. Acting- 9/10 The lead actor here is amazing, all others do great jobs but I found the military men were a little cliche. Directing- 10/10 A tie with Rob Zombie for best Director. Holy shit this movie has a beauty and an ugliness to it that I can't describe. You have to see it for yourself. I actually got a tear in my eyes at a few of the more beautiful shots, shhhh, don't tell anyone. Gore- 10/10 Many of the infected vomit up extreme amounts of blood all over other people, bloody gunshot wounds, an exploding body, eyes punctured, a bird tearing open a gory wound, extremely gory machete attacks throughout the film, arm slit open and pouring blood, zombies feeding and a tidle wave of bloody/gory corpses all over the place. Nudity- 3/10 We see some rage boobs and the ladies get the full monty. AxeHorrorŠ=Copyright Matt |
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