28 Days Later (Full Screen Edition)
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Actor: Brendan Gleeson, Danny Boyle, Lisa I'Anson, Naomie Harris, Ray PanthakiBrand: MURPHY,CILLIAN
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-10-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of 28 Days Later (Full Screen Edition)
Movie Review: Best horror movie. Ever.
Summary: 5 Stars
This one has gone down in my book as one of the top 5 movies I have personally ever seen. Not just for horrors. If I could only have 5 movies to watch for the rest of my life, this would definitely be on the list.
It is well acted, edited, written, special effects, direction, soundtrack. The only qualm I have is the final 5 minutes is a little too cut and dry and seemed a little bit of an add-on to please the masses. I later learned, that was in fact, what it was and there was another ending originally that was changed shortly before filming to make the movie more mass marketable.
Regardless, its up there with the original Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, all the real horror movie greats. I didn't see it until shortly after it was released on DVD when a friend brought it over to watch since we're big horror, especially zombie movie fans. These are not technically zombies per se, but there are enough similarities to throw it in the general category. That said, it is far more realistic than the average, even good zombie movie. The only real scientific impossibility is the speed at which the virus infects a person, which admittedly is an integral part of the plot. All else appears to be based on the idea of a "super rabies" type virus. It is unknown whether it was a natural mutation that occurred, or something engineered, but it doesn't matter. Either has a real, albeit distant, potential.
Cillian Murphy is fabulous in this movie. His character is well-developed and undergoes some changes throughout the story after several harrowing experiences. It can easily be included as a psychological thriller with the disturbing experiences of the characters and one can't help but wonder what they would do in this situation and wonder if they would survive, or better yet, if they would want to at all. The psychological aspect is nothing short of disturbing and might make you want to go out and stock up on any apocalyptic emergency sort of supplies you can get your hands on.
To add to it, the movie is peppered with a John Murphy soundtrack that quickly rose to one of my personal favorites as well. The music often has a very rhythmic heart beat sound to it, that rises and falls with the action perfectly. I often listen to it on my treadmill, since you just can't help for it to make you want to move just a little faster. It also included some appropriate operatic/symphonic pieces.
It is a little on the gory side, but that is one of its strong points as it doesn't strike me as gratuitous or intended purely for a gross-out/shock value. How could such a thing not be a little gory? Nature can be pretty ugly when it is kill or be killed. It's more of a national geographic gore, rather than a teen scream. And it doesn't contain the usual red paint or corn syrup like blood substitute of many a horror film, so if your stomach turns easily, you might have some trouble, but that is hardly not a reason to watch it. Just don't do it right after dinner.
I'll always go back to this one time and again when I just need to see a good horror movie, even if I can recite the script from memory. Even if you don't find yourself captivated and enthralled, I can almost guarantee that you won't be sorry you spent the time or money.
Summary of 28 Days Later (Full Screen Edition)
Hailed as the most frightening film since The Exorcist, acclaimed Director Danny Boyle's visionary take on zombie horror "isn't just scary?it's absolutely terrifying" (Access Hollywood).An infirmary patient awakens from a coma to an empty room?in a vacant hospital?in a deserted city. A powerful virus, which locks victims into a permanent state of murderous rage, has transformed the world around him into a seemingly desolate wasteland. Now a handful of survivors must fight to stay alive, unaware that the worst is yet to come?
The director/producer team that created Trainspotting turn their dynamic cinematic imaginations to the classic science fiction scenario of the last people on Earth. Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up from a coma to find London deserted--until he runs into a mob of crazed plague victims. He gradually finds other still-human survivors (including Naomie Harris), with whom he heads off across the abandoned countryside to find the source of a radio broadcast that promises salvation. 28 Days Later is basically an updated version of The Omega Man and other post-apocalyptic visions; but while the movie may lack originality, it makes up for it in vivid details and creepy paranoid atmosphere. 28 Days Later's portrait of how people behave in extreme circumstances--written by novelist Alex Garland (The Beach)--will haunt you afterward. Also featuring Brendan Gleeson (The General, Gangs of New York) and Christopher Eccleston (Shallow Grave, The Others). --Bret Fetzer
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