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Connor Macgregor Reviews...28 Days Later
An Original Zombie Film that breathes new life into the genre...plus DANNY BOYLE.
Animal activists invade a laboratory with the intention of releasing chimpanzees that are undergoing experimentation, infected by a virus -a virus that causes rage. The naive activists ignore the pleas of a scientist to keep the cages locked, with disastrous results. Twenty-eight days later, our protagonist, Jim, wakes up from a coma, alone, in an abandoned hospital. He begins to seek out anyone else to find London is deserted, apparently without a living soul. After finding a church, which had become inhabited by zombie like humans intent on his demise, he runs for his life. Selena and Mark rescue him from the horde and bring him up to date on the mass carnage and horror as all of London tore itself apart. This is a tale of survival and ultimately, heroics, with nice subtext about mankind's savage nature.
What an amazing film this is. Danny Boyle creates a haunting , dangerous film about what happens when the world goes to hell over human hands. Danny Boyle`s direction grips you in from the very start and you are lured into the film slowly and hauntingly. Its also quite disturbing seeing the monkeys at the beginning.
The Key performance is Cillian Murphy. He plays a vulnerable character who has no clue what has happened and why is it happening. Great performances also by Naomie Harris as Selena who carries most of the film in a way that not many people will notice. The character Selena has seen so much horror and has to take responsibility for her own life and no one else. We see that when she murders her friend Mark in a brutal but understandable way. I also have to talk about Brandon Gleeson who was great as Frank and Megan Burns as Hannah.
I also thought the music was pretty creepy too. Modern yet had some classic feel to it. 28 Days Later is a must see in the horror category. See It.
Rating - 76% - B+
Connor Macgregor Reviews...28 Days Later
An Original Zombie Film that breathes new life into the genre...plus DANNY BOYLE.
Animal activists invade a laboratory with the intention of releasing chimpanzees that are undergoing experimentation, infected by a virus -a virus that causes rage. The naive activists ignore the pleas of a scientist to keep the cages locked, with disastrous results. Twenty-eight days later, our protagonist, Jim, wakes up from a coma, alone, in an abandoned hospital. He begins to seek out anyone else to find London is deserted, apparently without a living soul. After finding a church, which had become inhabited by zombie like humans intent on his demise, he runs for his life. Selena and Mark rescue him from the horde and bring him up to date on the mass carnage and horror as all of London tore itself apart. This is a tale of survival and ultimately, heroics, with nice subtext about mankind's savage nature.
What an amazing film this is. Danny Boyle creates a haunting , dangerous film about what happens when the world goes to hell over human hands. Danny Boyle`s direction grips you in from the very start and you are lured into the film slowly and hauntingly. Its also quite disturbing seeing the monkeys at the beginning.
The Key performance is Cillian Murphy. He plays a vulnerable character who has no clue what has happened and why is it happening. Great performances also by Naomie Harris as Selena who carries most of the film in a way that not many people will notice. The character Selena has seen so much horror and has to take responsibility for her own life and no one else. We see that when she murders her friend Mark in a brutal but understandable way. I also have to talk about Brandon Gleeson who was great as Frank and Megan Burns as Hannah.
I also thought the music was pretty creepy too. Modern yet had some classic feel to it. 28 Days Later is a must see in the horror category. See It.
Rating - 76% - B+