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28 Days Later
Cillian Murphy, raged up zombie things, the 9th Doctor and Britain. Can it get any better?
28 Days Later is an incredibly low budget film that popped up in 2002 and is one of my favourite movies ever, period. Danny Boyle tackled horror in a unique (at the time) way and used fantastic imagery with lots of grit and some gore.
Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up in an abandoned hospital and finds the entire city of London abandoned, eventually he discovers that a virus has spread causing people to become infected with 'rage' when bodily fluids are transferred etc. After a very close and horrifying encounter he is saved by some survivors, one played by the lovely and powerful Naomi Harris.
The movie soars because of it's main cast. Cillian Murphy is fantastic as the very Irish Jim, who walks around without a clue and has multiple breakdowns and develops very well as a character. Naomi Harris is very strong as Selena, a tough woman who does whatever necessary to survive, but she is human on the inside. Other cast members are fantastic as well, though I won't spoil them.
If I would ever have any complaints, it would be that the film gets slow once the plot kicks in, though it's only about 10 minutes, and the horror and thrills return bigger and better, and you learn it isn't just the virus that should be feared.
Overall 28 Days Later is a brilliant film that does amazing things with it's teeny little budget. Every member of the cast is strong and the directing is fantastic even though it looks like it was filmed on a camcorder. I recommend 28 Days Later to anyone that's remotely interested, even if you don't like horror.
Cillian Murphy, raged up zombie things, the 9th Doctor and Britain. Can it get any better?
28 Days Later is an incredibly low budget film that popped up in 2002 and is one of my favourite movies ever, period. Danny Boyle tackled horror in a unique (at the time) way and used fantastic imagery with lots of grit and some gore.
Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up in an abandoned hospital and finds the entire city of London abandoned, eventually he discovers that a virus has spread causing people to become infected with 'rage' when bodily fluids are transferred etc. After a very close and horrifying encounter he is saved by some survivors, one played by the lovely and powerful Naomi Harris.
The movie soars because of it's main cast. Cillian Murphy is fantastic as the very Irish Jim, who walks around without a clue and has multiple breakdowns and develops very well as a character. Naomi Harris is very strong as Selena, a tough woman who does whatever necessary to survive, but she is human on the inside. Other cast members are fantastic as well, though I won't spoil them.
If I would ever have any complaints, it would be that the film gets slow once the plot kicks in, though it's only about 10 minutes, and the horror and thrills return bigger and better, and you learn it isn't just the virus that should be feared.
Overall 28 Days Later is a brilliant film that does amazing things with it's teeny little budget. Every member of the cast is strong and the directing is fantastic even though it looks like it was filmed on a camcorder. I recommend 28 Days Later to anyone that's remotely interested, even if you don't like horror.