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28 Weeks Later
So...what happened to that great cast from the last movie?
28 Weeks Later starts..weeks...after the last movie, the infected have starved to death and the American military has occupied London in an attempt to restore the country. Robert Carlyle plays a survivor with some dark secrets who is overjoyed when his children come to stay with him in the country in an attempt to colonise. Imogen Poots plays his older daughter and a child actor plays his youngest son, who has two different coloured eyes...and this becomes a very important (and annoying) plot point.
Danny Boyle is no longer directing for this instalment and it is very noticeable, the writings weaker, the actors don't seem to have much motivation (Rose Byrne seems to scream at everything for no real reason), the characters are all over the place (it is very unclear who we're supposed to root for) and the film just doesn't have the moral lessons or the heart the last film had.
What does push the film through is the pace and the occasional strong performance by an ensemble actor (Jeremy Renner is the standout), the budget is much bigger, but what made the previous film so charming was it's low budget, so this film comes off as more of a generic summer zombie/horror film.
Overall 28 Weeks Later is a good horror movie, though it's an ant compared to 28 Days Later. The action is thrilling and the story is somewhat intriguing even if it seems ludicrous. But what this movie could use is some heart...but don't get any blood on you...you'll get infected.
So...what happened to that great cast from the last movie?
28 Weeks Later starts..weeks...after the last movie, the infected have starved to death and the American military has occupied London in an attempt to restore the country. Robert Carlyle plays a survivor with some dark secrets who is overjoyed when his children come to stay with him in the country in an attempt to colonise. Imogen Poots plays his older daughter and a child actor plays his youngest son, who has two different coloured eyes...and this becomes a very important (and annoying) plot point.
Danny Boyle is no longer directing for this instalment and it is very noticeable, the writings weaker, the actors don't seem to have much motivation (Rose Byrne seems to scream at everything for no real reason), the characters are all over the place (it is very unclear who we're supposed to root for) and the film just doesn't have the moral lessons or the heart the last film had.
What does push the film through is the pace and the occasional strong performance by an ensemble actor (Jeremy Renner is the standout), the budget is much bigger, but what made the previous film so charming was it's low budget, so this film comes off as more of a generic summer zombie/horror film.
Overall 28 Weeks Later is a good horror movie, though it's an ant compared to 28 Days Later. The action is thrilling and the story is somewhat intriguing even if it seems ludicrous. But what this movie could use is some heart...but don't get any blood on you...you'll get infected.