rating:
(out of
4 stars)United Kingdom; 2002
Directed by Danny Boyle; produced by Andrew Macdonald; written by Alex Garland
Starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Noah Huntley, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, Christopher Eccleston
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
'28 Days Later' is a better horror movie than most others in the same genre.
It is intelligent and focuses on other things you might expect. Jim (Cilliam
Murphy) wakes up in a hospital 28 days after activists have freed primates
carrying a virus, in the movie simply referred to as "rage". Jim doesn't
know this and the hospital seems deserted. Then he goes outside and he sees
a deserted London. The shots here look absolutely great, as was the Times
Square in 'Vanilla Sky'. After a while he enters a church and is attacked by
an infected person, chased by some others and finally saved by Selena
(Naomie Harris) and Mark (Noah Huntley). They explain him what happened and
how you have about 20 seconds to kill a just infected person. You can get
infected if you are bitten by an infected person or if infected blood enters
your body in any way.
They meet two others, Frank (Brendan Gleeson) and his teenage daughter
Hannah (Megan Burns). They have heard a radio signal that says they have to
go to Manchester for the answer. After a little argument they decide to try
it because there's nothing else. They do find an army base but what happens
there I will not reveal. What good is in this last part is that we see how
human beings are able to do certain things when there seems to be no hope at
all.
The movie has a lot of suspense and not as much gore as you would think with
a movie like this. The ending was not bad but could be better. A secret is
revealed by a sergeant on the army base and because of that secret I was
curious what would happen after the events we see in the movie. Still, this
is a very intelligent horror/science fiction movie, shot on video which
gives the movie a better look. It is also an interesting look on human
nature, especially the second half. Even if you normally don't like movies
like this you can be surprised by this one.