The zombies themselves are mostly mindless, flesh-hungry undead, they have no character, there aren't any stories behind them like their vampire or werewolf counterparts, or those 'Asian ghosts with a sad tragic past' you see in Grudge (Ju-on) and Ring (Ringu) films. I didn't review 28 WEEKS LATER immediately after I saw it because I wanted to watch my DVD copy of its prequel first. Although both films have standalone stories (28 WEEKS LATER happens six months after the events of 28 DAYS LATER, and has a different cast of characters), I thought viewing both would be essential for me to understand the whole picture. I wonder whether I can really call them zombie flicks? They seem more like a combination of different genres. Post-apocalyptic sci-fi + zombies + character study etc. I'm thinking of the games, not the movies) The zombies in these films are not really undead creatures, but biologically-infected people, thus giving them zombie-like characteristics.Īnd both films really focus more on the human characters than the zombies. To me, 28 DAYS LATER and 28 WEEKS LATER are really more about the bond forged by people during times of crisis, how some people would be at their best and some would be at their worst, without knowing it. The protagonists of these films tend NOT to be mindless one-dimensional 'character types' lining up to be murdered by the monster.Ģ8 DAYS LATER is a more ponderous film, 28 WEEKS LATER is leaner and more action-packed. I like the fact that director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo opts to do something different with the movie instead of blatantly trying to emulate what Danny Boyle did. And I definitely loved the stylish visuals employed by him, the camera work and the rapid fire cuts, he never went over-the-top like MING MING did. The plot: Don (Robert Carlyle) and his wife Alice (Catherine McCormack) are hiding in a cottage, sheltering from the RAGE virus that has hit Great Britain. Then they got attacked by zombies (RAGE victims), Don manages to escape, leaves Alice to die. Bad husband, bad bad husband.Ģ8 weeks later, the virus is successfully contained, the US army finds an area in London for survivors to repopulate. Teenager Tammy (Imogen Poots) and her younger brother Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton) manage to reunite with their father, Don, after returning from a school trip (that kept them safe from the Rage virus outbreak), and learn from Don about their mother's death. Of course, Don didn't really get into details.Īnyway, I'm not going to reveal much, but eventually, a carrier of a virus enters the quarantined area and infects everyone with the virus again. The US army, incapable of containing the virus, has no choice but to kill everyone in the area. Tammy and Andy, protected by US Army medical officer Scarlett (Rose Byrne) and sniper Boyle (Jeremy Renner), try to leave the place from both RAGE victims and other soldiers of the US army. The events transpired in the film really parallels the Iraq war. And this film is pretty harsh towards the US army and their self-appointed roles as protectors.
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