28 Weeks Later

It's now been 6 months since the Rage virus destroyed Britain and London is now deemed to be a safe place to live in again. London is beginning to get re-populated, the city is not completely cleaned up yet but is well on its way to recovery. All the infected are now deemed to be dead and even children are now beginning to be flown into London to once more live.

The infected ran out of fresh meat to eat and without flesh the infected population soon died out. The US Army has been brought in to restore order in London and there are people on constant guard just in case by some chance the Rage virus once more breaks loose. Is it possible that the Rage virus could once more roam free and that there will be a recurrence of infection throughout the capital city? Well, if there wasn't there would be no film. Watch '28 Weeks Later' to find out how it all unfolds.

Before watching this film I didn't really know what to expect. I'd heard from a very reliable source (my partner to be precise) that the film was excellent; having not been a fan of the first film however I still wasn't entirely convinced that '28 Weeks Later' would be of particularly great appeal to myself. I'm a big fan of zombie horror and essentially that's exactly what '28 Weeks Later' is; the zombies are labelled as the 'infected' throughout the film and never given the name of zombies, they are flesh eating zombies though and quick little blighters they are too.

In a zombie film there's only one bit of advice that can ever be given; whatever you do, don't get bitten. If you get bitten you become one of them, so you must avoid being bitten at all costs. It's not always particularly simple not to be bitten, it's what needs to be done however and generally with a zombie film there are one or two survivors come the end of the film. Does '28 Weeks Later' have any survivors? I really can't say, just watch the film for yourself and I promise that you will not be disappointed with what you see.

'28 Weeks Later' is incredibly gory and always here director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo makes great use of his display of absolute blood, guts, and gore. He certainly doesn't hold back on the gruesome factor and you certainly can't accuse him of showing too little here. If you're a squeamish person then I wouldn't recommend watching '28 Weeks Later', I'm a hardened horror fan and even I had to look away from the screen on the odd occasion here. Everything is shown in its full glory and always here '28 Weeks Later' is visually stunning and terrific use of cinematography is made.

In terms of zombie films that have been released in the past few years then '28 Weeks Later' is most definitely up there amongst the best. It reminds me a little of Zack Snyder's 'Dawn of the Dead' in the way that it's filmed and the manner in which the action unfolds right from the offset; I'm a big fan of Zack Snyder's 'Dawn of the Dead' as well as this film though and my drawing comparisons between the two films is certainly not meant as an insult; a definite compliment in fact. I've seen bad zombie films such as 'Diary of the Dead' and 'Resident Evil Apocalypse'; '28 Weeks Later' is no bad film however and is in fact absolutely exceptional.

It's gory, fun, and always the film will have you on the edge of your seat. It's intensely scary and the way that it's all filmed is just absolutely beautiful. The script has been well written and everything about the film just seems to fit together to absolute perfection. It's perfect in every sense of the world and I just can't speak highly enough of this fine zombie horror thriller of a film. I'm a big horror movie fan, and having seen literally hundreds of the films over the years; '28 Weeks Later' is definitely one that I would rank as up there amongst the best.

Final Verdict: '28 Weeks Later' is an intelligent and aesthetically excellent piece of film which I'd certainly recommend spending 95 minutes watching. 5 out of 5.

Genre:
Horror

Directed by:
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Actors:
Catherine McCormack
Robert Carlyle
Garfield Morgan