Blog Review: Brandon Ferder
The movie 28 Weeks Later directed by Juan Carlos
Fresnadillo was a sequel in some sense to the critically acclaimed, award
winning zombie movie 28 Days
Later. After watching this
movie, I would have to give it a four out of five on the 'Five-Brain Scale.' I
tend to not be disturbed easily, but portions of the movie really churned my
stomach. The movie starts out in present day England, where a few small groups
of people are stranded in a home hiding from the zombie outbreak. One event
leads to the next, where zombies begin invading the home and the main character
Don played by Robert Carlyle, chooses to leave his living wife behind and
sprint to safety selfishly. The movie then cuts to a quarantined section of
London where the United States Military has set up and safe zone for residences
of England to start inhabiting the country again. Don meets up with his son and
daughter who are coming back from a trip out of country, and finally get urinated.
As time pushes on, the virus happens to re-enter the city, spreading extremely
quickly, to the point where everyone is a target, and the full city needs to be
extinguished. The story revolves are Don becoming infected by his half-dead
zombie wife, and his children who are immune to the virus that are trying to
escape the virus infected city.
Throughout the
film, I found myself eerily attached to how the plot moved so naturally. The
dialogue was heartfelt, and the script and directing was much more on point
that the prequel 28 Days
Later. I felt as if the music played into the intensity of the plot
much better, keeping myself engaged in what was going on, versus laughing/
questioning the fact that the music doesn’t fit the mood of the situation. The
acting was on point, throughout the movie, each actor was challenged with
different emotions, I felt that every emotion that was shown was extremely convincing,
which in turn made the movie that much better. The make up, as well as special
effects were fabulous. Usually i do not cringed, or have my stomach churn, but,
with the amount of bodily fluids, gun shots, and blood pouring out of zombies
as well as non infected humans could really cause anyone to get a bit queasy.
All in all, the effects were great. The movie overall was extremely vivid and
capturing.
As I watched the
film, I did see some comparisons between Herbert West–Reanimator, the assigned reading really showed
many similar aspects as to how the characters acted throughout the stories.
When it came to both doctors in both stories, , they both seemed extremely
fascinated in the Zombie, and completely disregarded the fact that they are
dangerous. They all proceed to examine and study the zombies, experimenting,
and in 28 Days later learned
the hard way that keeping the infected zombie in their laboratories eventually
led to their ultimate despise. Another connection would ultimately be to the
movie 28 Days Later. I feel that both
films are similar in comparison as they both revolve around led by rage. Both
films take place in England, and involve the country to be under quarantine. I
feel that 28 Weeks Later, is the
better of the two movies, as its graphics, as well as production value was much
greater than that of 28 Days Later.
This films contribution to the zombie canon is tremendous. The zombies
portrayed are gruesome and bloody, they scream, and eat anything in their way,
just the way a zombie should be. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this movie, and
would highly recommend it to the zombie lover.
Below are a few links to find where you can
find out more about the film, as well as where you can find the movie:
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