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28 Weeks Later [Blu-ray] Review

28 Weeks Later does a few things. It does justice to the first film, it excells in style and cinematography, and it compells with brilliant storytelling. What 28 Weeks Later failed to do was give us truly memorable scenes and action bits worth playing over again. While I feel that the film is much better than most horror sequels these days, I wanted so much more out of this film that displayed so much potential.

Like I said, the film looks amazing. The cinematography and lighting are remarkable. I hate all these pictures these days that involve too many close-ups. This movie took everything wide and beautiful. It's remarkable for its look. That being the most significant thing about the film, the second most would be the story. I enjoyed how it felt original and mysterious. The family's story was effective and the writer inserted no cliche's. Also, the performances were great. Seeing Jeremy Renner pre-Hurt Locker was great.

The few problems I have with the movie do not ruin it, but rather just make the film less memorable. Aside from some shots of the infected father, there's nothing about this movie that I look back and think "That was awesome." 28 Days Later had a few good "wow" points that I can recall off the top of my head. The major problem with this film, is that there is no scene that I instantly remember and engage with. I loved the baseball bat scene of 28 days later and its following ending fight sequence. Really the only thing that was really cool about this one was the "sniper-bait" scene with the kid and Jeremey Renner. The helicopter scene was underdone, in my opinion. My only other problem was its sound editing. The first scene was WAY TOO QUIET!!!!As well as some others.

Other than the fact that 28 Weeks Later is somewhat unexciting, the story and style are equally as beautiful. It's a blast to look at. The only thing I would have asked for was a stronger element of action. Certain horror films, such as the recent Hills Have Eyes, are amazing for they're intense fight scenes. Have some infected duke it out with humans in a well choreographed environment and we're due for a classic. To conclude, 28 Weeks Later certainly does justice to the first film, but it does not do justice to its own potential. It had the tools to be groundbreaking.

28 Weeks Later [Blu-ray] Overview

28 WEEKS LATER is sequel to the successful 28 Days Later.

The film pick up six months after the Rage virus has spread throughout the city of London. The United States Army has restored order and is repopulating the quarantined city, when a carrier of the Rage virus enters London and unknowingly re-ignites the spread of the deadly infection, wreaking havoc on the entire population. The virus is not yet dead, and this time it's more dangerous than ever!!

28 Weeks Later [Blu-ray] Specifications

As an exercise in pure, unadulterated terror, 28 Weeks Later is a worthy follow-up to its acclaimed predecessor, 28 Days Later. In this ultraviolent sequel from Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (hired on the strength of his 2001 thriller Intacto), over six months have passed since the first film's apocalyptic vision of London overrun by infectious, plague-ridden zombies. Just when it seems the "rage virus" has been fully contained, and London is in the process of slowly recovering, an extremely unfortunate couple (Robert Carlyle, Catherine McCormack) is attacked by a small band of rampaging "ragers," and the cowardly husband escapes while his wife is attacked and presumably infected. Their surviving children (Imogen Poots, Mackintosh Muggleton) fall under the protection of a U.S. Army sharpshooter (Jeremy Renner), but nobody's safe for long as 28 Weeks Later goes into action-packed overdrive, with scene after blood-gushing scene of carnage and decimation. The film's visuals follow the look established in 28 Days Later, this time with bigger and better scenes of a nearly abandoned London on the brink of utter destruction. The military subplot gets a bold assist from Harold Perrineau (as a daring helicopter pilot) and Idris Elba (in a too-brief role as the military commander), and their firepower--not to mention the efficient lethality of helicopter blades--turns 28 Weeks Later into a nonstop bloodbath that's way too intense for younger viewers and guaranteed to leave hardcore horror fans gruesomely satisfied. That's all there is to it--this film is almost plotless and dialogue is minimal throughout--but as a truly terrifying vision of survival amidst chaos, 28 Weeks Later honors its origins and qualifies as a solid double-feature with Children of Men. Could there be another sequel? Thanks to the "chunnel," the answer in this case is definitely oui. --Jeff Shannon

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