28 Weeks Later Review

Ok well this is a relatively new blog. So here is a review I recently wrote. This should give you something while i think of things to write.


In 28 Weeks later we see a Britain that has suffered deadly rage virus that took hold of the country in 28 days later. The film starts with a small group of survivors (led by Robert Carlyle) who final are overcome by a swarm of, for want of a better word Zombies. The film the moves forward where we see the American army have set up a colony in the isle of dogs for the Britain’s who survived or were out of the country when the virus took its deadly hold. However shock horror things go wrong and the small population is left fighting for survival again. Being what some may call a zombie film you expect a no brainer. However like its predecessor the film tries to be more than what it is. A thought ‘what if’ kind of yarn that will make us think. Like 28 Days Later, the film not only deals with zombies, but also the threat of the cold military. Although this time round we do have a few drippy soldiers who try to help the central characters. The central characters being a pair of annoying teenagers and not Robert Carlyle who at the beginning we a led to believe is the central character (the clever surprise that was probably meant to be as shocking as the central character dying in psycho). Although the acting wasn’t awful, it was hard to sympathise with the central characters who were pretty much to blame for the re-infection in the first place. I thought they had a bloody cheek to let the other characters risk their lives to save them. However this was solved by the convenient coincidence that they could be the answer to the cure. The problem is, is that the film does not know whether it is a sci-fi horror or a psychological thriller. Unfortunately it was weak as either. It came across as a snob-zom film. The DVD is equipped with the necessary making of, trailers and featurettes. It did not offer much more but hey it was £9.99 in the supermarket. Taking this into consideration I was satisfied I got what I paid for.
2/5

Welcome one and all

Hello one and all.

That was cheery wasn't it. Well don't get used to it. Im a miserable old (well young) fart who needs a place to spill his thoughts. But I hope to get a smile from you, the reader. Unless you got bad teeth. I'm sorry but i can't be held responsible for putting the world through that.

Anyway enjoy the ride. I'm sure we will all have something to talk about.