g5000
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Full disclosure: I did not watch this entire movie.
I hate zombie movies. I have no idea why I watched this zombie movie. I knew it was a zombie movie going in, and I still hit play. Go figure.
Some numbers: This movie was made 18 years ago. It is 100 minutes long. There is a sequel, 28 Years Later, on the streets right now, so I guess it takes place 10 years from now? I just learned there is a movie called 28 Days Later. I'm guessing 28 Weeks Later is the sequel and 28 Years Later is the sequel to the sequel.
Zombie movies are a sub-genre of slasher movies (I hate slasher movies, too) which are a sub-genre of horror movies ( I like some horror movies) which are a sub-genre of...um...movies.
When you proceed from movies to horror movies to slasher movies to zombie movies, you are in for a few metric tons of blood, gore, and growling.
If you are looking for a few metric tons of blood, gore, and growling, this movie was made with you in mind.
28 Weeks Later takes place on the island of Britain.
This vehicle goes from zero to frenzy in under 60 seconds.
There's no character development here. There's no backstory here. There's no if-I-make-it-through-this-ima-gonna-buy-me-a-farm here.
After the opening massacre, we are informed through a series of onscreen text that all the zombies ran out of humans to eat and died of starvation, Britain is totally devoid of humans and zombies, and the US Army moves in to re-repopulate the island with evacuees.
DIRECTOR: Hey, Bob!
SCREENWRITER: Boss?
DIRECTOR: This movie was over in five minutes!
SCREENWRITER: I guess it was, wasn't it.
DIRECTOR: We need more zombies, Bob.
SCREENWRITER: I'm on it, boss.
So here's a hybrid, zombie. One zombie becomes two zombies becomes four zombies becomes eight zombies...you get the picture.
We are exposed to lots and lots of blood, gore, and growling. People running to and fro. Bullets flying. Zombies chomping. And...
I shut it off.
Some actors I like are in it.
That guy from The Full Monty.
Jeremy Renner. You know him from The Hurt Locker and I understand he's been in some comic book movies.
Idris Elba. He performed fantastically in my all-time favorite series The Wire.
Harold Perrineau. He's one of those actors you recognize but can't remember where from.
There is one zombie movie I watched on purpose and that was because it was a South Korean movie and I am a fan boi of South Korean movies.
Last Train To Busan. Go see it.
I hate zombie movies. I have no idea why I watched this zombie movie. I knew it was a zombie movie going in, and I still hit play. Go figure.
Some numbers: This movie was made 18 years ago. It is 100 minutes long. There is a sequel, 28 Years Later, on the streets right now, so I guess it takes place 10 years from now? I just learned there is a movie called 28 Days Later. I'm guessing 28 Weeks Later is the sequel and 28 Years Later is the sequel to the sequel.
Zombie movies are a sub-genre of slasher movies (I hate slasher movies, too) which are a sub-genre of horror movies ( I like some horror movies) which are a sub-genre of...um...movies.
When you proceed from movies to horror movies to slasher movies to zombie movies, you are in for a few metric tons of blood, gore, and growling.
If you are looking for a few metric tons of blood, gore, and growling, this movie was made with you in mind.
28 Weeks Later takes place on the island of Britain.
This vehicle goes from zero to frenzy in under 60 seconds.
There's no character development here. There's no backstory here. There's no if-I-make-it-through-this-ima-gonna-buy-me-a-farm here.
After the opening massacre, we are informed through a series of onscreen text that all the zombies ran out of humans to eat and died of starvation, Britain is totally devoid of humans and zombies, and the US Army moves in to re-repopulate the island with evacuees.
DIRECTOR: Hey, Bob!
SCREENWRITER: Boss?
DIRECTOR: This movie was over in five minutes!
SCREENWRITER: I guess it was, wasn't it.
DIRECTOR: We need more zombies, Bob.
SCREENWRITER: I'm on it, boss.
So here's a hybrid, zombie. One zombie becomes two zombies becomes four zombies becomes eight zombies...you get the picture.
We are exposed to lots and lots of blood, gore, and growling. People running to and fro. Bullets flying. Zombies chomping. And...
I shut it off.
Some actors I like are in it.
That guy from The Full Monty.
Jeremy Renner. You know him from The Hurt Locker and I understand he's been in some comic book movies.
Idris Elba. He performed fantastically in my all-time favorite series The Wire.
Harold Perrineau. He's one of those actors you recognize but can't remember where from.
There is one zombie movie I watched on purpose and that was because it was a South Korean movie and I am a fan boi of South Korean movies.
Last Train To Busan. Go see it.
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