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intereact!Directors: Danny Boyle, Toby James
Actors: Ray Panthaki, Lisa I'Anson, Brendan Gleeson, Danny Boyle, and Naomie Harris
Rated: R (Restricted)
Retail Price (not our price): $14.98
Release Date: 2003-10-21
Theatrical Release Date: 2003-06-27
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Run Time: 113 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Discs: 1
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
The director/producer team that created Trainspotting turn their dynamic cinematic imaginations to the classic science fiction scenario of the last people on Earth. Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up from a coma to find London deserted--until he runs into a mob of crazed plague victims. He gradually finds other still-human survivors (including Naomie Harris), with whom he heads off across the abandoned countryside to find the source of a radio broadcast that promises salvation. 28 Days Later is basically an updated version of The Omega Man and other post-apocalyptic visions; but while the movie may lack originality, it makes up for it in vivid details and creepy paranoid atmosphere. 28 Days Later's portrait of how people behave in extreme circumstances--written by novelist Alex Garland (The Beach)--will haunt you afterward. Also featuring Brendan Gleeson (The General, Gangs of New York) and Christopher Eccleston (Shallow Grave, The Others). --Bret Fetzer2) Description
Hailed as the most frightening film since The Exorcist, acclaimed Director Danny Boyle's visionary take on zombie horror "isn't just scary…it's absolutely terrifying" (Access Hollywood). An infirmary patient awakens from a coma to an empty room…in a vacant hospital…in a deserted city. A powerful virus, which locks victims into a permanent state of murderous rage, has transformed the world around him into a seemingly desolate wasteland. Now a handful of survivors must fight to stay alive, unaware that the worst is yet to come…
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5
1) Good movie, but could have been great ... [Rating: 4 out of 5]
... if not for the unexpected and implausible happy ending. (See the "Alternate Theatrical Ending" from the DVD Special Features menu for the much better finish to this otherwise excellent movie.)2) 2nd one is better [Rating: 3 out of 5]
i though that the first movie was not as good as the second movie 28 weeks later. i'd watch the first then the second to get a feel for the action.3) Danny Boyle is a genius! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This movie is amazing, from the camera, to the music, to the actors, and ect....People that don't get this movie. Don't worry 28 days later you still won't.Check out his other movies!4) Over-rated [Rating: 3 out of 5]
Maybe "28 Days Later" is so disappointing because it had so much potential. At its core, the film is a bleak, brainy British update on the social commentary George Romero used to be so good at. The lead characters, in fact, are fleshed out even better than those of Romero's classic zombie films, and the film definitely has it's thumb on the paranoid pulse of the 21st Century. Throughout the first half of the film, I was literally on the edge of my seat, and I believed all the hype. I was prepared to love this movie.Then the film suddenly veers from its pseudo-indy tone into a type of Hollywood filmmaking that is nauseatingly overfamiliar. Cliche after cliche follows: A formerly mild-manner character suddenly turns into a Rambo-like superwarrior; a formerly strong female character turns to emotional mush; a team of crack career militarymen seem incapable of firing their guns straight; a quirky supporting character is killed onscreen to prove the severity of the threat. I know it may seem odd to complain about a certain subplot that comes up near the end as being "sick" especially as this is a zombie film, but I found the soldiers' plans for the female characters to be very, very offensiveand seemed to exist only for shock value.While this is a great movie by the standards of "Resident Evil" or "House of the Dead," this could have been so much more. I was very, very disappointed with "28 Days Later."5) Four and a half stars [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I've got to say, I'm a little bit disappointed and bewildered. As modern horror flicks go, this was almost flawless. A new twist on the zombie theme, a fast pace and stupid people getting their comeuppance in the first five minutes. BUT. Am I the only person who spotted the big, glaring cop-out with regards to stereotypes?Anyone who lives in the UK and possesses a braincell knows we are ruled by them, approved and not, acceptable and not. I'd really like to give this 5 stars because I did enjoy it, but the hero and heroine were safe bets (don't make me say it out loud) , as were the real bad guys (who needs zombies?), the, apparently, evil scum British squaddie. It's lazy. Come on, give me a break. Don't be too quick to shoot me down, I did enjoy it, but the cliches did take the shine off it. Mr Boyle can do better.Baby Cromwell