28 Weeks Later...

[AnalBreeze]

28 Weeks Later...

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Release Date: May 11, 2007

Studio: Fox Atomic

Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Screenwriter: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Lopez-Lavigne, Rowan Joffe, Jesus Olmo

Starring: Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack, Imogen Poots, Idris Elba, Mackintosh Muggleton

Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence and gore, language and some sexuality/nudity)

Official Website: www.FoxAtomic.com

Plot Summary: Six months after the rage virus has annihilated the British Isles, the US Army declares that the war against infection has been won, and that the reconstruction of the country can begin. In the first wave of returning refugees, a family is reunited -- but one of them unwittingly carries a terrible secret. The virus is not yet dead, and this time, it is more dangerous than ever.

[Killroy]

Added to the calendar. Thanks!

[AnalBreeze]

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[AnalBreeze]

24framespersecond (http://www.24framespersecond.net) got to see the film at the world premiere in London yesterday.
They've written up whats reads as a pretty positive review! Check it out. Posted today.

[Tobe_Romero]

I saw 28 Days Later on the big screen and had a frolickingly good time. But, I am 50/50 on waiting for the DVD.

[CPL CHUD]

I think I'm going to check this one out. I felt the first one fizzled out towards the end. This looks like it keeps up the pace throughout. I'm not looking for anything cerebral. Just good old fashion thrills, chills, and blood spills.

[AnalBreeze]

'28 Weeks Later' as good as the original and easily the best horror film of 2007!

REVIEW: by Steve Mason

There is no question in my mind that 28 Weeks Later (Fox Atomic), the searing sequel to Danny Boyle's remarkable 28 Days Later, will stand head-and-shoulders above every horror film released this year. It takes the rage virus that decimated England in the 2003 international hit, and adds a haunting familial twist, creating what may be the most visceral, shocking and flat-out scary movie ever made.

I was leery of the idea of a sequel because of the landmark originality of the first film. It took the fear and paranoia of deadly viruses and potential bio-terror -- including everything from SARS to Ebola to smallpox -- and combined it with the good old George Romero zombie pics. When you go back and look at the Romero classic Night of the Living Dead -- as well as the scores of zombie flicks that have followed, with the exception of Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead remake -- zombies are slow and lumbering, with a Frankenstein-like gait. In 28 Days Later, once infested with the rage virus people become hyper-fast carnivores, sprinting after their victims and thirsting for human flesh and blood.

Boyle, the genius behind Trainspotting (among other pictures), is executive producer of 28 Weeks Later, but has turned the directorial reins over to young Spaniard Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Intacto). Fresnadillo collaborated with Enrique Lopez Lavigneon to rework an original screenplay by Rowan Joffe, and the result not only preserves Boyle's legacy, but also finds ways to improve on the original.

As the film begins, a group of Brits is holed up in a house during the original outbreak. Included are a married couple, Don and Alice, played by the excellent Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, The Full Monty) and Catherine McCormack (Braveheart). A young boy bangs on the door yelling that he's being chased by his infected father. The survivors let him in, but a pack of the Rage-infected are soon breaking their way into the sanctuary. In the end, Don is cornered, and instead of trying to save Alice, he bolts to save himself. He is left with the image of his wife's face in a window as the voracious carriers circle.

The movie then skips ahead to 28 Weeks Later. It's six months after the rage virus has wiped out the U.K., and all of the infected have died of starvation. The U.S. Army moves in to begin reconstruction, and the first wave of British citizens come home to begin repopulating their homeland. It is essentially a military state under the command of General Stone (Idris Elba from HBO's The Wire), with American snipers on every rooftop. His chief medical advisor is Scarlet, played by Rose Byrne from Troy and Wicker Park.

Don is in some sort of building management job, and is still haunted by the death of his wife, when his children, Andy and Tammy, played by unknowns Mackintosh Muggleton and Imogen Poots, arrive back in the country. They had been on a school trip in Spain when the outbreak took place. The kids don't play by the rules, and soon they're venturing out of the secured areas ... and that's when the trouble begins. I'm not going to spoil the story here. Suffice it to say that it's hard to keep the rage virus down. Soon, it is ripping through the secured repopulation areas, and the military is powerless to stop it.

The twist is that even when a father or a mother is infected with the virus, they still have parental feelings toward their children. In the same way that the little boy at the start of the movie said that he was being chased by his infected dad, Carlyle's Don is soon foaming at the mouth and hunting down his kids. When Fresnadillo originally met with Carlyle about the role, the director told him that he really feels for the infected because, "(T)hey had lives too and they have had children and they have lost most through all of this."

It's an interesting and sensitive way to look at these monsters, and it's that quirky view that results in some of the most frightening moments in the movie. Like its predecessor, 28 Weeks Later isn't for the faint of heart. It's shockingly bloody, with some over-the-top gross-out moments, and it made me jump in my seat at least a half-dozen times. It's got so many heart-stopping scenes that it's hard to watch at times, but it's an great ride for anybody who loves the 2003 classic, or likes a good scare. This is a well-conceived, well-made horror flick with a high I.Q. and a terrific cast. It'll stick in your head long after you leave the theatre.

[AnalBreeze]

Zombies live again in thrilling "28 Weeks Later"

LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's "28 Weeks Later," a sequel to Danny Boyle's admired zombie chiller "28 Days Later," is a ferociously entertaining thriller with sympathetic characters, stunning set pieces and pulsating excitement.

Boyle and Alex Garland, who wrote the first film, are executive producers of "28 Weeks Later," which ups the ante on the story of Great Britain's population being almost completely wiped out by a virus that induces in human beings instant rage and the almost unstoppable impulse to kill. It should prove explosively infectious at the box office.

Six months after being declared safe from infection, Britain is being repopulated with evacuees and those lucky enough to have been away at the time of the outbreak. Joined by pockets of survivors, they are housed in high-rises on the Isle of Dogs in the east end of London. The place is a heavily guarded fortress with constant surveillance by the U.S. military, whose snipers spy on the inhabitants as much as potential invaders.

The remainder of London and the rest of the country are empty of people, but security is maintained at the highest level because of the instant and deadly fury unleashed by the virus. Inevitably, however, the security is breached, and when it does the inmates are at risk as much from their military masters as from the infection.

Robert Carlyle stars as Don, a man whose children, Tammy (Imogen Poots) and Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton), were on holiday when the outbreak occurred. He has a guilty secret, as the film's opening sequence shows him and wife Alice (Catherine McCormack) with some other survivors in a remote country house attacked by hordes of the infected. Don manages to escape but leaves his wife to her fate.

When Alice surprisingly shows up, medical officer Scarlet (Rose Byrne) discovers that she has a gene that protects her from the virus, and son Andy has the gene, too. When unflinching Gen. Stone (Idris Elba) escalates security to Code Red, Scarlet and Special Forces Sgt. Doyle (Jeremy Renner) risk their lives in order to get Andy and Tammy to safety.

Fresnadillo, whose debut film "Intacto" attracted the attention of Boyle and Garland, was responsible for the screenplay along with Rowan Joffe ("Gas Attack," "Last Resort") and one of the film's producers, Enrique Lopez Lavigne. It expands the logic of the first film in adventurous ways even if it does give in to the genre's tradition of allowing characters to show up in the most unlikely places.

In Mark Tildesley's production design, London's devastation looks impossibly handsome, with exhilarating work from cinematographer Enrique Chediak and editor Chris Gill. John Murphy's vibrantly electric score adds to the spine-tingling narrative pace.

Carlyle and McCormack handle their changing characters with great flair, and there are sterling contributions from Byrne ("Sunshine"), Renner (TV's "Dahmer"), Elba (TV's "The Wire") and Harold Perrineau as a helpful helicopter pilot. Poots and Muggleton are the rarest of young performers in being both credible and appealing while some very nasty things are going on around them.

For once, there is a happy absence of misogyny in a horror movie, though the body count is high as a result of Fresnadillo's expert technique and imaginative eye for carnage. The frenetic pace allows him to make his points vividly without dwelling on the horror so that the film speeds along to its shattering climax and cautionary coda.



Must not be to bad! :D

[Killroy]

The only thing that worries me is that they keep saying "as good as the original" and I was not even a fan of the original. It started great, then completely lost it near the end (in fact, when they met the military group at the house).

[AnalBreeze]

I loved it and I'm watching it right now on FX!

[McVain]

The only thing that worries me is that they keep saying "as good as the original" and I was not even a fan of the original. It started great, then completely lost it near the end (in fact, when they met the military group at the house).
I agree. The beginning was great though. It had a great feeling on abandon/aloneness and apocalyptic atmosphere.

[AnalBreeze]

Like it or not, this movie single handedly brought back the "Zombie" movie! I remember sittin' in the theater watchin' this and it was so different and not dumb... it didn't treat you like you were an idiot like so many horror movie do these days!
I felt like watchin 28 Days Later may have been what it felt like watchin' Dawn of the Dead in theaters for the first time back in the 70's!

The beginning is great, the middle is great until they meet up with the soldiers... But when Jim goes all Rambo on their asses, That was awesome, Also when Jim and whatsherface are kissin' and Hannah thinks Jim is biting whatsherface so Hannah smashes a bottle on Jim's head and he say's Are you Stoned? Priceless! :D

[AnalBreeze]

Review: Rage festers in `28 Weeks Later'
Here's a BAD review!!! :(

The U.S. military has occupied Britain to make it habitable again and stamp out the last vestiges of the "rage" virus that decimated the land in the horror hit "28 Days Later."

Now it's "28 Weeks Later," and the troops are allowing refugees to repopulate the realm, essentially declaring, "Mission accomplished."

We've heard that before. And we've seen it all before, as this woeful sequel presents a strained story and a barrage of turgid action that looks like inferior outtakes from the first movie.

Danny Boyle, who directed "28 Days Later," is back as executive producer, but his storytelling expertise seems entirely absent.

Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who made the well-regarded thriller "Intacto," teams with three other writers on a thin story that sucks away all the frenzied fun a zombie flick should provide. Instead, the zombies are relegated to second-banana ghouls, co-starring behind the human monsters who wear uniforms and carry guns.

The movie opens with a prologue as Don (Robert Carlyle, who co-starred in Boyle's "Trainspotting" and "The Beach") holes up with wife Alice (Catherine McCormack) and other survivors in a cottage stronghold, trying to survive the initial outbreak that has turned most of the population into cannibalistic demons.

When the infected break in, Don flees, and in a moment of cowardice, leaves Alice behind, an action that will have terrible repercussions down the road.

Months later, after the infected have starved to death, Don is among survivors in a fortified area of London guarded by U.S. troops supervising the return of Brits who either escaped or were out of the country when the virus struck.

Don is reunited with his children, Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton) and Tammy (Imogen Poots), who had been overseas. Because of an inherited immunity, Andy may hold the key to curing the rage virus if it ever comes back, but he and his sister also are catalysts whose actions result in the plague's inevitable return.

The key military roles are filled by Jeremy Renner as a sniper, Harold Perrineau as a helicopter pilot, Idris Elba as the general leading the repopulation and Rose Byrne as Scarlet, a medical officer concerned that people are being allowed back home too soon.

Her doubts are justified, given the short time that has passed since the epidemic and considering the idiocy of the troops.

The military has set up a containment zone about as secure as a kid's backyard fort made of cardboard boxes. The troops make snap judgments too stupid to believe, allowing the rage virus to quickly take hold again.

Their final solution for dealing with new hordes of infected makes for pretty pyrotechnics but defies all logic and human decency. The movie's ending is laughable, and sadly, could provide the germ of another sequel.

Scenes in the first film of British soldiers' expediency in coping with the outbreak were chilling, a sign of how humanity might devolve toward savagery amid such chaos. In "28 Weeks Later," the military types are truly more dangerous beasts than the infected, though the message is empty given the stiffness and shallowness of the characters.

The characters in "28 Days Later," none of whom return, were wily, passionate and real. Their counterparts here are little more than lunch meat.

The sequel has a nasty spirit and unlike the original, has no sense of humor, and often, no sense at all.

No matter the precautions, why would anyone let thousands of civilians back in a city rampant with diseased rats and wild dogs just months after a hellish plague, while corpses still litter the streets and cleanup crews burn the bodies?

"What if it comes back?" Scarlet asks the general.

"If it comes back, we'll kill it," the moronically cocky general replies.

It's hard to say if the filmmakers meant it as timely Iraq commentary on the overconfidence of military leaders in an impossible campaign or if it's just feeble writing. Either way, "28 Weeks Later" amounts to bad storytelling.

"28 Weeks Later," a Fox Atomic release, is rated R for strong violence and gore, language and some sexuality/nudity. Running time: 101 minutes.

One and a half stars out of four.

[Tolo]

Blah...A friend of mine wants to go see this when he comes down tomorrow but I don't really feel like it since I didn't even really like the first.

[Tobe_Romero]

The beginning is great, the middle is great until they meet up with the soldiers...

You mean the 1st act homage to Night of the Living Dead, the 2nd act with Dawn of the Dead and the 3rd with Day of the Dead?

Don't get me wrong, I dug it, but the similarities in that structure are undeniable.

[Killroy]

You mean the 1st act homage to Night of the Living Dead, the 2nd act with Dawn of the Dead and the 3rd with Day of the Dead?

Don't get me wrong, I dug it, but the similarities in that structure are undeniable.

Exactly. Maybe had they not directly copied better known zombie films I could have liked it more. I'll still check this one out, but it wasn't one of the movies I have been anxiously waiting for. Hell, that alone may work in its favor as far as I am concerned.

[AnalBreeze]

Ok... you guys can have your Day of the Dead and Land of the Dead and even Night of the fuckin Dead... All either OVERRATED or CRAP! Dawn of the Dead was GREAT(Both Versions and even the remake of Night was good) I'll be watching 28 Weeks Later and I'll let you know what I think about it! I'll bet you right now that it's better than Land of the Dead!

I wasn't here comparing which "Zombie" movie is better and which one sucks I was just telling you what I thought about 28 days Later. I liked it!

And about homages, pretty much every horror movie that comes out now is a homage or rip off of one that came before it!

[AnalBreeze]

Exactly. Maybe had they not directly copied better known zombie films I could have liked it more. I'll still check this one out, but it wasn't one of the movies I have been anxiously waiting for. Hell, that alone may work in its favor as far as I am concerned.

I doubt that they were directly copying a better known zombie film... It's a ZOMBIE film how much different can you be without being "Shaun of the Dead" or "Fido"? Pretty much every zombie film is going to have the same plot. Boy meets Zombie, Zombie eats everybody, Boy runs from zombie, zombie eats everybody else, boy kills zombie!
You know what I mean! I doubt Danny Boyle copied anybody, He just made a fricken good and Different Zombie movie! (Dawn of the Dead Remake as great as it was, Copied 28 Days Later or paid Homage to it with the running zombies!)

I feel like I went back in time to 2003 to when people were fightin' on the net about how a "real zombie" moves slow and does not run!

I'm done now!

[I am Legend]

i loved the first one, but when i heard sequal i was scared. the reviews bring me once again to a happy place. ill be there 2morrow for this one.

i still dont get why people dont like the first one though...................i just cannot comprehend that.

[AnalBreeze]

i loved the first one, but when i heard sequal i was scared. the reviews bring me once again to a happy place. ill be there 2morrow for this one.

i still dont get why people dont like the first one though...................i just cannot comprehend that.

28 Days Later did for Zombie films what Batman Begins did for the Batman films,
It just reinvented or reimagined and reintroduced us to them and made them better for it! Where's the respect? :rolleyes:

[McVain]

Ok... you guys can have your Day of the Dead and Land of the Dead and even Night of the fuckin Dead... All either OVERRATED or CRAP! Dawn of the Dead was GREAT(Both Versions and even the remake of Night was good) I'll be watching 28 Weeks Later and I'll let you know what I think about it! I'll bet you right now that it's better than Land of the Dead!

I wasn't here comparing which "Zombie" movie is better and which one sucks I was just telling you what I thought about 28 days Later. I liked it!

And about homages, pretty much every horror movie that comes out now is a homage or rip off of one that came before it!
I really hope it's better than Land of the Dead. That movie pretty much sucked. NOTLD is great, Dawn is damn good, and Day is really fun.

I thought the Dawn remake was decent and I feel the same way about 28 Days Later. I do admit that 28 Days Later is definitely better than most new horror films. The genre is pretty awful right now. Luckily there are still plenty of horror films from the past that I haven't seen yet.

[AnalBreeze]

I went to see this today and Yes it's better than Land of the Dead!
It was kind of a continuation of 28 days later, Good but Nothing really new!
It's not Great like I was hoping but I would go see it again!
Definately some tense moments and plenty of blood!
Like the helicopter scene, Think Original Dawn of the Dead... times 50! :rolleyes:

Overall good but the Muse song in the trailer is nowhere in the movie...
Does anyone know the name of that Muse song?

[Killroy]

Overall good but the Muse song in the trailer is nowhere in the movie...
Does anyone know the name of that Muse song?

Muse message boards are saying it is Shrinking Universe, from Hullabaloo (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000067UUJ/dreamindemon-20)

[AnalBreeze]

Thanks Morbid!

[AnalBreeze]

'28 Weeks Later' Disappointing with $10M opening weekend

[AnalBreeze]

Title: 28 Weeks Later
Starring: Robert Carlyle
Released: 9th October 2007

Further Details:
Fox Home Entertainment has announced 28 Weeks Later which stars stars Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, and Catherine McCormack. This horror sequel will be available to own from the 9th October, and should retail at around $29.98. The film itself will be presented in anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. DVD Extras will include an audio commentary by director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and Co-Writer Enrique Lopez Lavigne, a Code Red: Making Of 28 Weeks Later Behind-The-Scenes featurette, an Infected Make-Up Effects featurette, a Getting Into The Action featurette, and a 28 Days Later: The Aftermath Flash-Animated Graphic Novel. Completing the package will be deleted scenes with optional commentary, and the theatrical trailers.

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...eks-later.html

1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer
Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio
Commentary by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and Enrique Lopez Lavigne
Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary
Code Red: Making of 28 Weeks Later
Featurette: The Infected
Featurette: Getting into the Action
28 Days Later: The Aftermath: Stage 1 'Development'
28 Days Later: The Aftermath: Stage 3 'Decimation'
Theatrical Teaser
Theatrical Trailer

[dop]

Till october? fuck. I missed this on the theater and seems like ill have to wait ages to see it...

[kakihara]

But...They are not zombies.:confused:

I enjoyed both movies.

[AnalBreeze]

I know, Real zombies don't run! :rolleyes:

[sweet_misery]

I'll definitely be picking up a copy for myself on October 9th.

[kakihara]

I know, Real zombies don't run! :rolleyes:

I'm not trying to argue that tired old point. I think that you can have running zombies and not ruin anything. I really liked the DOTD remake. I fucking LOVE ROTLD as well.

The infected in 28 Days/Weeks are just that, infected. They are infected with Rage. They are not dead and they are not flesh eaters. They are insane killers. They are not zombies.

[swivel]

I know, Real zombies don't run! :rolleyes:

Ask Morbid about that. He knows for a FACT that zombies (especially child-zombies) do in fact run.

[Killroy]

Ask Morbid about that. He knows for a FACT that zombies (especially child-zombies) do in fact run.

And I will repost what I state on another forum regarding the running\shuffling zombie:

The very first zombie encountered in the Romero films was a running zombie. He ran to the car and even attempted to chase it. The zombie also had thought process to keep attempting to use the door handles to get the door open. Also, when he found he could not break the windows with his hands, he literally looked around, found a rock and began to use that instead. He was not a dumb, shuffling zombie like in Romero's Dawn, nor was he a full-fledged runner as seen in Return of the Living Dead or the Dawn remake, but he was really, really pissed off.

Also, in Dawn of the Dead, the kid zombies Peter finds in the chart house ran after him when he opened the door...they didn't shuffle after him, and even when he throws them, the scrambled back up to attack again.

Someone else, replying to this, also pointed out that the first zombies in Night of the Living Dead also used rocks to bust out the cars headlights, used a trowel as a weapon and even had sense enough to use a table leg to break into the house.

And as I have stated before...let 'em run, walk, crawl, talk, moan, eat brains, die, not die, remember past lives, not remember past lives, give birth, not give birth, yadda, yadda and yadda...I could care less...just make a good movie and absolutely none of it matters to me.

Lastly, the 28 Decade Later films, while echoing all the elements of a running zombie movie, did not feature zombies. Period. It doesn't take anything away from the film, it's just a fact. They were living, breathing humans with a sickness and they did not eat the living.

But this just brings me back to all the Romero boys who feel his movies are the zombie canon. Which movie is canon, exactly? He doesn't even stay consistent. Night had one style of zombie, Dawn had the idiot, shuffling zombie, Day had the same zombies but also introduced the "thinking zombie" and then Land showed that not only do they all think, but they can communicate with each other without talking. He has been making it up as he goes along.

[AnalBreeze]

you all fell for it... Again!

[kakihara]

Ok...:confused:

[AnalBreeze]

Some vampires are dead and some are alive but they are all still vampires! :rolleyes:

[kakihara]

RIDICULOUS! Stop trying to trick me you bastage!:mad: Everything must fall into cookie cutter form!:slap: I hate you!:cry:

[CPL CHUD]

I'm sure most of you know this, but there are zombie flicks dealing with voodoo that don't neccessarily have to have people returning back from the dead to be considered zombie flicks. Or are they classified as voodoo flicks? Wait a minute, who cares, it's all horror....

[AnalBreeze]

I'm sorry, I was just kiddin'! I can never resist the urge to get this debate going!
All you have to say is Real zombies don't run and then sit back and watch! :D

[Killroy]

Well, I don't think anyone was actually arguing about it, Anal...even though I do witness that happening on other horror boards whenever the subject comes up. :)

[AnalBreeze]

I know no one was arguing here but go anywhere and say that and you, Well you know!

[AnalBreeze]

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Product Details

Actors: Catherine McCormack, Robert Carlyle, Amanda Walker, Shahid Ahmed, Garfield Morgan

Directors: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language: English

Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Number of discs: 1

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Studio: 20th Century Fox

DVD Release Date: October 9, 2007

Run Time: 113 minutes

[sweet_misery]

A member over at BD mentioned that Best Buy has a 2 for $25 deal when you buy 28 Weeks Later and Wrong Turn 2. That's a good deal, so it'll be off to Best Buy for me tomorrow.

[AnalBreeze]

Me too!

[CPL CHUD]

This was definitely better than the first film; more exciting, crueler, engaging.