Danny Boyle's "28 Days Later" emerged as a jarring entry in the zombie-horror genre for several reasons. Primarily, the film introduced a brand of infected that defied conventional attitudes associated with the shuffling undead, as their hunger in this context is defined by uncontrollable, murderous rage. Aptly dubbed the Rage virus, this epidemic grips the streets of Britain and pushes this corner of the world towards an apocalypse, leaving scant survivors to reckon with a reality too brutal to comprehend. The true merit of "28 Days Later" is its ability to distill grounded apocalyptic fears into a visceral sense of dread, which is overcome and channeled into hope for humanity in the end.
This flickering hope is unceremoniously crushed in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's "28 Weeks Later," which, as the title suggests, picks up exactly 28 weeks after the Rage virus outbreak. Although the sequel lacks the startling humanity of...
This flickering hope is unceremoniously crushed in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's "28 Weeks Later," which, as the title suggests, picks up exactly 28 weeks after the Rage virus outbreak. Although the sequel lacks the startling humanity of...
- 12/18/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
The episode of Revisited covering 28 Weeks Later was Written by Andrew Hatfield, Narrated by Jason Hewlett, Edited by Paul Bookstaber, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
2007 was a perfect year for films. We were graced with the first Transformers film in the series, which is still the best. Spider-Man 3 showed us that Tobey Maguire has some of the best dance moves in town, Judd Apatow provided us with great summer laughs in both Knocked Up and Superbad, Bruce Willis’s John McClaine returned in Live Free or Die Hard and a little rat warmed our hearts by serving us a dish of perfection in Ratatouille. While that’s all perfect, I’d say that I had my highest hopes for one movie in particular… 28 Weeks Later (watch it Here). You may be thinking, of all the films, that’s the...
2007 was a perfect year for films. We were graced with the first Transformers film in the series, which is still the best. Spider-Man 3 showed us that Tobey Maguire has some of the best dance moves in town, Judd Apatow provided us with great summer laughs in both Knocked Up and Superbad, Bruce Willis’s John McClaine returned in Live Free or Die Hard and a little rat warmed our hearts by serving us a dish of perfection in Ratatouille. While that’s all perfect, I’d say that I had my highest hopes for one movie in particular… 28 Weeks Later (watch it Here). You may be thinking, of all the films, that’s the...
- 6/21/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
In the spirit of Halloween '09, we're breaking out reviews (some new, some old) of some Fall Frights you may want to work into your monthly viewing.
Originally published, 05/01/2007
Sequels aren’t supposed to be as good as 28 Weeks Later, which does what more follow-ups should, and so few do: It uses the concepts introduced in its predecessor as the spine for a fresh dramatic story, instead of simply rehashing the elements that made the original work. In so doing, it manages at numerous points to be every bit as scary and intense as the original, while maintaining an even bleaker and more uncompromising outlook. This is not the kind of cinematic second helping that hedges its commercial bets by scaling back the confrontational stuff.
28 Weeks Later was directed and co-scripted by Spain’s Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who won significant acclaim for his 2001 debut feature Intacto. I admired that film...
Originally published, 05/01/2007
Sequels aren’t supposed to be as good as 28 Weeks Later, which does what more follow-ups should, and so few do: It uses the concepts introduced in its predecessor as the spine for a fresh dramatic story, instead of simply rehashing the elements that made the original work. In so doing, it manages at numerous points to be every bit as scary and intense as the original, while maintaining an even bleaker and more uncompromising outlook. This is not the kind of cinematic second helping that hedges its commercial bets by scaling back the confrontational stuff.
28 Weeks Later was directed and co-scripted by Spain’s Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who won significant acclaim for his 2001 debut feature Intacto. I admired that film...
- 10/20/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
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