28 weeks later sniper8/4/2023 This is 28 weeks later, where the creatures known as 'the infected' have died out and the US army has come in to help rebuild. The film is the second in the series (apologies for being vague or wrong as I have said I haven't seen the first) where some kind of virus known as the 'rage' virus takes hold of Britain and in 28 days it kills most and puts others into hiding. I like that analogy and hold to it, which is what made me weary when I saw the creatures in 28 Weeks Later.Ī friend of mine voiced that the first film 28 Days Later was not a good film (I may watch it just to answer a few questions I have), but he loved it's sequel and I got a chance to see it due to Robert Carlyle's starring role in it. Sure you could take one down, but soon they are everywhere, shambling behind you, then in front, until soon you are overwhelmed by them and either turned or killed.or both. I think it was Simon Pegg (another LIST actor) who said (and I'm paraphrasing) that zombies are the embodiment of death and disease. I am one of those fans who do not think that zombies should run. I had heard of it from a friend and while vampires remain my favorite fiendish creature of the night zombies to have a place in my heart, but from what I heard about the 28 films their 'zombies' run. Who wrote this shit? I'm not saying that a good zombie film has to have a happy ending, but when you combine so much ridiculous bullshit with a core message that directly contradicts the original, you are left with a awful film that everyone should want to forget.I recently finished watching 28 Weeks Later after renting it from Amazon. Somehow an outbreak involving a few hundred zombies is so uncontrollable that it crosses the English channel and infects the world. Somehow before, with an outbreak involving the entire population of England, it was successfully contained to the British Isles. And finally, the piece de shitty resistance. Then they somehow can't contain the infection by nuking the place. Then they can't kill a bunch of unarmed zombies with machine guns and explosives. The military is so incompetent that they can't keep the one person they know really wants to get near the quarantined subject, away from the subject. On top of that, the amount of ridiculous notions this film expects us to swallow is absolutely heinous. And that's why it leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouth. ![]() In this movie love and kindness equals death. Somehow the virus gets to mainland Europe. The soldier refuses to kill the kid who is also passively carrying the virus. Husband loves his wife and is so happy to see her again that he kisses her. Kids miss their home so they sneak out to find it. Every time anyone loves, cares, or does anything kind to anyone, the zombie virus spreads and the zombies win. ![]() Now here comes 28 Weeks Later, ready to take a massive shit all over everything we loved about the first film. When you band together with people you love you can make it through the hard times. She meets new friends, takes a risk, and ultimately learns that it's not all fucked. Her philosophy is trust no one and kill anyone in a heartbeat to survive. It's the story of an unhappy girl who has essentially given up on humanity. In a genre where the overwhelming message is always that humanity is fucked and destined to tear itself apart, 28 Days Later is the feel good zombie movie of the year. What makes 28 Days Later so much better than the average zombie movie? Yes it was well made, but what really makes it stand out is hope. 28 Weeks Later was exactly this kind of rarely horrendous sequel. Hollywood is notorious for bad sequels, but rarely does a sequel so awful come along that it actually detracts from the original picture. I've ranted about this film before and I'll probably rant about it again.
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