Release
Date: October 9, 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:
FoxAtomic.com
Preview:
The film pick up six months after the Rage virus has spread throughout the city
of London. The United States Army has restored order and is repopulating the
quarantined city, when a carrier of the Rage virus enters London and unknowingly
re-ignites the spread of the deadly infection, wreaking havoc on the entire
population. The virus is not yet dead, and this time it's more dangerous than
ever!!
Review:
When I heard that
this was coming out, I was not expecting much. The original is arguably THE
zombie classic (discounting the hysterical "Shaun of the Dead") of the last
decade, but the sequel involved almost none of the original minds that brought
us the stark terror of "28 Days Later", which combined the threats of
cataclysmic disease and it's deadly effects on the mind which caused those
infected by what became known as the "Rage Virus" to viciously and relentlessly
attack the uninfected, either killing the victim or spreading the disease. A
sequel had potential of course, but it seemed like it would be a by-the-books
popcorn affair. Boy, was I wrong...more
Extras: Commentary
by director Juan Carlos
Fresnadillo and co-writer
Enrique Lopez Lavigne, "Code
Red: Making of 28 Weeks
Later" featurette, "The
Infected Make-Up Effects"
featurette, "Getting Into
the Action" featurette, "28
Days Later: The Aftermath
Flash-Animated Graphic
Novel," deleted scenes.
28 Weeks Later 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:
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
EN 5 Second Review:
Lets see politics and zombies. A strange mix,
just the way we like it. Be prepared though. It is over the top.
Not
as cerebral as the first film, 28 Weeks Later is a pointless
sequel adding nothing more. Peter Veugelaers:
EntertainmentNutz.com
The
future of the world is bleak in this obvious contemporary anti-war cum
AIDS era allegory. Denizens of people infected with an all-consuming
virus lose their humanness to acts akin to senseless lemmings jumping
off cliffs. Mauling one another, Britain is no longer great, it’s
mayhem. Bring in the macho U.S. army to control the situation...
Swift,
vicious and grimly imaginative, 28 Weeks Later exceeds its
predecessor in every way Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
This does not mean it is for everyone, or even every type of
horror enthusiast. It's really rough, although the ultra-violence
doesn't operate from the depressing misogyny or torture preoccupation of
the "Saw" or "Hostel" junkers...more
London
Wasn't Eaten In A Day Jan Stuart: Newsday
As directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo as if he and the
entire cast had guns trained at their heads (which many of
them do, as it happens), this sort-of sequel is a screeching
and wearyingly hyperbolic exercise in film-school nihilism
that finds buried meaning in the term overkill...more
Release
Date: May 11, 2007
EN 5 Second Review:
Lets see politics and zombies. A strange mix,
just the way we like it. Be prepared though. It is over the top.
