Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Caught 28 Weeks Later in the afternoon.
Verdict? Big mistake. Being something of a cross between Resident Evil and S.W.A.T, the 'zombies' who actually are still living (instead of being undead cause they don't die before they start munching on their friend beside them) and are up a level than those in RE. They can even run and chase people from so far. RE's only stumble along, and moan. But if i didn't know better, the chase scenes with alot of people chasing the live humans could double up as an ad for, I don't know, Nike or Adidas. They seriously run and move a lot.
This bunch of virus infected assholes scream and erm, even have some form of conciousness (in view of the Father chasing his kids down, just so he can show them some love through biting). Also, they transform rapidly (eg: 3s - 1 min?) without the need to be dead in the first place. Being called the Rage Virus, those zombies are really, really angry. I mean, who wouldn't, being bitten so many times and spewing blood all over the place.
So what's good in this film is there's blood. Lots of it. I mean, would a DOTD themed show be such without blood and gore? And there's cool snipers.
What sucked was, well, basically another virusman-bite-human show, with no heavy plot. Hell, even RE had the Umbrella Corp. This movie is simply just scenes on biting, running and scare tactics. And I suppose to make the audience 'feel' for the movie, kids that don't listen even though they know the consequences. Watch only if you have extra money to spare, or getting a girl to scream and hug you when those zombies appear ;)
Labels: 28 weeks later
Posted by melvin at 9:19 PM