Susannah28 Weeks Later
June 4th 2007 11:09
28 WEEKS LATER
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Catherine McCormack, Imogen Poots, Mackintosh Muggleton.
Directed By: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.
Picking up where 28 Days Later left off, 28 Weeks Later sees the American army attempting a resettlement of English refugees back into an eerily empty London, six months after the original outbreak of the homicidal rage virus occurred.
The beginning sees Don (Robert Carlyle) and his five companions holed up in house, hiding from the infected, until, unfortunately, the infected find them. Carnage and some incredibly fast editing ensue as Don faces a tough choice of fight or flight.
Cut to several months later, and, in order to resettle London, a relatively small area has been cleared of the dead for the re-arrivals. Outside the cleared area is the contaminated zone where the results of the infection are still present in the streets in the form of rotting bodies and garbage. I couldn’t help but wonder exactly what there was for the refugees to return to, especially since there was still so much cleaning up to do, and, London would seem a very empty place with only a couple of hundred refugees inhabiting it. Plus the English economy would be completely destroyed since, it seems, almost all the population was wiped out.
But hey, these are technicalities and this is a horror film. In the resettlement area, Don awaits the arrival of his two children, Tammy and Andy (Poots and Muggleton respectively) back from their refugee camp in Spain. Andy has two different coloured eyes which becomes an important plot point later on, so pay attention people! It turns out that the virus is not as contained as the US military believes, and more carnage and mayhem ensue, including an excessive scene involving the blades of a helicopter. There is definitely more gore in this sequel than in the original movie, including some flinch-worthy eye gouging.
Because this sequel deals more overtly with an outbreak scenario, rather than the aftermath in the first film, it focuses on the ruthless measures of the military to prevent the lethal virus from spreading. Although, I would like to have seen more made of the moral and political implications that accompany the containment of the deadly disease. It seems a little rushed through for the sake of the action.
This is a tense movie, though, with good acting provided by Robert Carlyle, Catherine McCormack and Rose Byrne. The young leads, Muggleton and Poots (sounds like a comedy duo) also lend some weight to their parts. The action does not let up, the pace is good and there is an incredibly tense scene involving entering Wembley Stadium in the dark. Altogether a fair successor to 28 Days Later.
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Catherine McCormack, Imogen Poots, Mackintosh Muggleton.
Directed By: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.
Picking up where 28 Days Later left off, 28 Weeks Later sees the American army attempting a resettlement of English refugees back into an eerily empty London, six months after the original outbreak of the homicidal rage virus occurred.
The beginning sees Don (Robert Carlyle) and his five companions holed up in house, hiding from the infected, until, unfortunately, the infected find them. Carnage and some incredibly fast editing ensue as Don faces a tough choice of fight or flight.
Cut to several months later, and, in order to resettle London, a relatively small area has been cleared of the dead for the re-arrivals. Outside the cleared area is the contaminated zone where the results of the infection are still present in the streets in the form of rotting bodies and garbage. I couldn’t help but wonder exactly what there was for the refugees to return to, especially since there was still so much cleaning up to do, and, London would seem a very empty place with only a couple of hundred refugees inhabiting it. Plus the English economy would be completely destroyed since, it seems, almost all the population was wiped out.
But hey, these are technicalities and this is a horror film. In the resettlement area, Don awaits the arrival of his two children, Tammy and Andy (Poots and Muggleton respectively) back from their refugee camp in Spain. Andy has two different coloured eyes which becomes an important plot point later on, so pay attention people! It turns out that the virus is not as contained as the US military believes, and more carnage and mayhem ensue, including an excessive scene involving the blades of a helicopter. There is definitely more gore in this sequel than in the original movie, including some flinch-worthy eye gouging.
Because this sequel deals more overtly with an outbreak scenario, rather than the aftermath in the first film, it focuses on the ruthless measures of the military to prevent the lethal virus from spreading. Although, I would like to have seen more made of the moral and political implications that accompany the containment of the deadly disease. It seems a little rushed through for the sake of the action.
This is a tense movie, though, with good acting provided by Robert Carlyle, Catherine McCormack and Rose Byrne. The young leads, Muggleton and Poots (sounds like a comedy duo) also lend some weight to their parts. The action does not let up, the pace is good and there is an incredibly tense scene involving entering Wembley Stadium in the dark. Altogether a fair successor to 28 Days Later.
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