28 Weeks Later
Bill and I caught 28 Weeks Later last night. This is definitely not a movie to watch when your kids are up. I have to admit that this was one of the better horror flicks I have ever seen. Being a horror flick, you do have to give up some of the logic of the real world. This is the sequel to the movie 28 Days. The plot is pretty limited, but the gore is definitely intense. The basic plotline is that zombies (which are humans infected with a virus that makes them go insane and violent and want to eat other humans’ flesh) are basically going around infecting everyone. You know how you sometimes see people go a little crazy when they are in drug rehabilitation and their bodies are going through withdrawal? This is ten times worse. The story is about the children of a couple who are trying to get out of the infected zone before the military kills them (the military is trying to stop the spread of the disease by methods of extermination). It is a gory movie. All in all, even though the plot is very thin (but aren’t most horror films?), it is a great movie. The ending sucked though. If you have seen this, let me know, because Bill and I disagree on the significance of the ending. Without stating too much and giving it away, I think they ended it the way they did, so they can have another sequel. However, I personally like my story to have an happily ever after ending whenever possible, and you really don’t know if that’s what happened here.




April 28th, 2008 at 9:39 am
That was an interesting movie. I a big horror fan (though as I get older I prefer the horror to be in the story line, not in gore). As for the ending, I really liked the first movie’s much better. I think this one was predictable.
April 29th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
28 Days Later was a lot better. Days had a more complete story, had more interesting characters, and actually ended at a good moment, tying up all ends, where as Weeks basically skipped a whole lots to show a ‘cliffhanger’ ending for lack of a better term.
If you like audio fiction, try http://pseudopod.org/2008/04/04/pseudopod-84-the-sons-of-carbon-county/ this on for size. It is a zombie story in a different setting. It isn’t a perfect story, but it is different!
Cheers!
April 30th, 2008 at 8:43 am
I have seen the trailors of this movie and the movie looks to really scary and interesting as I like watching horror flicks.But definitely not viewable for children.
May 5th, 2008 at 3:22 am
My friends watch this movie and they told me that it was awesome.
Maybe I’ll rent a dvd. And find out for my self if its really great.