28 weeks later

[PhotoJones]

First of all, this movie is a cheap imitation of 28 Days Later. It was shot the same way, but this time the camera work was so shakey there's probably a good 30 minutes of the entire movie were I couldn't make out a thing that was going on. There's a difference between frenetic camera work, and just piss poor hackery.

The problem is that the director, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, doesn’t know how to show us what his vision of the film is. We’re treated to what is known as “Blair Witch Syndrome”, where a director doesn’t know how to film an action sequence, so he has the camera shake a lot and says that’s his definition of tension.

Looks like I'm not the only one who picked up on that.

 

[The Lizard]

^ That's got me worried.

I want to see the movie, but I hate when the "shaky-cam" technique is overused in action scenes.

That turned me off during parts of The Bourne Supremacy, and it sounds like 28WL is much worse.

 

[chesslover]

I'll be seeing this..............28 weeks later.

 

[PhotoJones]

^ That's got me worried.

I want to see the movie, but I hate when the "shaky-cam" technique is overused in action scenes.

That turned me off during parts of The Bourne Supremacy, and it sounds like 28WL is much worse.

The Bourne Supremacy's got nothing on this film when it comes to shakey cameras. Imagine the camera is having a seizure, and you'll still not be anywhere close to 28 Weeks Later. It's awful.

 

[the a1ant]

Saw this today. Great movie! I'd say it's on the same level as the first - not necessarily better or worse. The shaky-camera thing worked for the most part, IMO. It added to the chaos. There's some beautiful cinematography work showing off the locations, etc.

The only negative to the film is that it really wasn't as 'jump out of your seat' scary as I thought it would be. I thought the first was much more scary. The absence of music in many scenes added to the suspense though, which was a good technique.

Besides the missing scares - the acting, visuals, and story were on-point. 8/10

 

[Horrorfan]

http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/787/787219p1.html

IGN Review:

''28 Weeks Later is a rare example of a horror sequel that is every bit as scary -- sometimes even moreso -- than its predecessor. Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who takes over from 28 Days Later helmer Danny Boyle, 28 Weeks Later is a far more intense and political installment than the original film.''

 

[PhotoJones]

Saw this today. Great movie! I'd say it's on the same level as the first - not necessarily better or worse. The shaky-camera thing worked for the most part, IMO. It added to the chaos. There's some beautiful cinematography work showing off the locations, etc.

The only negative to the film is that it really wasn't as 'jump out of your seat' scary as I thought it would be. I thought the first was much more scary. The absence of music in many scenes added to the suspense though, which was a good technique.

Besides the missing scares - the acting, visuals, and story were on-point. 8/10

I do agree that the landscapes were indeed beautiful, in a haunting, desolate kind of way.

 

[Soup]

Saw it a couple hours ago. Yes I've got zombie buzz going and can't sleep.

Only things I really disliked were things like papa zombie being lucky enough to avoid the flames... a lot of people were just like "....uhhh???". And I knew doyle wouldn't survive but... seriously common... if he can get out and push the car out he could've at least jumped back in before those troops flamed him. Or even took his m4 and shot em' down. I mean just a few scenes back he took out a sniper so... ???

and thats just about the worst containment area. ever.

 

[Charlie No-One]

Spoiler

How did the nurse die? That part was so hard to follow. I couldn't tell what happened.

 

[hammerhedd11]

Spoiler

How did the nurse die? That part was so hard to follow. I couldn't tell what happened.

Spoiler

The dad took her gun and beat her to death with it.

 

[Horrorfan]

What an amazing, intense movie. It crawled under my skin and I think I will be hesistant about sleeping for a while...

and the ending

Spoiler

What an ending! Leaving the kid alive was a mistake, since any of his bodily fluids could cause infection....and did, at the end

Bring on the sequel! Paris...and then...the world! I know the world is f'ed now because France is so easily connected to the other countries next to it, and it would be a chain of infection....

also, I felt bad for the mom...first her husband leaves her to die, and then he beats her to death (even though he was infected). I must confess though for half a second I thought she may have infected him deliberately....

Where do you guys see the series going next?

 

[Darth Elektra]

28 week later, brought in 3.9 million on Friday.

per BOM.

 

[Charlie No-One]

There will be a 28 Months Later...

It was announced in March.

 

[french joker]

Where do you guys see the series going next?

a sequel "28 months later" maybe ? (i heard that 28WL ends in Paris, don't know if true)

and thanks everyone for using the spoilers tag, i don't want to be spoil until i see the movie... on september :-/

 

[Horrorfan]

28 week later, brought in 3.9 million on Friday.

per BOM.

That doesn't sound too good

 

[uchiha_itachi]

does anyone know the name of the music that was used liek 3 times during the film? it was used first when robert was running in the field kinda place

 

[Poeman]

this movie was amazing... i didnt like the first as much, but this movie was ****ing incredibly intense... edge of my seat the whole time...

The theater loved it, cant wait for the sequel to this one...
Darkness all over britian was amazing sequence

 

[Orko Is King]

Anyone else think the kid looked like the lead singer of Keane?

 

[Darth Elektra]

There will be a 28 Months Later...

It was announced in March.

I hope so.

That doesn't sound too good

I know

 

[The Dark Defender]

That's not bad actually.

It's opening within a week of the most expensive film ever, and that new comedy with Lohan and company that I can't remember the name of is PG-13, on more screens, and made less than half of what 28WL did opening day.

It wasn't as good as 28 Days, but it's still one hell of a great action/thriller with a nice anti-government, but pro-soldier theme at the same time.

 

[The Dark Defender]

does anyone know the name of the music that was used liek 3 times during the film? it was used first when robert was running in the field kinda place

It's track #18. on the soundtrack for 28 Days Later.

It's called "In the House - In a Heartbeat."

I'm glad they maintained sevreal of the great themes from the first film.

Spoiler

The father becoming infected is the same cue from when Frank did in 28 Days.

 

[Mr. Smash'n Bash]

The Bourne Supremacy's got nothing on this film when it comes to shakey cameras. Imagine the camera is having a seizure, and you'll still not be anywhere close to 28 Weeks Later. It's awful.

You are seriously making this out to be WAY worse then it actually is. Having just gotten back from the movie, I can tell you that the camera only shakes violently when the angle is from inside a group of running infected.

 

[Mr. Smash'n Bash]

That's not bad actually.

It's opening within a week of the most expensive film ever, and that new comedy with Lohan and company that I can't remember the name of is PG-13, on more screens, and made less than half of what 28WL did opening day.

It wasn't as good as 28 Days, but it's still one hell of a great action/thriller with a nice anti-government, but pro-soldier theme at the same time.

I personally saw nothing wrong with what the leading authority on the base did.

 

[DorkyFresh]

i liked it but it definitely had it's faults. as everyone's already mentioned about the "shaky camera", there's just too much. there are also moments that just don't make sense, a few "wtf" moments. they also used loud sounds for cheep scares too much. there's one particular moment in the film that i thought to myself "that wouldn't have been nearly as scary if the sound wasn't loud enough to bust my eardrums."

other than those problems it was an okay movie. i don't know whether this is a compliment or what but i found the drama to be the best part of this horror film.

 

[The Dark Defender]

I personally saw nothing wrong with what the leading authority on the base did.

Spoiler

Aside from getting tons of people killed without stopping the virus anyway.

What the leading authority on that base did was absolutely abhorent. The government were more the villains in this film than the zombies(or infected or whatever you want to call them).