28 Weeks Later

[Immortal Goat]

You want more detail? Ok. More detail.

Let's see, where to begin... well, it started off fucking awesome. Tension built up just right, the initial attack was brutal and made you jump, and one of the creatures died from motorboat blades. Pretty damned sweet.

Here's where it slows down for me. #1, they say the last infected human died of starvation 15 weeks after the initial breakout, and then they start repopulation 28 weeks after. Not after the final death, but the breakout. That means the U.S. Army decided that 13 weeks of cleanup after a MASSIVE VIRUS BREAKOUT was sufficient.

Also, the movie didn't really revolve around the infected humans this time around. It revolved around this kid who was supposedly immune to the disease. Instead of the infected being the subject of the movie, they were more like the punctuation. Think an exclamation point at the end of a very long, boring sentence.

This movie should not have happenned. 28 Days Later ended in such a way that didn't leave much room for a sequel. It was possible, but they had to stretch it. This one, on the other hand, I can guarentee leads into 28 Months Later.

So yeah, schlock, no matter what the reviews say. It also seemed at times more of a criticism over how the U.S. handles foreign affairs rather than a horror movie. I don't need that when I go see a "zombie" flick. I need flesh chewing monsters.