Page 1 of Just seen 28 weeks later.. and i`m knackered!... contains light spoilers

What a way to spend some nice quite time with the wife, while my mother in law looks after my daughter... I`m more knackered now that anything my little Isabel can throw at me...

I absolutely loved it...

I loved Robert Carlyle as the selfish coward, I loved the decimated scenes of London, I loved the sense of pain at having the yanks bail us out, but mostly I loved the gore..

2 scenes stand out - A truly brutal attack that involves fingers in the eyes (I wont say anymore).. and a fantastic use of helicopter blades.. the former is truly harrowing and certanly carries a subtext of domestic abuse!.. while the latter is more lightweight and great fun...

but bloody hell is it all very intense - the style of shot, the score, the relentless running... whew!.. i`m off for a lie down..

I absolutely loved 28 Days Later, but I doubt I`ll get to see the sequel till it reaches DVD.

Thanks for the insight. Really looking forward to it!

Luv`n`kisses

smurfette

Just come back from watching it myself...and the wife just said the same about being knackered! She said she was exhausted from all the tension in it.

I loved the ending though...Mon Dieu! ;)

To be honest, this looks more up my street than the original. Could never get my head around the DV look to the first film; I know its purpose, but it bothered me for some reason.

Don`t think I`ll go see this in the cinema though - will wait for DVD. Good to see a Brit film getting good reviews though. :D

Just put on the soundtrack to the first film again and been asked to turn it off as it is "too stressful" :D:D:D

Thought this was pretty amazing.

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Kind of annoyed how they made Robert Carlyle follow the kids, made it less scary and a bit cheesy.

But apart from that this is extremely intense and well made. I know this isn`t a zombie film, it`s actually far more frightening than that. As a sequel it maintain`s the tone of the original while also being different enough that they aren`t directly comparable, but in my mind both are brilliantly executed works.

And this film is very, VERY LOUD and gory, so if you`re squemish maybe not for you ;)

I thought the first film was good apart from the Apocalypse Now/Day of the Dead style ending when the bloke goes back in to the camp and sets free that zombie bloke to run amok in the camp.

floyd

I thought it was very good - not as good as 28 Days Later - but a solid and well made film with a pounding soundtrack and quick editing to emphasise the pace. A very intense horror with a decent subtext and surprisingly good performances from Imogen Poots and Mackintosh Muggleton as the two children.

I went to see it this morning and was very impressed. The pre-title sequence is one of the best, most intense and genuinely scary 10 minutes of film I`ve seen in ages!

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The constant pounding music getting louder and louder as the house is taken over by the zombies and Robert Carlyle`s escape to the boat was just fantastic - beautifully edited.

I did feel it kind of lost its way a bit towards the end. SPOILER:
After the phenomenal destruction of Canary Wharf the gas attack, journey to Regents Park and the stuff on the tube felt a bit forced and not as convincing.

Still a damn good watch though, especially in a nice loud THX certified cinema like where I saw it!

This item was edited on Monday, 14th May 2007, 18:59

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A very intense horror with a decent subtext

What subtext did you pick up on?