To tell the truth, I wasn't expecting to follow up what I did last weekend, as it was pretty much supposed to be a one time thing. However, then I decided to sit down to watch 28 Days Later, and here we are. For those who don't know, the film is about Jim, who wakes up from a coma to discover that humanity is, for the most part, gone. Instead, there are a bunch of zombies in their place, with a small contingent of survivors focused on continuing to survive. It's a really unique and realistic look at would happen if we were to sustain a zombie apocalypse, and extra points are deserved for it being British. That always adds a slight shred of credibility to your film. We get both perspectives of the apocalypse, with Jim experiencing these horrific events for the first time, and the survivors who are by now used to the way the world is. We have Selena, who is the ruthless survivalist who will do pretty much anything to ensure her group's survival, even if that means killing them. On the other end there is Frank, a father trying to give his daughter some sense of stability and normalcy in the new chaotic world. We quickly get a sense of how unsafe the world is now, and every time they're out in the opening, things get extremely intense very quickly.
It helps when bringing a story like this to the screen to have an acclaimed director on hand. Come to think of it, I'm don't think that there's a genre of film that Danny Boyle hasn't worked with. He's been covering all bases, and he does a pretty good job here transforming the world we see everyday into a ravaged monstrosity. The cinematography is the usual high energy sort of thing we see with his work, though the score isn't really too notable. What sells me on this work is the actors, who are genuinely fantastic. Cillian Murphy leads the pack, with an emotional performance as well as a courageous one.
Brendan Gleeson's time in this film is cut off a little too soon for my tastes, but he's so damn charming as the father with a heart of gold. Although any Potter fanatics will have a joke about that drop of infected blood falling into his eye. Naomie Harris does a passable job playing the aggressive Selena, all though I can't stop laughing at that hair. Megan Burns is just too nice to be raped, in any case. Christopher Eccleston, who was a guest star on Heroes before he inexplicably disappeared right before the series turned into a crock of s***, does a great job playing the evil military officer. Overall, a pretty great film, despite being made for merely £5 million.
B+
It helps when bringing a story like this to the screen to have an acclaimed director on hand. Come to think of it, I'm don't think that there's a genre of film that Danny Boyle hasn't worked with. He's been covering all bases, and he does a pretty good job here transforming the world we see everyday into a ravaged monstrosity. The cinematography is the usual high energy sort of thing we see with his work, though the score isn't really too notable. What sells me on this work is the actors, who are genuinely fantastic. Cillian Murphy leads the pack, with an emotional performance as well as a courageous one.
Brendan Gleeson's time in this film is cut off a little too soon for my tastes, but he's so damn charming as the father with a heart of gold. Although any Potter fanatics will have a joke about that drop of infected blood falling into his eye. Naomie Harris does a passable job playing the aggressive Selena, all though I can't stop laughing at that hair. Megan Burns is just too nice to be raped, in any case. Christopher Eccleston, who was a guest star on Heroes before he inexplicably disappeared right before the series turned into a crock of s***, does a great job playing the evil military officer. Overall, a pretty great film, despite being made for merely £5 million.
B+
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