Was The Working Title "Four Weeks"?
Hey folks, I saw another movie! Want my review? No? Too bad, you're gonna get it.
I went to Lexington to see a neato British flick called 28 Days Later. The film begins with a group of animal activists attempting to release a pack of monkeys from cages. Their handler presses that they are infected with a highly contagious virus called "the rage," but the activists set one of the monkeys loose anyway. The monkey starts raising some pissed-off monkey hell, and then we cut to black. Twenty-eight days later, a naked guy by the name of Jim awakens in an abandoned London hospital. He puts on some clothes and starts roaming around London, which now resembles more of a ghost town than a bustling European metropolis. Jim ends up at a church filled with dead people, and a priest (and a few other folks) chase him through town. He's saved by some people wielding Molotov cocktails, who explain to Jim that "the rage" has wiped out almost all of England, and has now spread to Paris and New York City. Those that are infected become red-eyed, blood-puking psychopaths just twenty seconds after being exposed. Anyway, Jim and some of his friends eventually end up in the company of some rather shady soldiers, and it isn't long before the "fit hits the shan."
If you go in thinking that it's gonna be filled with balls-to-the-wall gore and zombies, zombies, and nothing but zombies, you're gonna be sadly disappointed. The film concentrates on the main characters more than the plight ailing them. If you're a fan of George Romero's Day of the Dead, you'll totally love the movie once the characters hook up with the soldiers. It seems that the filmmakers drew much inspiration from the second and third installments of George Romero's "Dead" trilogy, as well as a dash of Resident Evil. I do suggest seeing this film if you're a fan of low-budget horror films from foreign countries, or if you're just a fan of the horror genre.
That's my update for the night. I'm gonna go to sleep, dear readers. Sleep well.
I went to Lexington to see a neato British flick called 28 Days Later. The film begins with a group of animal activists attempting to release a pack of monkeys from cages. Their handler presses that they are infected with a highly contagious virus called "the rage," but the activists set one of the monkeys loose anyway. The monkey starts raising some pissed-off monkey hell, and then we cut to black. Twenty-eight days later, a naked guy by the name of Jim awakens in an abandoned London hospital. He puts on some clothes and starts roaming around London, which now resembles more of a ghost town than a bustling European metropolis. Jim ends up at a church filled with dead people, and a priest (and a few other folks) chase him through town. He's saved by some people wielding Molotov cocktails, who explain to Jim that "the rage" has wiped out almost all of England, and has now spread to Paris and New York City. Those that are infected become red-eyed, blood-puking psychopaths just twenty seconds after being exposed. Anyway, Jim and some of his friends eventually end up in the company of some rather shady soldiers, and it isn't long before the "fit hits the shan."
If you go in thinking that it's gonna be filled with balls-to-the-wall gore and zombies, zombies, and nothing but zombies, you're gonna be sadly disappointed. The film concentrates on the main characters more than the plight ailing them. If you're a fan of George Romero's Day of the Dead, you'll totally love the movie once the characters hook up with the soldiers. It seems that the filmmakers drew much inspiration from the second and third installments of George Romero's "Dead" trilogy, as well as a dash of Resident Evil. I do suggest seeing this film if you're a fan of low-budget horror films from foreign countries, or if you're just a fan of the horror genre.
That's my update for the night. I'm gonna go to sleep, dear readers. Sleep well.
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