28 Years Later

Synopsis

28 years after the rage virus has devastated the UK, survivors live on an island just off the cost. A father and son go to the mainland for supplies which allowed the son to see secrets, wonders, and the mutated horrors.

Review

For a series that is based pure on the fear of zombies and jump scenes, this movie is not in line with that. The tension is the thing that is done so very well. You have the alphas that are incredibly smart and strong with a drive you don't get from the other zombies. Actually, I don't think they ever called them zombies in the previous movies so that is for sure a change.

The story is what feels off. You can feel that it is written for a trilogy rather than just a single movie. This means that this is a slow movie. I have a feeling that it is designed to set up the world, which much like Captain America The First Avenger, it has to happen, but I don't like it. In a world where cell phones are attached to our hips, the pacing of this movie makes people look to their phone listening rather than watching. Thankfully I was stuck on a plane.

I think the acting is outstanding. I really think that each person we see we get a real sense of who they are and their beliefs in the world. The belief of drive of a child who only thinks through the next step and not all the next ones. The Dad who has seen horror and isn't thinking about anything than himself. Then there is the Mom who is doing their best to keep their mind in place.

My Rating

My chief complaint is the style and story. It is written for a longer story rather than telling a single story. Trilogies movies like Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace and Batman Begins being one part of a trilogy, it tells a complete story. You can watch that, finish it, and feel satisfied about what you got. This doesn't do that. The style also has snippets of 28 Days Later, but doesn't deliver on the fear and horror that that movie put on everyone that allowed for the rest of them. Was I entertained? Yeah, I am interested in the story and want to continue it, but it isn't a complete story. Wildly, I am giving it an 8 as it is well shot, well told, and well acted, but the story is for sure missing some items.

Parental Rating

Tons of language, a quick sex scene with nothing shown, and the obvious excessive violence and blood. There is also a live birth scene, which is something I did not expect to see or write, but it does play a part in this. Of yeah, I almost forgot, nudity everywhere. Just a bunch of naked people running around the UK basically. Lots of things swinging around. This is another easy recognition of rejected by both.

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