7/3/2023 0 Comments 28 weeks later interview![]() This is not to suggest what we have here is a horrendous flop. At that point, 28 Weeks Later is beyond saving. And just as he almost succeeds, a second sloppy situation stuns the story. In fact, it is so outrageously bad that Fresnadillo must spend the entire rest of the movie making up for it. It’s a jarring, unimaginable narrative fumble, the kind of logistical left turn that literally derails the film. So naturally, the first thing they want to do upon entering the country is sneak off to their old abode to snag some mementos. Backtracking for a moment, these juvenile lawbreakers are Don’s kids, released from a refugee camp in Spain and part of the lucky 15,000 individuals allowed back into London. Yet they can’t seem to stop a pair of pretentious kids from crossing over into danger. As stated before, the US military is envisioned as a sex obsessed, by the book battalion of bumblers who are supposed to guarantee the Green Zone’s security. It is the reason Don and Alice end up staring into the face of horror yet again, and it will also become the catalyst for the film’s far more devastating plot decision. One of the key flaws in this film is the idea that youth trumps everything. ![]() The argument over who to let behind the intricate set of locks and barricades itself leads to a massive slaughter spree, and while the terror element is fantastic, the logical aspect is daft. Conversation naturally turns to this act of desperation, and after much hopeless banter, a knock at the door brings the group the latest in a seemingly neverending list of ‘do or die’ quandaries.Īt this point, 28 Weeks Later makes its first minor fumble. There is also a young woman whose boyfriend has gone out looking for help. They are joined by the home’s original owners, an elderly couple, as well as a pair of unidentified men. Don and Alice are two of the barricaded refugees, eking out a meager life inside a squalid yet secure cottage. Outside the boundaries of the tough talking, foul mouthed yanks, the countryside is crawling with the infected…as well as a few survivors. London itself is basically quartered off into two main areas – the danger free “Green Zone” (oh, how Iraq War) and everything else. It’s been several months since the outbreak of the Rage Virus in Great Britain and the US military has stepped in to start cleaning up the country. This makes any attempt at commentary by new director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo feel like a parable without a point. Thanks to last year’s stunning Children of Men, the notion of a devastated UK as a symbol for social decline and war torn terrorism has already been purchased and spent. And then there are the problems it could not have anticipated. ennui narrative structure, and substitutes gallons of grue for ideas and innovation. It gives us protagonists we really don’t care about, follows a very uncomfortable extreme vs. A sequel in source only to the wildly inventive 2002 Danny Boyle classic, this latest twist on the zombie genre (Okay! Okay! Let’s just call them ‘murderous maniacs’ and be done with it, all right?) suffers from a great many missteps. If there is such a thing as a successful piecemeal horror film, 28 Weeks Later is it.
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