![]() It is story of social apocalypse, and while that was the setting of the original, it was not the story, which was much more personal and intimate. It is a grander film, which is not inherently the same as "better" I mean that it is more direct and intense of an experience, an opera to the first film's chamber music. Where the first film had poetically terrifying moments of light and dark set against a soundtrack of quavering art-rock, the sequel goes for frantic editing and Wagnerian techno. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is Boyle's hand-picked replacement but he is not Boyle, and he treats the material with a much different hand. Ultimately, I think I'm glad of it although I loved Danny Boyle's work in the first film, I can always re-watch the first film. Now, what this newfound infatuation with raw brutality means is that the eye-popping style of 28 Days Later is largely abandoned, and replaced by mere eye-popping. 28 Weeks Later is easily the best horror film I've seen since The Descent, and for many of the same reasons: it is about adult issues that it treats with intelligence and sensitivity, and it gains most of its horrific effect by subjecting evil upon legitimate humans, and not cardboard standees in the shape of lusty young people. As I've mentioned, many times, I find this to be the highest goal of the horror film, especially in the days of pornographic violence that we currently find ourselves in. In the good way, assuming that you recognize the existence of the "good kind of brutality." What I mean to say is that this is a film which does not present a sanitized depiction of dark events, nor is it a film that delights in putting its characters through hell for our "entertainment." It is a film in which the characters suffer through great agonies and the audience is made to feel sympathetic agony in response. I'm not going to belabor that, but I had to get it out there.Ĭasting aside issues of relative quality, 28 Weeks Later works first and above all because it is amazingly goddamn brutal. ![]() On balance, I think it's not entirely fair to compare this film with 28 Days Later, for they seek to do different things, but if I had to - really, absolutely had to - I might actually have to admit that the sequel is the better film. Even so, there is yet to be an official confirmation of 28 Months Later, so viewers might have to wait a lot longer before the sequel actually hits theaters, but with Boyle and Garland back on the team, it's certainly an exciting prospect.My hopes were much higher than my expectations concerning 28 Weeks Later, which I figured would be somewhere between "tepid cash-in" and "almost as good as the first one." Cillian Murphy has elevated his career since 28 Days Later, performing in projects such as Batman Begins, Inception, and Peaky Blinders, helping him to become a household name, so Murphy's return to his 28 Days Later role would only bring in more audiences and surely make the sequel a massive success. 28 Months Later would show the devastation and recovery almost two and a half years after the initial outbreak of the "Rage" virus, though there are still questions about whether the franchise should wrap up completely with a third film, or if there is any potential for a 28 Years Later to come after.Įven after such a long wait, many are desperate for a true continuation of the story, and now that Danny Boyle has confirmed his interest in being involved in 28 Months Later, anticipation is understandably higher than ever. This universe can continue to develop with a third film in the franchise over 20 years after the release of the original. Despite its flaws, 28 Weeks Later expanded the universe created by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland, something which has translated brilliantly into graphic novels and a comic book series. 28 Days Later was revolutionary for British horror, introducing a fresh way to deliver the zombie horror story, which has inspired many films in the years since.
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