28 Days Later

2002

Director: Danny Boyle

Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Key Elements: Concept, Message

My Review:

Boyle introduces us to a new terror: FAST zombies.

The beauty of this film is in its surreal tone. Beautiful musical musings scatter the background in contrast the bleak and bloody imagery. From the moment Jim wakes up in an empty London, we are shown a vision of a post-apocalyptic world.

What really terrifies us about zombie movies is the way they play upon our fear of each other because somewhere in our psyches, we all believe the rest of humanity to be mindlessly hostile.

Ironically, this movie also reminds us of how much we need each other. At first, Selena believes that survival is as good as it gets. But when she sees how Hannah and her father are there for each other she starts to question. In the end, she repeals her claim as she grows to love and be loved by Jim.

Love is more important than just surviving.

Trailer:



Quotes:

• REPENT THE END IS EXTREMELY FUCKING NIGH
• OK, Jim. I've got some bad news…
• All the death. All the shit. It doesn't really mean anything to Frank and Hannah because... Well, she's got a Dad and he's got his daughter. So, I was wrong when I said that staying alive is as good as it gets.
• This is what I've seen in the four weeks since infection. People killing people. Which is much what I saw in the four weeks before infection, and the four weeks before that, and before that, and as far back as I care to remember. People killing people - Which to my mind puts us in a state of normality right now.
• I don't want to eat. I want to bury my dad. He's one of the people you're talking about.

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