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28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
What 28 Days Later lacks in budget it more than makes up in grainy style and unrelenting tension. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Peter Howell)Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Director Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland have rebounded smartly from the bloated Leonardo DiCaprio debacle that was The Beach , their previous collaboration. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Sunday Times (Australia) (Shannon J. Harvey)Sunday Times (Australia) (Shannon J. Harvey)
. As far as zombie movies go, its $14-million budget must make it the most sophisticated flesh-muncher movie ever put to screen. . ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Sunday Times (Australia) (Shannon J. Harvey)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Lee's Movie Info (Gareth J. Von Kallenbach)Lee's Movie Info (Gareth J. Von Kallenbach)
An at times scary movie that makes you think while it entertains. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Lee's Movie Info (Gareth J. Von Kallenbach)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (Rich Cline)Film Threat (Rich Cline)
An unsettling, creepy experience, complete with very strange sound editing and eerie musical choices that accent the offbeat post-apocalyptic imagery remarkably. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Film Threat (Rich Cline)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (Rick Kisonak)Film Threat (Rick Kisonak)
Manages to be impressively unsettling given the flaws in its foundation. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Film Threat (Rick Kisonak)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Reign of Fire meets The Return of the Living Dead - a horror flick with considerable character development within an apocalyptic vision on a shoe-string budget from the Brits. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
28 Days Later is not only monumentally creepy, it also has a sense of almost-reality, the feeling that what goes on could happen if given the right circumstances. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for New York Times (A.O. Scott)New York Times (A.O. Scott)
As a parable of human nature under extreme duress, 28 Days Later is never less than interesting. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at New York Times (A.O. Scott)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Peterborough This Week (Mike Sage)Peterborough This Week (Mike Sage)
This post-epidemic survival horror is the zombie-thrasher Resident Evil wanted to be ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Peterborough This Week (Mike Sage)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
This unrelenting horror tale's paranoid genius lies in equating free-floating wrath and physical sickness. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Showbizz.net (Nicolas Lacroix)Showbizz.net (Nicolas Lacroix)
Un habile mélange d'horreur, de science-fiction, drame et suspense. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Showbizz.net (Nicolas Lacroix)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)
The lines between intent and ineptitude are often virtually indistinguishable in Danny Boyle’s lackluster low-budget “zombie” flick 28 Days Later. In the lame prologue, animal rights activists accidentally loose a highly contagious virus that unleashes ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movies for GuysMovies for Guys
The first half of the movie shows a lot of promise, we really liked the premise. But it built up the tension and then just kind of wandered into the weeds as the story started to drift onto ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Movies for Guys
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
It's unpleasant stuff, told without winks or humor, and it's so perfectly pitched that you can't take your eyes off it, even if this sort of hard-edged horror isn't exactly your cup of Diet Coke. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Manly Men's Movie Reviews (Matthew Mason)Manly Men's Movie Reviews (Matthew Mason)
As the Manly Men gathered in the lobbies after any kind of film it became clear that each of us often took something different from the same experience. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Manly Men's Movie Reviews (Matthew Mason)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
It’s easy to see trash like “House of 1,000 Corpses” or “Wrong Turn” for what it is, because it makes no claim to be anything more than nasty junk; it’s more difficult to perceive that a film like this, with false pretensions--like the previous ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Not impressed. I'm not sure if my final thoughts on this film have much to do with my expectations going in, but from everything I'd heard, this movie was a damn good time, with TRAINSPOTTING's director Danny Boyle grabbing a bunch of zombies and ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Cinerina (Karina Montgomery)Cinerina (Karina Montgomery)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for David N. ButterworthDavid N. Butterworth
Got beef? Visit "La Movie Boeuf" online athttp://members.dca.net/dnb========== XRAMRID: 35351 XLanguage: en XRTReviewID: 1178500 XRTTitleID: 1123236 XRTSourceID: 878 XRTAuthorID: 1393 XRTRatingText: 1.5/4The review above was posted to ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at David N. Butterworth
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for FilmJerk.com (Chris Faile)FilmJerk.com (Chris Faile)
The first act shows a raw intensity— so much so, I was ready for a cigarette after the first 30 minutes...unfortunately, the remainder fails to live up to its opening scenes. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at FilmJerk.com (Chris Faile)

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by cory on February 24, 2009 Ogden, Utah
Although zombie movies have been done to death, 28 Days Later revitalizes the idea and makes it real. This movie wasn't the first to do "killer virus", but it was the first to do it right. The deadly virus in this movie, Rage, is ...

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28 Days Later... (2002) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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