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28 Days Later... (2002) Rank 3 Reviews

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28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for The King's Room (Paul Perkins)The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
Well horror films are a dime an dozen when you see a trailer for a horror film you wonder will it be good or will it suck. Lately these has been some horrible horror movies, Like Wrong Turn, Final Destination 2, House of 1000 Corpses to name a few. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DVDActive (Benjamin Willcock)DVDActive (Benjamin Willcock)
If a horror movie with charming characters and a concept that ranks among the best of them isn’t enough to turn you on, then I don’t know what will. 28 Days Later might be an acquired taste for those seeking thrills and suspense but ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at DVDActive (Benjamin Willcock)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DVDActive (Richard Schuchardt)DVDActive (Richard Schuchardt)
28 Days Later dares to differ from your average Hollywood horror movie and this is the main reason for its success. The movie is thought-provoking and concentrates on the emotional states of the characters, rather than turning into a no-holds barred ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at DVDActive (Richard Schuchardt)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for ToxicUniverse.com (Brandon Curtis)ToxicUniverse.com (Brandon Curtis)
28 Days Later isn't the horror picture you'd normally imagine. It's a meditation on the ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Brandon Curtis)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
The end of the world has always been a popular theme for depiction on film. The demise of Earth, is usually caused by an alien invasion and the fear factor is minimal for the seasoned audience. Director Danny Boyle ( Trainspotting ) brings an all too ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Bullz-Eye.comBullz-Eye.com
"28 Days Later" is a brilliant and fresh horror film that is both scary and ingenious. While the film quality isn't the greatest due to the use of digital film, the lack of stars and its classic throwback feel to the early zombie movies creates a ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Bullz-Eye.com
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for The Movie ChicksThe Movie Chicks
Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up from a coma 28 days after suffering a bike injury only to find that the whole world (or at least England) has changed. He leaves the empty hospital and goes outside to find an empty London - except that it's not ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at The Movie Chicks
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
I'm not going to bother trying to figure out all of the things which make little or no sense during the course of 28 Days Later, as they are not only impossible to explain given the little information we are given, but even some of the things which we kno ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Susan GrangerSusan Granger
Cut to 28 days later, when Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up naked in a hospital after a bicycle accident and discovers that the entire city is ominously deserted. Wandering aimlessly, he's rescued from "infected" attackers by two fellow survivors (Naomie ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Susan Granger
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Movie Gazette (Andrea Chee)Movie Gazette (Andrea Chee)
This shocking and disturbing British horror flick provides plenty of thrills and gripping tension. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Movie Gazette (Andrea Chee)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Shot entirely on digital video and vibrating with a low-budget intensity that enhances its stark intelligence and dark wit, Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later is an uncanny mixture of straight-up zombie horror and postapocalyptic science fiction. In the last ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for That Cow (B. Kiefer)That Cow (B. Kiefer)
This film is modern in style and most of it's story, although it could be based on a twisted Homeric Odyssey. If you know nothing about the movie, you may want to skip this review if you plan on seeing the movie. The film opens in a vivisection lab. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at That Cow (B. Kiefer)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
A friend who was at last week’s sneak of Alex & Emma related to me the story of a post-screening discussion between two strangers – one in favor of the film, one against – that grew so contentious that the dissenter ultimately spat on his sparring ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Future Movies (Matt McAllister)Future Movies (Matt McAllister)
28 Days Later… (not to be confused with Sandra Bullock rehab comedy 28 Days or you could be in for some real shocks) is a serious attempt to resuscitate the British horror movie and to wrestle the zombie genre away from the realms of splatter comedy ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Future Movies (Matt McAllister)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie VoiceFilm Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
I had forgotten film could possess such power to horrify and appall. I wasn't prepared for the spectre of so many beings robbed of humanity and intelligence. I can't believe anyone voluntarily sat through Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Luckily I ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Mark R. LeeperMark R. Leeper
The story of 28 DAYS LATER involves a highly contagious virus that improbably reduces its victims to ravening killers in just twenty seconds. Society has fallen apart as the infected victims have warred on those not yet infected. Consider that the ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Mark R. Leeper
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)
I also wasn't thrilled with the third act of the film, which features the interaction between Jim's group of survivors and the isolated military men who don't have much a clue to what's going on. Boyle gets a little ahead of himself here with some brief ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Netflix (James Rocchi)Netflix (James Rocchi)
Trainspotting director Danny Boyle's digital-video zombie flick turns old cliches into grim, shiny new horrors. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
[F]or the 'zombie' genre, [this] ranks with the very best: Dawn of the Dead and Evil Dead II . [G]enre fans will recognize this as very high praise indeed. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)
28 Days Later induces the sort of physical reactions that these days are more often incited by the nightly news than the latest monster flick. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
Has enough chills and thrills -- as well as plenty of nearly dead creatures -- to rank among the scariest and most ingenious horror movies in recent memory. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
It's a quality horror flick of the sort we're promised once or twice a year, but genuinely receive maybe four times per decade. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Oz)eFilmCritic.com (Oz)
Mixing a little social warning in with true guts-for-garters gore, he's put together a truly frightening film - not a scary movie. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Oz)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)
a nasty and nerve-wracking chiller... Murphy and Harris are both marvelous, and they're well-supported by Garland's screenplay... ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Movieseer.com (Joel Quenby)Movieseer.com (Joel Quenby)
Constantly involving, this is the best purely British science-fiction/horror film in decades, and the first great apocalypse movie of this Millennium. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Movieseer.com (Joel Quenby)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)
Garland's script is taut and gritty, but it's not airtight; if Boyle gave us time to think, he'd lose us. Instead, he scares us (metaphorically) out of our wits. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Megan Lehmann)New York Post (Megan Lehmann)
An unsettling and thought-provoking vision of a post-apocalyptic future. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at New York Post (Megan Lehmann)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
Boyle and his remarkable cast play the material seriously, with an atmospheric soundtrack adding a sense of poetry and lyricism. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Newsday (Gene Seymour)Newsday (Gene Seymour)
It's no Night of the Living Dead , but it's almost as scary and just as smart. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Newsday (Gene Seymour)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
It's that stuff that lingers. The movie is swift and exciting, but it gradually takes on a melancholy mood, a feeling that its scenario is too probable to be passed off as merely escapist entertainment. Movie critic Chris Hewitt can be reached at ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)
The genuine article, a hard-core horror picture from start to finish...Prepare to get seriously stressed. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
This starkly beautiful, harrowing journey into the worst that can happen opens with video feed images of our unnatural disasters. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Fantastica Daily (Mervius)Fantastica Daily (Mervius)
These zombies aren’t just gruesome, they’re terrifying. They don’t wander around slowly. They come flying at you at full sprint. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Fantastica Daily (Mervius)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)
I've never seen a vampire... but a gang of swarming, bloodthirsty people... now that's scary. And so is this movie. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (Nick Rogers)State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (Nick Rogers)
One of the year’s finest, 28 Days Later pushes forth all the scream-and-jump fun of a horror flick, but offers a human resonance that lingers longer than any of the scares. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (Nick Rogers)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)
Don't go expecting a zombie film, but if you want to be scared, it's something to see. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston GlobeBoston Globe
The animal rights activists move through the darkened lab, dressed in black like ideological ninjas. As they head for the chimp enclosures, a researcher appears in their path, warning them that the apes are highly infectious and very, very dangerous. No ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Boston Globe
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
A movie that, in the best horror tradition, leaves much to the imagination while scaring the bejesus out of you. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Althogh the digital video looks pretty cheesy, it works well to make the images look strikingly surrealistic. The creature effects are especially good. The red, glowing eyes, and rapid, shaking movements of the creatures make them look pretty scary. I'm ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
If 28 Days Later falls short of classic horror movie status, Boyle pokes the genre with a sharp enough stick to prove it has some nasty life in it yet. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
...suggests civilization is a thin facade. Underneath, it's survival of the most furious. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for rec.arts.movies.reviews (Josh Gilchrist)rec.arts.movies.reviews (Josh Gilchrist)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Someone must have forgotten to tell director Danny Boyle the unwritten rules of movie zombies. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Set in an evacuated London decimated by a virus, the film, shot with nerve-frying effectiveness on digital video -- creeps you out big-time. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Stellar acting by two relative unknowns but overly quick editing distances us from the scares. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Atlantic City Weekly (Lori Hoffman)Atlantic City Weekly (Lori Hoffman)
... it’s just so unpretentious and terrifying – with cheeky moments of humor ... you relish the fun as you jump out of your skin. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Atlantic City Weekly (Lori Hoffman)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
This is an effective examination of what survival really entails – and it knows that the answers aren’t necessarily pleasant. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Hits all the right buttons of a satisfying end-of-the-world yarn. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
[Boyle's] choice of mostly unknown actors is so disturbingly effective that when we eventually come across Brendan Gleeson..., it's a relief just to see a familiar face. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Hollywood.com (Guylaine Cadorette)Hollywood.com (Guylaine Cadorette)
Danny Boyle injects his contemporary horror pic 28 Days Later with an interesting twist that, in a fearful post 9/11, anthrax and smallpox era, seems strangely fitting. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Hollywood.com (Guylaine Cadorette)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (Bob Bloom)Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (Bob Bloom)
28 Days Later is one of those textbook movies proving you can shock and scare an audience without resorting to lopping off heads or limbs, and that the camera can be as lethal a weapon as any automatic firearm, sword or machete. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (Bob Bloom)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Forget viruses and bioterror; the modern world, Boyle suggests, is enough to turn us into 'the Infected'... ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
To each his own apocalypse, so to speak, but Danny Boyle has come up with a whopper. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Perihelion Journal (Jay Antani)Perihelion Journal (Jay Antani)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for National Post (Katrina Onstad)National Post (Katrina Onstad)
In a big-budget, star-studded summer, Boyle has made a cheap monster movie with a cast of nobodies, and it gives the first genuine jolt of the season. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at National Post (Katrina Onstad)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Jose Mercury News (Glenn Lovell)San Jose Mercury News (Glenn Lovell)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
28 Days Later may be too obvious to score a knockout, but it's calibrated to satisfy genre fans, of whom there are many. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
An edge-of-your-seat thriller that has as much to offer to your mind as it does your adrenaline glands. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
28 Days Later is dark, the video quality is dubious (it was shot on digital video to curtail cost and provide a grittier look), and the subject matter is familiar. But the filmmakers counter these questionable qualities with solid ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
In Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, a gypsy tells Jonathan Harker that "the dead travel fast." When you see HOW fast the zombies are in this film, you'll believe it. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
"28 Days Later" begins with a platoon of animal rights activists barging into a British lab to free the poor primates being experimented on there. Terrified warnings from technicians fail to stop them, and soon the chimps are on the loose, spreading the ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Claudia Puig)USA Today (Claudia Puig)
An edge-of-your-seat scary movie that startles and chills. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
[Boyle's] back on British turf here and in fine dark form. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
A horrifically violent, apocalyptic treatment on rage and human survival in the face of destructive chaos. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)
28 Days Later is a zombie movie and a rather good one. For one thing, it has enough cinematic style to keep it from being laughably cheesy. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
28 Days Later is either perfectly timed or unfortunately so, but is chilling in either case. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Eye (Frank Ochieng)Movie Eye (Frank Ochieng)
...Grippingly grotesque...Boyle’s surly and hellish sideshow is profoundly intoxicating in its tangy ugly creepiness. 28 Days Later is ruefully soulful in its scruffy flamboyance ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Movie Eye (Frank Ochieng)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Natural Born Viewers (James Chappell)Natural Born Viewers (James Chappell)
28 months later, after an appalling misstep with "The Beach," Danny Boyle decides to step deep into horror/drama territory. After all, finding your feet in horror is easy and, after colossal confusion with "A Life Less Ordinary" ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Natural Born Viewers (James Chappell)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for David FriendDavid Friend
28 days later Jim (Cillian Murphy) awakes from a coma in a London hospital. The room is suspiciously silent. Curious, he detaches himself from the intravenous and walks into the hallway. The hospital is empty. He walks onto the city streets to find ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at David Friend
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Harvey S. KartenHarvey S. Karten
The very opening scene is actually the best in the story. A group of radical animal rights people break into a lab to free the imprisoned chimps. They take pictures to show the clueless masses outside, but ignoring the warnings of the caretaker who ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Harvey S. Karten
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Online (Jim Shelby)Palo Alto Online (Jim Shelby)
Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later.This nasty little zombie thriller was directed by Tommy Doyle, the cunning bloke who made Trainspotting. He has once again created a film of surprising narrative and jarring visuals, which begins with a bang and only runs ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jim Shelby)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
The end of the world has always simultaneously fascinated and repulsed human beings. No less an authority than the Bible devotes entire books to the last days. And, since almost the beginning of science fiction, the apocalypse has been a popular subject. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
Reuniting after the cinematic debacle known as The Beach, once-hip director Danny Boyle (Shallow Grave, Trainspotting) and The Beach’s novelist cum screenwriter Alex Garland have decided to indulge in zombie horror.  Actually, given that ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Then again, 28 Days Later isn’t a true-spirited low budget horror film. It’s a studio-backed experiment made by a man who has spent 50 million dollars and directed Leonardo DiCaprio. That works both for and against the movie. It has the ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Popkorn JunkieThe Popkorn Junkie
I thoroughly recommend this film to any human being on the face of the planet, and especially those of you who share a passion for the horror genre. It has always been my favorite and will continue to be as long as talented directors keep churning our ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at The Popkorn Junkie
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for In Review (Adam Suraf)In Review (Adam Suraf)
A while back, about a month or so, a friend and yours truly were heading out for a night on Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls, a run to the casino and so forth when my friend’s mother, seriously mind you, said, “don’t catch SARSâ€. Man alive, I ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at In Review (Adam Suraf)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
After fizzling with "The Beach", Danny Boyle makes a solid comeback with "28 Days Later" - a film which had all the potential of being just another post-apocalyptic sci-fi horror clone of the likes of "The Omega Man", and while its not deftly original ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Activists set lab animals free from their cages--only to learn, too late, that they're infected with a "rage" virus that turns them into frothing, savage killers. The virus quickly spreads ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Look, I have nothing against old zombie movies. Night of the Living Dead (1968), with that great opening in the cemetery, still gets me. And I Walked With a Zombie (1943) is a curdler worth dusting off for a midnight rental. But here's the thing: The ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for CinemaSpeak.com (Warren Curry)CinemaSpeak.com (Warren Curry)
28 Days Later marks a return to form for director Danny Boyle, albeit a slight one. After making one of the greatest films of the 1990s (in my humble opinion), Trainspotting, Boyle then went on to direct the utter disaster, A Life Less Ordinary (one of ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at CinemaSpeak.com (Warren Curry)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie VoiceFilm Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
You could call this Outbreak of the Living Dead, as it takes the idea of a deadly virus and merges it with marauding zombies. Only these zombies don't stumble around blankly; they run and spit and snarl and flash their beady red eyes! The film opens ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.89 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
I'm not going to bother trying to figure out all of the things which make little or no sense during the course of 28 Days Later, as they are not only impossible to explain given the little information we are given, but even some of the things which we kno ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.81 out of 4 stars for kids-in-mindkids-in-mind
A virus that turns those infected into raging killers is accidentally released from a lab and spreads everywhere, decimating humanity. It requires only one drop of blood or fluid from an infected person to infect another. Twenty-eight days later four ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at kids-in-mind
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Supercala.com (John Venable)Supercala.com (John Venable)
There are some scary moments, but they are few and far between. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Supercala.com (John Venable)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Panorama (Jean-François Vandeuren)Panorama (Jean-François Vandeuren)
Un film fort intéressant, mais malheureusement incomplet. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Panorama (Jean-François Vandeuren)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.77 out of 4 stars for Aggressive-Voice.com - Movie ReviewsAggressive-Voice.com - Movie Reviews
Danny Boyle’s "28 Days Later†is a stunning film; literally resurrecting the tired zombie genre from its grave. Shot on video, the movie has a low-budget feel that delivers on a gritty level, making even the sunniest scenes appear dark as there ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Aggressive-Voice.com - Movie Reviews
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.76 out of 4 stars for Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
Three animal rights activists break into a research laboratory. Just as they're about to free the cruellytreated creatures inside, a meek scientist tries to stop them. "The chimps are infected, they're highly contagious." he says. "Infected with what?" ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Bitchslap (James E. Laczkowski)Hollywood Bitchslap (James E. Laczkowski)
Decent, but nothing spectacular. Boyle finally makes a good movie after Trainspotting but its heavy-handed military complex third act bogs down a taut, terrifying first and second act. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Hollywood Bitchslap (James E. Laczkowski)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.56 out of 4 stars for Slant MagazineSlant Magazine
Horror fans take note: Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later is the real deal. This genuinely scary post-apocalyptic zombie movie is indebted to the traditions of John Wyndham (The Day of the Triffids) and George Romero (Dawn of the Dead), opening with its young ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Slant Magazine
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
I applaud the film's acting, impulse and construction, but there's a third act narrative choice that badly miscalculates the realistic interplay of its subjects and timeline, effectively sabotaging the momentum and integrity of the film. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
28 Days Later opens up to sequences of ingenious dynamite that strike us with a pure, inventive impression. During the middle, it hits a few of the right notes, and ranges from being blatantly average, to capturing a serenely emotional, complex tale. At ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
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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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