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28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
So, Danny Boyle is back, after the awful The Beach. This is a fine movie, one of the best in the horror genre to come out in some time. Boyle's ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Danny Boyle's new shocker is intense, disturbing, thought-provoking and clearly the horror movie of the year. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)
Yet another example of how a small and talented cast, a great script, a relatively modest budget, and some inventive film making can render a far superior horror film. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)
I don’t get scared very easily, but this movie almost made me wet my pants. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for MovieWeb (Carl Lazarevic)MovieWeb (Carl Lazarevic)
Before I start this review I'd like to get a little rant off my chest, in order to watch this film I had to go up to the city center and watch it at a theatre that I absolutely hate going to. The place is so small, and there's a 10 minute wait between ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at MovieWeb (Carl Lazarevic)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for True Movie Review (David Trier)True Movie Review (David Trier)
28 Days Later is a refreshingly touching film that is shocking without mocking. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at True Movie Review (David Trier)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
28 Days Later is redolent with such playfulness... and yet its cleverness never overwhelms the visceral thrills. Like the best of its predecessors, it works on multiple levels, smart commentary walking hand in hand with funhouse scares. For ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
This is indisputably a genre picture, an apocalyptic thriller with social commentary built in -- "People kill each other all the time; this is nothing new" -- but it is also a surprisingly human film with some subtle, life-affirming strokes. Witness ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
A raw, blistering and joyously uncompromising horror film. It's precisely what loyal Horror Freaks deserve, and it's easily one of the best movies of the year. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Bloody-DistgustingBloody-Distgusting
28 DAYS LATER isnt for people who think SCREAM is the epitome of modern horror, or for someone who likes their horror served up on a predictable, well-polished silver plate. DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR? is your favorite movie? Give this one a miss. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Bloody-Distgusting
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)
Manifests and maintains a drug-induced nightmare state of apocalyptic proportions. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Activists release animals from a lab, ignoring warnings that they are infected with a highly contagious "rage" virus. 28 days later, almost everyone is gone. Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up in a hospital bed and wanders out into the deserted London streets. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
For the most part, 28 Days Later is a smart, vivid nightmare with refreshingly unconventional heroes. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Tom Long)Detroit News (Tom Long)
The rare horror film that splatters and pauses to consider the splatter, that follows a traditional storyline and then improves upon it, and that avoids cliches while playing one out. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
Exhilarating, exciting and, thanks to its cool, mostly unknown leads and touches of black humor, is destined to be a hipster cult classic, much as Trainspotting was before it. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Citysearch (Erich Scholz)Citysearch (Erich Scholz)
Filmgoers may debate its allegory and sexual politics, but 28 Days Later is the real deal: a scary flick for uncertain times. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Citysearch (Erich Scholz)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Posits the question: who's more dangerous, the flesh-eating zombies or 'civilized' people? ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Reel Movie Critic (Lee Shoquist)Reel Movie Critic (Lee Shoquist)
The film starts off with a bang - a group of animal activists break into a covert laboratory in a misguided attempt to free a group of caged chimpanzees - only to discover the beasts to be diseased with "rage" and inadvertently release a ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Reel Movie Critic (Lee Shoquist)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
These B-movie thrills in post-apocalyptic England would make George Romero proud. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for EDGE Boston (David Foucher)EDGE Boston (David Foucher)
Gory, unsettling and downright suspenseful, this tour de force from the director of "Trainspotting" has moments of brilliance, but it’s just not scary enough. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at EDGE Boston (David Foucher)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
A satisfying mix of shock, gore and dystopian suspense. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
It is Dod Mantle's visuals and Boyle's direction that are "28 Days Later's" greatest asset. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for UpcomingDiscs.com (David Annandale)UpcomingDiscs.com (David Annandale)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)
Animal activists break into a research lab to free some chimpanzees. Just seconds before they open the first cage, a scientist discovers them and tries to warn them that the chimps have been infected with "rage," a virus that makes them ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)
Boyle and his collaborators have made a scary and competent thriller; the times in which they forged it have transformed it into an uncanny mirror and a cautionary tale worth pausing over. It is easy enough, and in many senses justified, to ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
At one point in 28 DAYS LATER, a character makes the salient point that from a geological viewpoint, the reign of human beings on planet Earth is barely a blip on the radar of existence. Humans might, indeed, be thought of as an anomaly and their ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for MovieWeb (Brian Gallagher)MovieWeb (Brian Gallagher)
Seeing that this is the Summer of Sequels, it was refreshing to go to a movie that just has the number 2 in the title, and not following it. Although 28 Days Later isn't a sequel or remake, it does borrow material from other movies. But the movie is a ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at MovieWeb (Brian Gallagher)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Blake French)filmcritic.com (Blake French)
Although its title might lead you to believe that they actually made a sequel to the awful Sandra Bullock movie about alcoholism, 28 Days Later is anything but a journey through rehab. In fact, the disturbing, grotesque nature of the film makes rehab ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at filmcritic.com (Blake French)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Reel.comReel.com
The zombies of 28 Days Later call to mind George Romero 's graphic cult favorite Dawn of the Dead (1980). Widely regarded as a parable about the dangers of rampant consumerism, Dawn of the Dead depicts the plight of four people who take refuge in a ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Reel.com
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ToxicUniverse.com (Tony Pellum)ToxicUniverse.com (Tony Pellum)
Though not entirely consistent, 28 Days Later... is successfully postmodern in its reappropriation on genre. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Tony Pellum)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVDActive (Pete Roberts)DVDActive (Pete Roberts)
Creativity has not been lost to short filmmakers and independent directors. With interesting ideas, creative ways of telling a story and an intelligent script there is definitely more scope to conjure up a successful film like 28 Days Later. Danny Boyle ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at DVDActive (Pete Roberts)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVDActive (Brian Kelley)DVDActive (Brian Kelley)
A noteworthy film comes home to DVD in a better-than-average package. Fox has seen to it that the picture and sound quality are excellent so that viewers can enjoy the drama and the horror at home in its glory. While the extra features do contain a good ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at DVDActive (Brian Kelley)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
It's The Wizard of Oz with a viral infection: In the magnificently scary 28 Days Later, a wayward group of souls tromp across a strange and dangerous land (they even pass through a field of Technicolor flowers), trying to find their way home ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Monkeyboy ReviewMonkeyboy Review
Danny Boyle claims in an interview about 28 Days Later that there are horrific things in it, but it's not a horror film as such. I dunno about you, Danny, but a film with horrific things in it sounds like a horror film to me. The fact that 28 Days Later ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Monkeyboy Review
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
Review by Mark Dujsik Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later is an indictment of a world gone mad—mad with rage, fear, and power—the zeal that has created and maintained it, and the apathy that has resulted.  It's about that thin line between passion and ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
Incidentally, a reader named Alan Maughan writes me to note that the period of 28 days is becoming rather significant in movies about the apocalypse, what with the title of this release and the warning of the giant bunny rabbit in last week's "Donnie ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Natural Born Viewers (Andrew Mackay)Natural Born Viewers (Andrew Mackay)
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 (Andrew Mackay)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
A great movie and one that is destined to become a classic of the genre, or at least a cult one. ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Josh GilchristJosh Gilchrist
There's a formula that must be followed to make a good scary movie, and everyone has their own formula. Horror movies are a tricky concept since there's not one proven technique that will terrify everyone. This is why when a film is released which a ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Josh Gilchrist
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Bob BloomBob Bloom
Part Night of the Living Dead and part Omega Man, 28 Days Later follows the cataclysmic events when a powerful virus called Rage is accidentally unleashed on the British population.The virus is transmitted through blood and takes effect almost ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Bob Bloom
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Steve RhodesSteve Rhodes
Almost the entire movie happens after Jim (Cillian Murphy), a bicycle courier, awakes from a coma in a London hospital. Having been 28 days since the original infection, London now appears completely deserted. Shocked, Jim stumbles around dazed, having ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Steve Rhodes
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Impressive, atmospheric and VERY scary, this is an extremely effective British horror movie – it falls apart towards the end, but by then you’ll be too scared to care.Alright. Hands up all those of you who’d written off Danny Boyle and the Trainspotting ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)
28 Days Later has been released in theaters in the United Kingdom, and is doing well, but it is still waiting for U.S. distribution, probably because Boyle's supposedly promising career went into a tailspin after Trainspotting. 28 Days Later is not good ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
Every summer film season needs a horror flick, and 28 Days Later is the most daring and memorable addition to the genre in years. It starts with an ominous prologue, showing a band of animal rights activists breaking into an animal testing ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
28 Days Later... (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Director Danny Boyle ("Trainspotting," "The Beach") makes great use of the digital video format (with Dogme favorite, Director of Photography Anthony Dod Mantle ("The Celebration") for his post-apocalyptic/undead 'zombie'/survival tale. "28 Days Later" ...read the complete 28 Days Later... movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)

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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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