Saw 28 Years Later the other night, and understand why the movie is so divisive.
If you are looking for a non-stop zombie action movie, 28 Years Later isn’t it. The scenes with the zombies / infected are well used in the storyline when they are on screen, but 28 Years Later is as much, if not more, a coming of age story about a 12 year old boy growing up under difficult family circumstances 28 years after the fall of society as we know it.
The movie is well acted, especially the young actor who plays Spike (the boy).
The infected scenes are well handled, and there was an interesting sub-plot about the infected mutating and evolving.
My biggest complaint with the film is the ending, which was so jarring and out of context with the rest of the movie.
The ending did answer a lingering question from the beginning of the movie, but that question could have been answered in a less jarring manner.
Overall I enjoyed 28 Years Later, and most fans of the previous two movies will probably find enough to liked in this third installment, the last three minutes not withstanding.
B
If you are looking for a non-stop zombie action movie, 28 Years Later isn’t it. The scenes with the zombies / infected are well used in the storyline when they are on screen, but 28 Years Later is as much, if not more, a coming of age story about a 12 year old boy growing up under difficult family circumstances 28 years after the fall of society as we know it.
The movie is well acted, especially the young actor who plays Spike (the boy).
The infected scenes are well handled, and there was an interesting sub-plot about the infected mutating and evolving.
My biggest complaint with the film is the ending, which was so jarring and out of context with the rest of the movie.
The ending did answer a lingering question from the beginning of the movie, but that question could have been answered in a less jarring manner.
Overall I enjoyed 28 Years Later, and most fans of the previous two movies will probably find enough to liked in this third installment, the last three minutes not withstanding.
B
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