Plans are pointless. Staying alive is as good as it gets.
28 Days Later review
By
JediSi from Kent
- 29
- 15
20th November 2007
The setting of the film is London, almost entirely free of human life due to a rapidly spread virus. The infected, the 'monsters' of the film, are regular human beings who no longer function like regular people but instead are fast, violent, and primal, living only to eat and attack whatever they see. The virus spread wildly due to its high communicability. It transfers through blood contact, saliva, and even through the eyes. It is such that 99% of London was wiped out in 28 days, at the end of which the main character wakes up in a hospital with no idea what has happened.
The film slowly (not too slowly) unfolds to deliver an extremely intense roller-coaster thrill whilst maintaining realism. The only gripe I have is the Blackwall Tunnel scene, but apart from that the film was totally gripping. Definitely on par with Dog Soldiers.
