DVD Review - 28 Days Later (Widescreen Edition)

Customer Review

28 MINUTES LATER AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK

Probably the worst this genre has to offer. Hard to believe the critical raves for this when you look at what was to follow: the hilarious homage to zombies, SHAUN OF THE DEAD, the creepy and gory remake of DAWN OF THE DEAD, and of course, Romero the master's recent, LAND OF THE DEAD. I can't wait for the unrated version on October 18th.

Someone had the idea to make the zombies move fast. Great idea, but it would have been better if they had actually SHOWED A FEW MORE ZOMBIES!! The remake of DAWN OF THE DEAD did this with a devasting hold-on-to-your-seats-folks-these-zombies-are-moving-fast effect. Someone also had the idea of having a band of survivors meet some psychotic soldiers. But, these rapists can't compare to the brilliantly repugnant Rhodes and Steele of Romero's DAY OF THE DEAD. Nice try, guys. But, ROMERO DID IT FIRST!! And much much better.

This flick is full of style, little substance, very little or no flesh-eating, and no story. This film is unoriginal, boring, and DEAD on arrival. Here's a little rule to follow when making a horror movie with zombies: PUT SOME HORROR IN IT!!! I saw this a few years ago and just recently and I still can't figure out what all the fuss was about. This one is strictly for the living dead. Go figure.

LOOKING FOR THE BEST OF GENRE? SEE:

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (The original and the Savini remake.)
DAWN OF THE DEAD (The original and the remake.)
DAY OF THE DEAD (Romero's BEST. Tense, gory, and hilarious.)
LAND OF THE DEAD unrated version (Romero's last)
SHAUN OF THE DEAD
RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
and
ZOMBIE

I know I'm mostly alone here, but for some awesome stylized action horror, RESIDENT EVIL and RESIDENT EVIL APOCALYPSE are also on my list. They don't really fit into the UNDEAD genre, but they have a style and charm all their own. Not meant for true ZOMBIE fans, but a must for fans of the game series.