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Capone Revels In The Cannibal Plague Zombie Orgyness of 28 WEEKS LATER!!


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MODERATE-TO-HEAVY SPOILERS THROUGHOUT!!!


Hey everyone, Capone in Chicago here.

There is something about the nature of a virus that has always terrified me, the way that its sole purpose is spread to another person, then another and another. That's pretty much the life's mission of a virus. The film 28 DAYS LATER… preyed on that fear, along with the other very real nightmarish fear of being physically ravaged by screaming, bloody-eyed lunatics who have taken over one of the world's cradles of civilization. But sometimes these individuals infected by something called the Rage Virus don't want to just rip out your throat. No, sometimes they wanted to vomit their diseased blood right onto your face and make the virus spread. Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland tapped into a few core human fears and made one of the great modern horror films, one that seemed fueled by adrenaline, rage and terror.

Boyle and Garland have not returned for the sequel, 28 WEEKS LATER…, (Boyle is credited as an executive producer, however, if that means anything) but I have to admit the film still got to me. The movie opens during the initial outbreak. A group of mostly strangers to each other before these events have holed up at a country farm outside London. They seem to have established a protected and safe shelter, until a young boy arrives begging to be let in. It isn't until after he is brought into the house that he informs the group that he is being chased by the infected, and soon enough, the crazies are busting through the boarded up doors and windows to tear shit up and create more creatures like them. Robert Carlyle (TRAINSPOTTING) stars as Don, husband to Alice (Catherine McCormack). The pair get separated briefly, but rather than run across a room to save his wife, Don runs out of the farmhouse, leaving his lovely wife to a presumably disgusting fate.

Cut to roughly 7 months later, and the infected have essentially starved to death, and all signs of the Rage Virus have disappeared from the UK. Yay! The U.S. military has moved in to assist with the re-population of London. Well, it's not really London, but one small section of London that has been deemed safe. Gee, you'd think people would want to wait until a little more of the country was made 100 percent safe, but I guess people's desire to return to normal outweighs such concerns. It's certainly not out of the realm of believability. Among those returning are Don's children (Emily Beecham as Karen and Mackintosh Muggleton as Andy), who were out of the country on a school trip of some sort during the outbreak. When the kids ask what happened to their mother, Don has a slightly modified version of the story to tell them, but one he believes will ease the kids' pain of losing their mother.

It doesn't take long for the two children (the only two in the country, it would seem) to sneak out of the safe zone to go visit their old home and gather some personal belongings. Once in their old home, they discover their mother, clearly rattled, but very much alive. A military doctor (Rose Byrne) confirms a disturbing fact about Alice: she has the Rage Virus, but something in her blood is keeping it from taking hold. She's a carrier.

We think the worst thing that's going to happen as a result of Alice being alive is that Don's kids will question their father's truth-telling abilities. Alas, when the couple are reunited (after Don sneaks into the hospital) and kiss, well, let's just say Don goes a little loopy.

28 WEEKS LATER… is a fairly satisfying scare film. Once the second outbreak begins, things go pretty much as expected. The presence of the military makes containment a little more organized but not particularly effective. They use snipers, flame throwers, chemical weapons and firebombing to deal with the situation, but a few of the infected (including Don) still manage to avoid getting wiped out entirely. I liked the inclusion of Jeremy Renner as a sniper named Doyle, who decides to disregard orders and wipe out anything that moves on the ground in order to help the two children survive (since their blood could possibly be useful in eradicating the virus. Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (INTACTO) does a respectable job creating a climate of utter chaos and confusion, peppered by moments of real humanity. His characters aren't quite as hardened as the ones in the first film, which is both good and bad, we find out. And I'll admit, I got a bit of a charge seeing Carlyle go nuts and spew his diseased mucus out at people.

I judge these types of films by a simple formula. Did it scare me? Yes. Did it tap into some buried fear in my psyche? Double yes. On a certain plain of reality, did the film seem credible? Mostly. A strong cast and harrowing story makes 28 WEEKS LATER… nearly as good as the original, and that's a recommendation, in case you can't tell. And it has one of the coolest postscripts I've seen in a while. Damn that Chunnel!

Capone







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gory video
by dannyboylefan100
May 11th, 2007
09:10:24 AM
(Not quite) First!
by Trancer
May 11th, 2007
09:12:18 AM
Seeing this sucker tonight...
by abiggerboat
May 11th, 2007
09:13:49 AM
Always... so... close...
by Jakes Nel
May 11th, 2007
09:14:10 AM
gory video link again
by dannyboylefan100
May 11th, 2007
09:17:04 AM
gory video link again again
by dannyboylefan100
May 11th, 2007
09:18:25 AM
gory video link again again again
by dannyboylefan100
May 11th, 2007
09:19:25 AM
SEE THIS MOVIE
by Spidey3SUCKED
May 11th, 2007
09:26:30 AM
This is good news because...
by revenge_flicks
May 11th, 2007
09:34:04 AM
Do they say 'Brains.. Brains...' over and over?
by Baron Karza
May 11th, 2007
09:35:37 AM
Good to know.
by Redfive!
May 11th, 2007
09:38:23 AM
damn, i wish i had heeded the spoiler warning...
by keyserSOZE
May 11th, 2007
09:42:48 AM
zombie Prince Harry becomes a mucous-spewing lunatic
by Spandau Belly
May 11th, 2007
09:57:22 AM
Spoilertastic!!
by Kristian66
May 11th, 2007
09:59:19 AM
How's about a spoiler warning... gawd!
by dundundles
May 11th, 2007
10:03:42 AM
Dairy of the Dead
by Samson_K
May 11th, 2007
10:09:38 AM
Saw this last night. Fucking amazing!!
by Col. Tigh-Fighter
May 11th, 2007
10:20:35 AM
you fucking spoiler, capone.
by repligin
May 11th, 2007
10:24:43 AM
repligin
by Samson_K
May 11th, 2007
10:43:06 AM
i'm a knob
by repligin
May 11th, 2007
10:45:30 AM
Nah it was there all the time
by Samson_K
May 11th, 2007
10:47:45 AM
Spoilers...?
by BigBadJon
May 11th, 2007
11:03:16 AM
Sorry.
by BigBadJon
May 11th, 2007
11:07:40 AM
WORLD WAR Z
by AdrianVeidt
May 11th, 2007
11:45:24 AM
Adrianveidt
by Col. Tigh-Fighter
May 11th, 2007
12:03:22 PM
My AICN review never ran but . . .it isn't that good
by MrCere
May 11th, 2007
12:05:36 PM
Adrianveidt is right WWZ is lovely
by MrCere
May 11th, 2007
12:08:48 PM
THIS YEAR'S LITTLE MISS 28 DAYS LATER!!!
by Err
May 11th, 2007
12:23:31 PM
well i just got out of the early showing
by keyserSOZE
May 11th, 2007
12:38:54 PM
I liked the movie, but...
by Blood Simple
May 11th, 2007
12:41:45 PM
Karza- "Brains"
by MrD
May 11th, 2007
01:13:29 PM
MrCere - World War Z is brilliant cuz it seems possible
by AdrianVeidt
May 11th, 2007
01:16:03 PM
Not the chunnel, you twat.
by King_Knut
May 11th, 2007
01:31:08 PM
i liked the irony...
by keyserSOZE
May 11th, 2007
01:36:10 PM
Capone!! Get your facts straight...
by Sidius
May 11th, 2007
02:01:35 PM
Do they get on the mic and say "Send more Paramedics"?
by Mike_D
May 11th, 2007
02:03:00 PM
Fuck me this movie sucked. I
by Tremor
May 11th, 2007
02:14:14 PM
Blood Simple...
by Sidius
May 11th, 2007
02:18:09 PM
Sidius...
by Blood Simple
May 11th, 2007
02:27:55 PM
A por ellos, Fresnadillo
by CuervoJones
May 11th, 2007
02:41:51 PM
AO Scott's review in the times is ecstatic
by FluffyUnbound
May 11th, 2007
03:07:07 PM
Scary as hell...
by Playkins
May 11th, 2007
03:20:11 PM
holy shi-
by Playkins
May 11th, 2007
03:22:19 PM
Wasn't World War Z talked about...
by Tommy the Cat
May 11th, 2007
03:36:52 PM
You're half right Tremor...
by Kid Z
May 11th, 2007
03:45:38 PM
The first review I read this morning...
by mr.underwater
May 11th, 2007
04:38:27 PM
I'm seeing this sunday for Mother's Day...
by spectrebeeyatch
May 11th, 2007
04:43:18 PM
Carlyle
by Blood Simple
May 11th, 2007
04:48:35 PM
They're zombies.
by Granteralus
May 11th, 2007
05:16:15 PM
by Lemming - they are mindless, call them what you want
by MrCere
May 11th, 2007
05:30:54 PM
World war z
by supersize
May 11th, 2007
05:35:29 PM
Awesome
by rhaps0dy
May 11th, 2007
06:51:23 PM
"Two Fortnights Later"?
by Doctor_Sin
May 11th, 2007
07:05:31 PM
Imogen Poots
by The GentleMan
May 11th, 2007
07:12:55 PM
MrCere: Exactly my problem with this film...
by Behemoth
May 11th, 2007
08:09:07 PM
A lot of guns?
by Bruno Noir
May 11th, 2007
08:23:00 PM
Fuck yeah
by DanielAlexander
May 11th, 2007
09:04:32 PM
Coincidences : BEWARE SPOLERS !!!
by 9000rpm
May 11th, 2007
09:42:07 PM
Bill O'reilly Gives 28 Weeks Later 2 Heils Up!!!
by RomeroZombie
May 11th, 2007
09:43:51 PM
meh
by blindambition238
May 11th, 2007
09:49:49 PM
Just Got Back From It!!!
by RomeroZombie
May 11th, 2007
10:09:54 PM
The movie is awesome!
by mr. brownstone
May 11th, 2007
10:15:31 PM
Uhhh...Where the hell was the WINK?!?!
by Tizzle
May 11th, 2007
10:18:18 PM
Thank god for this
by deadphishiy2
May 11th, 2007
10:55:16 PM
How did this, how did that
by deadphishiy2
May 11th, 2007
11:08:57 PM
wish the dad didnt follow them SPOILERS
by George Newman
May 11th, 2007
11:33:44 PM
I wish they followed up
by deadphishiy2
May 11th, 2007
11:41:04 PM
That movie was cool!
by Womb2dooM
May 11th, 2007
11:49:57 PM
Did I see a different movie????
by rolo_tony
May 11th, 2007
11:58:08 PM
Fuck THAT Family
by Saluki
May 11th, 2007
11:59:37 PM
i want a real zombie movie
by hellnback
May 12th, 2007
12:27:16 AM
meh...
by witty_allen
May 12th, 2007
01:33:07 AM
I'm just waiting for 28 Years Later...
by Blood Simple
May 12th, 2007
01:44:56 AM
SPOILERS - What Carlyle does...
by KaneBone
May 12th, 2007
01:57:40 AM
Did AICN get paid do praise this shit?
by max_power239
May 12th, 2007
02:21:57 AM
I really enjoyed the whole subway "nightcam" scene
by Darth_Gonz
May 12th, 2007
02:35:04 AM
28 Minutes Later (after seeing the movie)
by Horace Cox
May 12th, 2007
04:15:54 AM
stop thinking so much
by mattythelionheart
May 12th, 2007
04:47:05 AM
I think Blindambition is right.
by FluffyUnbound
May 12th, 2007
08:05:04 AM
"Meh" has officially jumped the shark...
by Behemoth
May 12th, 2007
08:43:13 AM
**Spoilers** and Discussions
by radio1_mike
May 12th, 2007
09:24:56 AM
**Spoilers**
by radio1_mike
May 12th, 2007
09:28:05 AM
Even though it had some hugh holes....
by landocolt45
May 12th, 2007
10:00:18 AM
radio1_mike and landocolt45
by 9000rpm
May 12th, 2007
10:13:00 AM
Valid Sequel
by WolfmanNards
May 12th, 2007
10:20:44 AM
I think zomie dad had an altered virus. Here's why.
by Warcraft
May 12th, 2007
11:02:59 AM
Wow, this movie has a pessimistic mentality!
by mraig
May 12th, 2007
11:47:26 AM
Wow, this movie has a pessimistic mentality!
by mraig
May 12th, 2007
11:47:32 AM
Sorry for the double post!
by mraig
May 12th, 2007
11:48:28 AM
Better than the first one, IMO.
by stones_throw
May 12th, 2007
12:26:58 PM
good movie but not close to the first
by YO MOM'S GOAT
May 12th, 2007
01:42:43 PM
oh, and whoever said something about that daughter...
by YO MOM'S GOAT
May 12th, 2007
01:44:18 PM
So...
by I am a machineee
May 12th, 2007
01:52:32 PM
And yes, I agree
by I am a machineee
May 12th, 2007
01:55:02 PM
The Dad Stalking Kids...
by Lubai
May 12th, 2007
02:00:28 PM
Oh yea...
by Lubai
May 12th, 2007
02:05:02 PM
How dark would this have been if....
by Behemoth
May 12th, 2007
02:52:31 PM
It was really good...
by justcheckin
May 12th, 2007
02:55:17 PM
The Special Relationship
by thevision
May 12th, 2007
03:41:18 PM
There would be less need for a spoiler warning...
by Devil By The Deed
May 12th, 2007
04:04:54 PM
Michael Bay....more like Michael Gay!!!!
by mrtwig48
May 12th, 2007
04:12:03 PM
Stuff
by Alientoast
May 12th, 2007
04:34:15 PM
Idiot script - decent everything else
by palimpsest
May 12th, 2007
05:37:51 PM
28 Second Review
by Alpha Trion
May 12th, 2007
06:23:22 PM
Robert Carlyle needs better scripts
by palimpsest
May 12th, 2007
06:32:16 PM
So, I'm supposed to root for the siblings...
by Garbageman33
May 12th, 2007
07:03:42 PM
Same problem as Spiderman 3
by kitkats99
May 12th, 2007
07:05:11 PM
And for those who say it was cool to look at
by Garbageman33
May 12th, 2007
07:14:01 PM
yeah, but Tammy
by YO MOM'S GOAT
May 12th, 2007
07:39:09 PM
You got the wrong actress.
by Dataset
May 12th, 2007
07:47:10 PM
I hated the ending so I will reveal the ending
by AvengingFist
May 12th, 2007
09:10:00 PM
Random thoughts...
by slapshot
May 12th, 2007
10:52:39 PM
The 2-minute trailer was better than the whole movie
by Garbageman33
May 12th, 2007
11:08:00 PM
28 Weeks Later = .................
by Cinemaniax
May 12th, 2007
11:42:49 PM
Times ten on the no wink thing
by Devil By The Deed
May 12th, 2007
11:55:16 PM
Hopefully the wink will be in the dvd version.
by Warcraft
May 13th, 2007
12:01:47 AM
Boyle and Garland
by tapehead
May 13th, 2007
12:12:52 AM
Yeah, damn the AP with their spoilers!
by Zardoz
May 13th, 2007
03:41:35 AM
Best Horror film is fucking Ages!!! contains Spoilers!
by bongo123
May 13th, 2007
04:48:40 AM
Helicopter - or should I call it a "chopper"?
by BennyL
May 13th, 2007
06:28:51 AM
yes, but who is this Imogen Poots person
by YO MOM'S GOAT
May 13th, 2007
08:01:35 AM
"No Wink" added to the effect ... (SPOILER)
by Behemoth
May 13th, 2007
08:30:01 AM
The Reasonable Person Test
by Garbageman33
May 13th, 2007
08:33:22 AM
Garbageman33...
by 9000rpm
May 13th, 2007
09:33:38 AM
I have to get me one of those All-Access badges
by Garbageman33
May 13th, 2007
09:52:54 AM
Stupid
by NoahTall
May 13th, 2007
10:36:23 AM
Hey, I haven't seen it yet, haven't read a single post
by samsquanch
May 13th, 2007
10:39:26 AM
samsquanch:
by Playkins
May 13th, 2007
12:30:19 PM
If you really want to annoy Danny Boyle ...
by Shan
May 13th, 2007
01:03:38 PM
As for Robert Carlyle avoiding that firestorm ...
by Shan
May 13th, 2007
01:07:47 PM
If you really want to pick holes with both films ...
by Shan
May 13th, 2007
01:16:45 PM
I liked it. Fun fast gory movie.
by Russman
May 13th, 2007
06:00:47 PM
Spolers!!!
by Lovecraftfan
May 13th, 2007
06:16:06 PM
ending: they saved infected girl = infected Europe
by AvengingFist
May 13th, 2007
06:38:40 PM
D.Vader
by YO MOM'S GOAT
May 13th, 2007
07:08:48 PM
Holy shit that was good!!!
by Christopher3
May 13th, 2007
07:10:44 PM
P.S. (Spoilers)
by Christopher3
May 13th, 2007
07:19:55 PM
The little sister will be hot like the chick in Hanson.
by Some Dude
May 13th, 2007
09:52:18 PM
How is the nihilistic tone a bad thing?
by Lovecraftfan
May 13th, 2007
09:54:08 PM
The little sister will be hot like that Hanson chick.
by Some Dude
May 13th, 2007
09:55:41 PM
Loud Jump Scares
by Happyfat73
May 14th, 2007
12:03:02 AM
Gay Scouser
by yodalovesyou
May 14th, 2007
01:45:04 AM
Coincidences.
by Tourist
May 14th, 2007
03:16:09 AM
Tourist
by Garbageman33
May 14th, 2007
08:23:44 AM
Horrible Horrible Movie
by oogabooga
May 14th, 2007
09:31:14 AM
Brilliant Brilliant Movie
by bongo123
May 14th, 2007
10:20:13 AM
Hollywood turns out a severe shitload of crap every yea
by oogabooga
May 14th, 2007
10:30:38 AM
About France getting infected.
by Shan
May 14th, 2007
10:37:52 AM
Only an inbred fetal pig would call this movie "crap"
by Behemoth
May 14th, 2007
10:44:37 AM
And inbred fetal pig OR...
by Garbageman33
May 14th, 2007
11:14:55 AM
An not And
by Garbageman33
May 14th, 2007
11:16:21 AM
I didn't stay until after the credits I don't think
by Novaman5000
May 14th, 2007
11:33:37 AM
Aliens
by SeanMiller
May 14th, 2007
11:42:13 AM
Two most frakked up things I saw this summer....
by drewlicious
May 14th, 2007
01:20:47 PM
"Dumb Escapism"? Inbred Fetal Pigs Unite. (SPOILERS)
by Behemoth
May 14th, 2007
02:53:12 PM
I never said it belonged on the scrapheap
by Garbageman33
May 14th, 2007
03:25:06 PM
Totally blown away by this...
by coolmodee
May 14th, 2007
03:27:23 PM
Then you misunderstood me, Garbageman33
by Behemoth
May 14th, 2007
04:02:45 PM
America
by drewlicious
May 14th, 2007
04:17:23 PM
About the stalker zombie / access pass zombie
by FluffyUnbound
May 14th, 2007
04:25:48 PM
I can't believe I'm saying this...
by YO MOM'S GOAT
May 14th, 2007
05:11:44 PM
This movie didn't need to be made...
by Duke of Hurl
May 14th, 2007
05:33:34 PM
ALSO, remember zombie prisoner in first film...
by Behemoth
May 14th, 2007
05:33:46 PM
Why would Begbie want to see his wife?
by Garbageman33
May 14th, 2007
05:59:27 PM
I sure as hell would rush to see my wife
by YO MOM'S GOAT
May 14th, 2007
06:09:55 PM
Yeah I saw it, forgot to stay through credits
by modlight
May 14th, 2007
06:20:48 PM
Oh and as for Contrivences and Coincidences
by modlight
May 14th, 2007
06:24:00 PM
oh, and I forgot one too...
by YO MOM'S GOAT
May 14th, 2007
07:54:32 PM
Paris?!? I thought that was Las Vegas!!!
by tonagan
May 22nd, 2007
11:58:44 AM

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