Saw it a while back... first half is better than last half. As far as recent British Horror is concerned, I preferred Dog Soldiers.
Premise is very simple, Rex. Guy is in an accident, gets knocked into a coma, wakes up 28 days later to find that London is completely deserted. Except for the killer zombies, obviously.
I've seen 28 days later and it's a pretty good film.
It's not really a zombie film. Some activists released some monkeys from a lab but the monkeys were infected by a disease the scientist at the lab called "Rage".
People who get infected lose there senses after a while.
A guy who was in a hospital with the door locked survives but hasn't eaten anything for days and doesn't know what has happened to the world. It's pretty scary to see London deserted the way they show it at the beginning of the film. It was really disturbing when the guy who ran from the hospital was yelling "Hello!!" but nobody would listen.
The music in the film was great. There's a song of one of my favorite bands "Gdospeed you black emperor!" but the whole soundtrack is excellent.
Anyway as he wanders through the city he starts to meet some infected and he also runs into some survrivors. He learns to become a survivor himself with his new friends.
They lose some friends here and there but the ending is pretty nice.
Don't miss it!
28 Days Later
Have you guys heard about this? I just saw a preview and checked out the website and it looks scary as hell. Like really scary. especially since zombie movies always freak me out. its just the idea of there being so many you know...you can't get away from all of them.
check it out at 28dayslater.com
28 days later was voted british film of the year in the empire movie awards. I thought that it was the best horror in years. Not your typical zombie movie, this film was made on a shoestring and still delivers. I agree with Kes, you can nitpick but why bother. It was directed by Danny Boyle who did trainspotting, so it's pretty gritty and look out for Brendan Gleeson, he's superb.