Rating of
3.5/4
28 Days Of Brilliance
gideon43 - wrote on 05/20/10
Arguably one of the finest directors in the business today, Danny Boyle makes interesting and evocative films and even his misfires "A Life Less Ordinary (1997)" and "The Beach (2000)" are more emotive and challenging then a whole host of star loaded fodder that is served up this and every other week.
28 Days Later is without a doubt a directors movie, Boyle is on the absolute top of his game.
Tipping its hat to George A Romero's Zombie trilogy and throwing in a Day Of The Triffids style beginning, 28 Days is a gruesome, frightening and more importantly, a down right realistic apocalyptic saga.
Using every trick in the book (and inventing a few new ones), Boyle works his magic even under the constraints of an obviously tight budget. Throw in some intensely raw acting performances, a scattering of London shot filming locations and a horde of "rage" infected zombies who actually run (rather than shuffle along) and you have one hell of a Horror Movie.
