World Famous Comics: 28 Days Later (Widescreen Edition)
28 Days Later (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Danny Boyle, Megan Burns Directed By: Danny Boyle, Toby James Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Widescreen, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 21, 2003 Running Time: 113 minutes Theatrical Release Date: June 27, 2003
Description: Hailed as the most frightening film since The Exorcist, acclaimed Director Danny Boyle's visionary take on zombie horror "isn't just scary…it's absolutely terrifying" (Access Hollywood).
An infirmary patient awakens from a coma to an empty room…in a vacant hospital…in a deserted city. A powerful virus, which locks victims into a permanent state of murderous rage, has transformed the world around him into a seemingly desolate wasteland. Now a handful of survivors must fight to stay alive, unaware that the worst is yet to come…
Amazon.com: The director/producer team that created Trainspotting turn their dynamic cinematic imaginations to the classic science fiction scenario of the last people on Earth. Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up from a coma to find London deserted--until he runs into a mob of crazed plague victims. He gradually finds other still-human survivors (including Naomie Harris), with whom he heads off across the abandoned countryside to find the source of a radio broadcast that promises salvation. 28 Days Later is basically an updated version of The Omega Man and other post-apocalyptic visions; but while the movie may lack originality, it makes up for it in vivid details and creepy paranoid atmosphere. 28 Days Later's portrait of how people behave in extreme circumstances--written by novelist Alex Garland (The Beach)--will haunt you afterward. Also featuring Brendan Gleeson (The General, Gangs of New York) and Christopher Eccleston (Shallow Grave, The Others). --Bret Fetzer
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solid all around I wasn't really scared a whole lot by the storyline in 28 Days Later, but I WAS really scared while watching the movie anyway, thanks to the sound system in my DVD player making me jump through the roof whenever an infected zombie-like creature would crash through a window and attack innocent people, or just go absolutely insane at the most unpredictable moments!
This movie reminds me of those old Resident Evil video games. Absolutely terrific and scarier than you can possibly imagine.
Some people might not like the fact that there's not a whole lot in the way of action, but honestly, there's a good deal of action sequences despite the fact it's not necessarily a totally action-dominated film, and the atmosphere that builds up to those action sequences is pretty terrific too, because you get a sense of constant uneasy feelings around every turn. You really feel the main characters as they struggle to find a way to safety and survive.
The only complaint is that the film is REALLY dark so it's hard to see anything during the night settings.
My favorite thing about the movie are how the monsters go crazy whenever they become infected, and it's just an exciting movie.
28 Days Later Blue Ray bad video quality Alright folks, I put the money in and have a pretty decent setup to watch this movie but I'd rather watch the DVD than the Blue Ray Version. First off I'd like to say the movie its self is great but the Conversion to Blue Ray falls flat on its face. I've got quite a large number of blue ray movies here and I swear at the time of this review this is the worst video quality blue ray I could find. It looks like someone took the DVD version and put the movie through a video filter trying to sharpen it and completely failed at it. This is a fantastic example of how not to convert a blueray. this movie was made in 2002 we had the technology to record a quality film. I'm surprised a group of people considered blue ray experts did this conversion sat down and watched the final product and decided this to be a quality picture. I want my money back, I feel kind of used. Blue Ray means they put forth their best effort to give us a great picture *puke*
Do not buy the Blu-Ray version!! Do not buy the Blu-Ray version of this movie! The film quality is so terrible you gain nothing from having the blu-ray....save your money and get the DVD of this movie
Movie good - video TERRIBLE Let me say this first: I think this is a great movie in and of itself.
The reason for such a harsh grade is the video formatting - the vast bulk of the movie looks terrible on Blu-Ray. I mean terrible! It looks like a bad bootleg, or something that was downloaded off the internet and then "converted" for the format. I've seen VHS tapes look better on my screen!
For a perfect example, take a look at the scene right after they leave the store. They're driving in the country side and pass a field of what I believe are flowers. I can't say for sure because the picture is so garbled that all you see are pixelated, artifact-ridden blobs of colors swaying to and fro.
As I said before, this is a great movie. I can remember watching it over cable and having an enjoyable experience. But watching it on Blu-Ray was such a terrible visual experience that I was constantly taken right out of the movie and distracted.
I would not recommend this movie on Blu-Ray. I can't speak to the quality of the DVD version, but if it's similar, get a VHS tape of it. At least then pixelation and artifacts will not look as bad.
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