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 Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 21, 2003 Running Time: 113 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: June 27, 2003
Product Description: AFTER A VIRUS WIPES OUT MOST OF THE PLANET, A HANDFUL OF SURVIVORS TRY TO SAVE THE HUMAN RACE FROM EXTINCTION
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
Excellent movie, but beware, not HD. ^ I purchased this movie on Blu-ray assuming it would be 1080p, but I was mistaken. It is simply DVD quality. Save yourself the trouble and purchase it on DVD. I do however, love the movie content which is why I purchased it in the first place!
The transfer is not the problem, the actual movie looks like that! ^ To the people that say the video quality is poor, it was pretty well known that they used inexpensive DV cams to film the movie which gave it it's gritty look. The last scene of the movie was the only part that was filmed later using 35mm cameras and you can tell the difference because it looks very clear and detailed in contrast. The transfer is just fine and is the highest quality transfer you're going to get of this movie. The film looked like this in the theater people!
The end is extremely nigh ^ First the blu-ray. The picture is hard to judge. On one hand it looks terrible on the other that's the way it was meant to. It was shot in standard def to look blurry, soft, hazy and undetailed. point is when Jim wakes up nothing is the same, its all out of focus. When things turn more hopeful at the end it was shot in 35mm film which looks a lot better. I have no problems with the transfer as it reproduces the artistic intent. Audio is very good but not demo quality. Extras are great the audio commentary is my favorite, the deleted scenes/pure rage featurette are also very good. There is also animated storyboards, still galleries, a music video, 2 trailers for 28 days later and one for 28 weeks later.
Now the movie. I found 28 days later to be a very well written and made film. It is a very suspenseful viral outbreak film. 28 days later begins with a infected monkey biting and infecting a human rights activist from there the infection spread like wildfire. fast forward 28 days Jim wakes up in a hospital and things are not right. London is eerily empty when night falls things get worse. 28 days later is a study of how people behave under extreme circumstances. People lose much of who they are as they struggle to survive. Isolation and a air of hopelessness pushes some to madness.
Blu-ray Version Visually Awful ^ This is a great movie, but it is irresponsible to market this at 1080 lines of resolution when it looks so terrible at that resolution. It's okay if you watch it at, say, twice or more of the optimal viewing distance from your set. That is about eleven feet for a 42"-diagonal set, at 1080 lines. If you can't get that far away, you could incur permanent psychological damage from the bad video on this thing, you'll hate the film if you haven't seen it before, and you'll probably want to - and should - burn the disc so it can't hurt anyone else.
HORRIBLE!!!! BLU-RAY LOOKS LIKE A analog RECORDING IN THE 60'S ^ This is awful. the bluray version no way near matches my other collection..At first , i thought it was the blu ray player or the tv but those components are perfect. i am thinking the BD is defective, maybe i shall return it and get another one. DONT BUY THE BD VERSION...Luckily i purchased it for 10.00..i think its worth only 5.00.
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