28 Days Later (Widescreen Special Edition)

8 reviews for 28 Days Later (Widescreen Special Edition)

1. 

   Kt – September 9, 2024

   Very entertaining – I loved it.
   It’s pretty incredible how in just 28 days, society can degrade so much that hundreds of years of progress with our treatment of women is completely lost. I feel this can easily happen in any sort of survivor scenario. It’s downright terrifying and makes you thankful for the pillar of society which we have built and rely on.*Spoilers ahead…*To those who are saying this movie was predictable and boring: I respectfully disagree. The plot could have gone many ways. The pacing and action were on point, with the right amount of relaxing and action packed scenes interlaced. It kept you engaged the entire way through – waiting to see what would happen next. Yes it was more of a ‘good conquers’ plot. But this doesn’t mean predictable. To be honest it made the movie more enjoyable with a bit of redemption.Another review complained about them not knowing that this base was going to basically be a rape situation. There was no way they could know this would happen. They first arrived with high hopes. Then with the death, they were a bit shell shocked. I’m sure they were just hopeful they could have a safe place to stay. They had not encountered that many live people before. And all the other people they met were helpful and generally kind. I don’t see how they could expect to know how these soldiers would treat them. There could have been a bigger group of people waiting who were not all soldiers. And even if not, it makes sense that they might initially think it’s better to be in a military base than out on their own.And the part where they are trying to get rescued again after the deal with the officers: Another review said they were stupid or unbelievable to look to be rescued. No it isn’t stupid. Because there are people who are in airplanes. They likely are part of civilized society outside of that place. And one can’t blame them for hoping there is more to life than “just surviving, alone in this wasteland with just 3 human beings for the rest of their lives.” So of course they would try to find a better sort of life.I felt the characters were very believable and convincing. The most unbelievable part to me was when our MC was able to take down all of those officers, and they were all able to evade the zombies when these trained men couldn’t. I mean, this was just some guy who had no military experience. He hadn’t even really had to survive that long in the apocalypse. He didn’t seem like he should be particularly skilled. Yet he became a sort of mini super ninja for a bit. I mean it wasn’t completely out of the realm of possibility.. But it was a bit far fetched. I still was glad the way it went though. the redemption was sweet.Yes the Walking Dead series, which came much later, had some better scenarios (in the early seasons.) Though this movie was older than that.I do not agree with the nay sayers here. I think must have been spoiled lately, only watching the greatest of movies, and forgot how there are so many truly awful movies out there. This one was a breath of fresh air compared to all of the sub-par, badly written movies, which make up most of what’s out there. This movie was engaging, immersive, and had a great deal of world and plot integrity.The acting was great too, as well as the casting. Great flick. I’d say the sequel 28 Weeks Later is even better.

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   M. B Cole – September 9, 2024

   That was longer than a heartbeat…
   When I first saw 28 Days Later, I was really shocked at how good it was. I thought I was going to be watching a zombie movie, but it’s really not one (even though you can pretend they are, which a lot of people tend to do). In actuality, England has just been infected with a rage virus thanks to some PETA activists trying to rescue some test subject chimps. Ok maybe they don’t work for PETA but you get the gist. And like the title says, within 28 days, all hell breaks lose and England is ravaged and destroyed by people who really should take a chill pill.After the outbreak we meet Jim (Cillian Murphy aka Scarecrow from Batman Begins) who wakes up completely naked (why completely naked I don’t know) in a hospital room and it seems he’s just been through some surgery. After calling for help, Jim comes to realize he’s the last person alive on Earth. Ok not really, but it really does seem like it at first. They did a great job of showing deserted cities and roads and making it seem like he is legend (see what I did there?!). After some walking, he comes across a church filled with what seems to be a mass suicide. This was definitely a scene I cant forget mainly due to when he says `Hello?’ and two infected look up at him really quickly and just stare. CREEPY. Plus lets not forget the priest. As he runs away he comes across a couple of uninfected who help him out. Together they try to survive and come across a radio signal broadcasting help and safety. Together they try to make it to this so called safety.Some might consider the movie a little slow, but I enjoyed the pacing because I really did start to connect with Jim and some of the others. Watching it the first I thought there could’ve been a bit more action scenes, but after my second sitting, I believe I was wrong. I actually enjoyed just about every minute of it. Also the video quality is not great. Not horrible by no means either, but just not great.The special edition I watched had 3 alternate endings. The first 2 were really dumb and could’ve been easily just ONE alternate ending. The third though was really good actually. But you have to sit through a story board and not live action scenes, but I promise you it was still good. It basically picks up where the military comes in, but there is no military. Instead they head to a hospital with their little rag tag group and try to save one of their own since the person has been infected. They are told that to cure the person, you have to take out all of his blood and replace it. But this was the problem the director (Danny Boyle) had. How the heck do you clean out all of the blood when one drop could infect you. It was funny to hear how Danny says it though. Nice idea though.In the end I would say to definitely give this movie a shot, especially if you are a zombie fan (even though they aren’t zombies) or an `end of the world movie’ fan.P.S. – Anyone read `The Walking Dead’? Great, great, great read for us zombie lovers. I always wanted to see a movie for this series, but considering how in depth it’s become, I’d much rather see a TV series for it. Like on HBO so we could see the gore. Plus I love how the story starts off in my home town back in Georgia. To cool!

3. 

   blue saint – September 9, 2024

   Hard to get video
   Totally happy with product great price. Was really looking forward to watching it. Love the horror genre perfect for my collection especially since it’s not streaming

4. 

   Amazon Customer – September 9, 2024

   Todo bien en precio, entrega y descripción del producto (película).

5. 

   Robin Andersson – September 9, 2024

   I’m in Region B, and this is a Region A disc… Could not play the disc in Sweden!

6. 

   Sunil Pandey – September 9, 2024

   Video quality is very bad. I am giving it 3 stars as Amazon gave me refund.

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   ごんごん – September 9, 2024

   主演のファン若い頃のキリアン・マーフィーも良きゾンビは怖いけど存在しない架空の生き物オープニングはウォーキング・デットがこちらを真似したのかな？って感じ映画の内容は色々な意味で怖いから苦手な方は無理かなぁよく出来てるとは思うけど

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   cora – September 9, 2024

   I don’t do zombies and have very little interest in horror films, and so it is not until 15 years after it was made that I finally watched this film. And I will say the loss was mine. While I’m still not gone on gore and scary creatures, the scenes showing the rabied infected are, though sudden and genuinely frightening, mercifully swift and short. The plot is not so much a horror story as a well contructed post-apocalyptic tale set in England, where a highly contagious rabies-like disease has wiped out nearly the entire population, with a very few unaffected individuals trying to survive and escape to a place the infection hasn’t reached.The scenes of Cillian Murphy wandering around a completely deserted London are stunning and utterly chilling at the same time. The film is worth watching for that alone: seeing those iconic London locations entirely devoid of people. Similarly fascinating are the shots of that lone London taxi cab driving along the deserted motorway with the windmills silently churning away in the background. Knowing that all this was filmed for real rather than being created inside a computer makes it all the more remarkable. And then, just once in a while, inbetween the scenes of utter desolation and frightening attacks by the infected, there are seemingly incogruous moments of relief like the myriad of colourful buckets on the roof or the horses in the field. Inspired directing by Danny Boyle. Even the intentionally grainy picture quality, criticised by many reviewers, works very well for me. It fits in with the story.The cast including Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson and Christopher Eccleston alongside Cillian Murphy is great, with them all turning in very solid performances. It was this cast that made me buy the DVD and I’m glad I ventured outside my comfort zone and watched the film. Along with great performances from some of my favourite actors, I got an intelligent and compelling story.The two disc Limited Editon includes the following extra features: – Commentary by director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland – “Pure Rage” making of featurette – “Jacknife Lee” Music Video – Running Polaroid Gallery – Animated Storyboards – 28 Weeks Later: The rage is Back featurette – First Story From 28 Days Later: The Aftermath graphic novel (booklet) – Trailers for both 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later