Really great horror from a fan that isn't into horror

Rating: Null/10 (12 November 2007)

I've never been a big fan of the zombie and horror movies, but this one really takes the cake. Danny Boyle did an incredible job with his depiction of an abandoned London, fear stricken and virus plagued.
This picture goes miles further than Danny Boyle's original 28 Days Later, a rare feat for a sequel. The director, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo did a wonderful job with the tone and consistency of the piece.
The sense of empty space is palpable and pervades the film. It was incredible to behold what Fresnadillo did with London, how he shaped and changed it. I know that he isn't a native Londoner, but living here myself I got the feeling that he knew the city well enough to understand how it might decay, and what the dynamics of its abandonment would look like.
The father played by Robert Carlyle starts as an incredibly flawed character and something about his mix of heart and error makes you understand and invest in him from the beginning.
The zombies are perhaps even more frightening here because unlike the original film, the atmosphere isn't a zombie plagued one but instead a city in renewal, which makes the outbursts of violence and gore that much more shocking and contrary to the general rebuilding that many of the characters are focused on.
It's amazing to watch a great genre heavy film that has the tension and depth of an art-house piece.