An Excellent Zombie Film

Rating: 7/10 (19 December 2012)

Although a sequel to "28 Days Later", this film is as good as the original and can stand on its own merits. And that says a lot. Now I fully understand that technically this isn't a zombie movie. The dead aren't brought back to life and they don't feast on the organs of their victims. At least not that I am aware of. Likewise there are some controversial aspects which some zombie films depict while others do not. For example, the speed of the "zombies" are incredibly fast. And it definitely adds some good action to this film. Now, while some people might argue over technicalities of this nature, to me the zombie genre shouldn't be exclusive to new ideas or formats. After all, one of the chief complaints about zombie films is that everything has already been done and that there is no variety. So in that regard I consider this to be not only an excellent film but an excellent zombie film as well. It has good acting, well-developed characters, tremendous action and a very good plot. About the only flaw I saw was during the poison gas episode in which everyone in the car should have been killed. Everyone. That's just the nature of poison gas. But it made for a good action sequence so I won't complain too much. Also, the ending could have been drawn out a bit more. Even so, I thought this was a good zombie movie and I believe most zombie fans will probably agree.