Nil pois

Rating: 1/10 (11 May 2007)

First of all, I love "zombie" films. I love them all, all of the Romero classics (yes, even land), night of the comet, fulci's zombi, the omega man; I even managed to watch zombies vs. vampires right to the end.
28 weeks was breathtaking, frightening and action packed. That described the first five minutes of this film. What followed was an hour and a half of a dire, formulaic drivel, which left the audience wondering when something that was reminiscent of a script, would begin.
The character development was absolutely zero, just a series of clichéd lines; the funniest of all was "Its OK, it's just a flesh wound". Any screen writer who uses this line should be shot  in fact that make that shot twice, just to make sure that its not "just a flesh wound".
The settings and background were OK, I guess, although they weren't a patch on the original. Deserted streets, the odd rat, although ominously, no signs of fires, riots or any post apocalypse mayhem that one would have been expected. In fact London appears to have gone upmarket somewhat, since 28 days.
As for ending, its was so predictable, it was almost laughable. It left it open for a sequel to a sequel. Lets hope that they don't bother.
Nil poi.