Dumb, dumb, dumb...

Rating: 1/10 (17 May 2007)

This was a complete waste of time. It felt like watching Dawn of the Dead, only much more stupid. At least with that movie, the Dead were after the flesh of the living, so there's a certain sense to that. With 28 Weeks, the infected people are already living and they chase after everyone who is not infected. Aren't they suppose to be insane with rage? Why aren't they attacking and killing each other instead of chasing after the uninfected like an organized pack of wolves? And why does the effect, once bitten, happen instantaneously? I don't remember any of this in the first movie (which I only saw once, years ago). The Rage virus felt like a lame vehicle for showcasing what the director (or whoever) really wanted to show: the gory destruction of innocent human beings in all its gruesome graphic detail. Gee, isn't it cool to lock everyone up in a pitch-black confined space and then have a bloody insane monster get in to infect everyone. Isn't is cool to have military rooftop snipers picking off terrified civilians as they flee down the streets from the bloody monsters? Isn't it cool to see the streets of London go up in flame and engulf everyone in its path? Isn't is cool to see all that bloody puke gushing out of the monster's mouth from the other side of the window. Oh, and that monster is Daddy. Tugs on the heartstrings, doesn't it? If you like this sort of thing than I guess this is for you.
And speaking of Daddy, he just waltzes past all security to see his infected wife who is strapped to a gurney, wearing hospital jammies, in quarantined isolation. And then he kisses her. Hello?!? This same guy was traumatized for weeks after escaping from the bloody monsters and had left his wife to die by their hands. I'm sorry, but you'd think he would have been at least slightly clued in? Or how about the kid's sneaking out of the safe zone into unprotected London after the whole country has been decimated my this plague, and there are dead bodies everywhere? I will admit I'm not a big fan of horror movies (a la Halloween), mostly because they require you to suspend all disbelief and swallow their stupid premises. This movie does exactly that. Enough said.