Trailer: 28 Weeks Later (Rose Byrne, Catherine McCormack, Robert Carlyle)

[konfusion666]

A zombie movie with gore?! NO WAY!

i should have been more clear; in this case, the amount of gore is easily triple that of 28 Days Later, which is why i mentioned it. obviously, i wasn't comparing it to the care bears or something.

[and or]

Nowhere near as good as the first, or even as good as other recent zombie movies. Lots of shaky camera and even shakier editing don't hide the fact that this new director can't tell a story worth a dang. It's too bad, because the set-up was great, unfortunately it turned into a soap soon thereafter.

[Ixidor]

As good as the first, imho. Aside from minor details that I had to nitpick on and caused me to lose faith in screenwriters.

[originalnutta]

Wether or not they're technical zombies, they are zombies.

They never drink, yet they don't dehydrate and die within 7 days? There's no way to explain that with a simple "rage" mechanism. No amount of adrenaline lets you stay alive without water for that long. Even if they were smart enough to drink they don't know how to turn on taps... how could they still be alive?

If they weren't zombies all that one dad and daughter in 28 days later would have to do is last a week until everyone else dehydrates.


More evidence that they're zombies is that they can tell who's infected... even from a far distance? How is this possible?


There's obviously something supernatural about these people and although they aren't technically zombies... yeah they're zombie-esque. If you had to classify this movie you'd put it in the zombie genre.


Last nitpick on the movie: They don't eat people... they just attack them until they're infected... how could they possibly keep up energy? Within a very short time the infected's bodies should have used up all the fat reserves and start eating away at their muscle tissue at which point they should see a marked drop in physical ability.

Dunno what technical Zombies are.

They didn't stay alive that long. Did you watch 28 weeks later? Most died. Yes died. Because they weren't dead the first time around.

Yeah the father and daughter would have to wait past a week. But other survivors get bitten and the cycle continues. So you'd have to wait a long time before it's safe.

No one knows how they can determine who's infected and who isn't. Maybe smell? Im speculating.

Sure you could put it in the "zombie" genre, but some know better. Elitist mentality.

Yeah the infected lifeline isnt very long. I think real zombies last longer because they actually eat humans.

[originalnutta]

The infected die from gunshot wounds to any part of the body.

They don't die and then reanimate initially.

The virus takes over very rapidly.


Zombies however, need to be shot in the head through the brain.

They have to die, to come back as the living undead.

They "virus" can sometimes take days to fully kill the living and reanimate.

[squall458]

I thought it was way better than the first. It's a def. movie to be seen in the theaters with a chick that gets scared easily. It had more action, less useless talking, and a tighter storyline. My only gripe with it was the ending, cuz it went too fast and I couldn't exactly pick out all the details it was trying to convey.

[Ixidor]

Dunno what technical Zombies are.

No pulse, slow moving, want to eat your braiiiiiiins.

They didn't stay alive that long. Did you watch 28 weeks later? Most died. Yes died. Because they weren't dead the first time around.

Exactly why they aren't the technical definition of zombie, but close enough to merit clumping in the same group.

Much as there are a LOT of differences between an ostrich and a penguin, they still have enough similarities that merits them to be classified in one genre.

Yeah the father and daughter would have to wait past a week. But other survivors get bitten and the cycle continues. So you'd have to wait a long time before it's safe.

... k.

No one knows how they can determine who's infected and who isn't. Maybe smell? Im speculating.

Probably a feint chemical marker or hormone excreted through the skin.

Sure you could put it in the "zombie" genre, but some know better. Elitist mentality.

Some know better... what? This is the zombie genre. Masses of crazed people who's goal is to attack humans and then the humans, once attacked, become one of them is pretty much the hollywood definition of zombie.

Yeah the infected lifeline isnt very long. I think real zombies last longer because they actually eat humans.

No, real zombies don't eat humans. Watch day of the dead. If anything, 28DL/28WL "zombies" are the only type that could actually get nourishment from eating humans.

The infected die from gunshot wounds to any part of the body.

That part was kind of weird. I don't know why they were dropping for good to shoulder wounds and stuff. I know I certainly wouldnt just roll over and die if someone shot me in the shoulders, and I'm considerably less badass than the infected.

They don't die and then reanimate initially.

The virus takes over very rapidly.

Zombies however, need to be shot in the head through the brain.

Yep, they aren't exactly the same.

They have to die, to come back as the living undead. [/QUOTE]

Yep, you're highlighting the difference between the type of zombie in most zombie movies and the type of zombie in 28DL/28WL.

They "virus" can sometimes take days to fully kill the living and reanimate.

Yes. Your point? Smallpox that kills the host within a day and smallpox that kills the host within 3 weeks can still be essentially the same virus with a small mutation.