Once the action begins, there’s no time wasted on explanations or motivation, which is just as well for thinly drawn characters like Doyle. Auds familiar with London’s topography will get an extra charge from these scenes, as well as the ironic climax in an overgrown Wembley Stadium.
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In pic’s second half, Fresnadillo pretty much keeps the pedal to the metal, with some deftly drawn scenes of deserted, garbage-strewn London streets and a succession of set pieces - aircraft firebombing District 1, a zombie attack in Regent’s Park, and a clammy descent into the subway network - that pile on the thrills. Doyle (Jeremy Renner), flee for their lives across London, pursued by hungry zombies on one side and U.S. When all hell breaks loose in District 1, Scarlet and the kids, along with a sympathetic Marine, Sgt. However, the military brass trust more in firepower than scientific theory. doctor Scarlet (Aussie thesp Rose Byrne) to surmise her blood has a natural immunity that could be used to generate a vaccine. She’s “infected” but isn’t showing any outward signs of zombie rage, causing U.S. Script then starts to twist the knife on Don’s guilt as Andy and Tammy clandestinely cross the river to visit their home, where, to their great surprise, they find mom hiding upstairs. In an emotionally powerful sequence where Fresnadillo lets the camera just focus on his actors, Don gives his version of what happened to mom, conveniently leaving out the fact that he left her to die. 2007, with rampaging zombies standing in for Muslim terrorists.Īmong the new arrivals are Don’s children, Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton) and Tammy (Imogen Poots), who are welcomed by dad. Army is responsible for your safety”), it doesn’t take a political science degree to realize we’re not light years away from Baghdad, ca. As some new arrivals disembark at City Airport and are processed by Yank troops (“The U.S. In fact, the only infection-free area of the country is a heavily fortified area in east London’s Docklands quarter, now dubbed District 1 Security Zone. Twenty-four weeks later, “reconstruction” began. Eleven weeks later, a U.S.-led NATO force entered London 18 weeks later, Britain was declared “free” of infection. Socko opening is followed by captions filling in the background: 15 days after the original outbreak, mainland Britain was quarantined 28 days later, the population was destroyed by the rage virus. In a mixture of confusion and cowardice, Don escapes, leaving Alice, in a creepy final image, for zombie dinner. Shadowy, claustrophobic start is abruptly shattered - in an explosion of daylight, noise and gnashing teeth - as a pack of zombies break in and start to chow down. Then, in a surprise encounter typical of the movie’s low-key humor, they come across the house’s owners and another refugee, Jacob (Shahid Ahmed).
We hear their kids were luckily sent abroad just before the virus outbreak. With no reference to the original or its characters, “28 Weeks Later” starts in medias res as a couple, Don Harris (Robert Carlyle) and Karen (Emily Beecham), scavenge inside a gloomy house for food. Joffe, son of helmer Roland, has already scored a local rep with scripts for Pawel Pawlikowski’s gritty immigrant drama “Last Resort” and cheeky no-budget docudrama “Gas Attack.” It’s to the credit of Boyle and Garland (serving here as exec producers) that they’ve let Fresnadillo and his team of Spanish writers, along with Brit scribe Rowan Joffe, off the sequel leash and allowed them to go for it.
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Where the Danny Boyle-helmed, Alex Garland-scripted original had the feel of a genre movie progressively trapped by its non-genre ambitions, “Weeks” knows exactly where it’s going from itsknockout first reel.
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