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28 Days Later (2002)
21st March
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland keep the zombie formula fresh in the new millenium.
- Zombie Speed: 100 meter zomblympic gold medal winners
- Zombie Catalyst: A virus
- Zombie Contagion: Blood
- Zombie IQ: Instinctual
- Protagonists: Hot guy, hot girl, know-it-all kid and her father
- Apocalypse Vibe: Fabulous right up to the midnight hour, but then, overlooked
- Music: FUCKING SLAYER
Jim is you and me. Waking up when everyone is dead, his disbelief and bewilderment is paced well with our own. He progresses from useless dead weight to survival expert to heroic saviour at the rate we feel we would too (because—obviously—we would all be natural apocalyptic survivalists).
The film has a dayofthedeadesque second half—but with characters you care about and dialogue that doesn’t make you want to be the zombie that eats them.
Verdict: Romero’s concepts finely honed into something more accessible
