28 days later

Danny Boyle 2002

Question: What do you get if take the main concepts from George Romero's 'Zombie Trilogy' and "The Crazies" and condense them into one film?
Answer: "28 Days Later".

The power of this film, I felt, lay in the first half. There was something genuinely chilling about seeing London deserted. Recognising places and landmarks that are part of your everyday life but now strangely devoid of people.

Danny Boyle did however cop out slightly with the whole Spielberg 'family unit' idea. When will directors learn that the 'child in peril' thing doesn't automatically make the audience engage any deeper with the film.

While this was a good film, it wasn't really anything new. However it is good to see a British horror film that is actually scary.

"Repent, the end of the world is extremely fucking nigh"