Though the segments in which the producers discuss the ideas they'd kicked around prior to this - a prequel film, a military-men-saving-the-Queen movie, etc. Typical behind-the-scenes, talking-head, EPK fare. The featurettes, however, are more standard - brief examinations of the production, the zombified extras and the staging of the action. However, these two men delivered in creating something well-scripted, fleshed-out, harrowing and effective and their European sensibilities are a welcome entry into a pot thick with the stagnant, American philosophy of the macabre. We've seen dozens of directors speak well of the genre over some of the most inept examples around. Generally, this isn't a hard thing to do. Fresnadillo and Lavigne are smart, artistic people discussing horror the way that horror should be discussed.

To begin, the commentary here is quality. What grain is visible is entirely purposeful and inherent to the production and with no sign of major artifcating and rich black levels, the transfer does excellent service to the material. There's a real relationship here between the cinematic and real and this DVD does a good job in the transfer. Director Fresnadillo brings his decidedly Spanish-European sensibility to the film, making what could easily have been lensed in polished, Hollywood, action-horror flare into a more gritty, almost dirty cinematic experience. Score: 8 out of 10 (Film review by Stax) Video and Presentation Where the original 28 film was shot entirely on digital video by director Danny Boyle - creating palpable atmosphere at the expense of visual fidelity - this film brilliantly manages to sustain both. Thanks to its direction, cast and political subtext, 28 Weeks Later is a horror sequel that's actually worth seeing and improves upon (in some areas) its predecessor. There are several images reminiscent of World War II blitzkriegs and of the Jbombings (one particularly eerie shot of light at the end of a subway tunnel evokes one of the most iconic images of that dark day). When it becomes apparent that they have lost control, the military must either run or fire-bomb the place to hell. occupation of Iraq and for terrorism, the story has its force of occupiers and citizens inhabiting a safe zone inside the city after the Army's mission has been declared accomplished. Clearly intended as an allegory for the U.S. What makes 28 Weeks Later especially noteworthy, however, is its overt political subtext. military, which resorts to brutal measures to insure that the virus doesn't spread beyond London. They must outrun both the infected and the U.S. Scarlet and Doyle each take part in trying to get Andy and Tammy to safety it seems the kids may possess a genetic abnormality that could counter the virus. The American characters include Delta Force sniper Doyle (Jeremy Renner), Army chopper pilot Flynn (Harold Perrineau), General Stone (Idris Elba) and medical officer Scarlet (Rose Byrne). They are soon put to the test when it becomes apparent that a newly found survivor may not be virus-free after all. Rowling) - who have returned after a school program abroad spared them from being there for the outbreak. Six months later in U.S.-occupied (and virus-free) London, Don is reunited with his two children - teenager Tammy (Imogen Poots) and young Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton, who sounds like he was named by J.K. Don manages to run away from the infected, but he will learn that running from himself will be just as difficult. The story begins with Don (Robert Carlyle), a tender husband and father who, along with his wife Alice (Catherine McCormack) and a few others, is holed up in a rural cabin when the infected attack.

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