Review of 28 Days Later (2002) by Juliankleiss — 07 Jan 2011
The film explores the human's most basic needs and instincts. Among them are, the fight for one's individual survival at all costs, and the need for a perspective on the future of humankind, even if that would lead to detaining and raping the last few women.
Interstingly, one of the characters in the movie claims that people have killed each other since the birth of humankind, and that therafter nothing has changed since the arrival of zombies. This claim is open for interpretation and might imply that our kind's rage against one another will eventually lead to our own apocalypse.
Another character suggests that due to the short time men have inhabitated Earth, the world will go back to normalcy after the extinction of the humans. Nevertheless, the movie is by far not nihilistic, but also claims that love for one another is our most important need, and therefore gives life a purpose even in the most dire situations.
A great, and at times intense, low budget movie.
This review of 28 Days Later (2002) was written by Juliankleiss on 07 Jan 2011.
28 Days Later has generally received very positive reviews.
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