28 Days Later (2002)
5/10
A promisingly eerie surge of doom... but falls apart in second half.
18 February 2007
Warning: Spoilers
"Dawn of the dead" sort of meets "12 monkeys" in this intense, impressively produced cult mash of zombie horror flick and dystopian sci-fi: England is ravaged by a rabid-like virus outbreak, and survivors team up to cope in deserted London... and to fight infected people-turned-monsters.

A top first half, with a really promising, eerie surge of doom... but then it falls apart in the second. As the survivors reach the military camp front, it goes from functioning violent unpleasantness to non- functioning such, as it clumsily lashes out in all directions, tossing needful credibility in the garbage can. Oh well, it still remains a noteworthy memorable grabber in the genre...

Best scene: when Cillian Murphy finds his dead parents- extremely moving!

5 out of 10 from Ozjeppe
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