28 Weeks Later (2007)

Réalisateur:

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Writers:

Rowan Joffe (screenplay) &
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

11 mai 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Accroche:

It All Begins Again

Plot:

Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes to plan.

Plot Keywords:

Hetero Chromia | Extreme Gore | London | Ventilation Shaft | Zombie

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

The end is once again extremely ****ing nigh

Ensemble

Robert Carlyle	...	Don
Catherine McCormack	...	Alice
Rose Byrne	...	Scarlet
Jeremy Renner	...	Doyle
Harold Perrineau	...	Flynn
Idris Elba	...	Stone
Imogen Poots	...	Tammy
Mackintosh Muggleton	...	Andy
Amanda Walker	...	Sally
Shahid Ahmed	...	Jacob
Garfield Morgan	...	Geoff
Emily Beecham	...	Karen
Beans El-Balawi	...	Boy in Cottage (as Beans Balawi)
Meghan Popiel	...	DLR Soldier
Stewart Alexander	...	Military Officer

Autre(s) titre(s) :

28 semanas después (Spain)
28 semaines plus tard (Belgium: French title) (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and gore, language and some sexuality/nudity.

Durée:

99 min

Pays:

UK | Spain

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Classification:

Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:16 | UK:18 | Germany:18 | Norway:18 | France:-12 (with warning) | Netherlands:16 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Ireland:18 | Japan:R-15 | Taiwan:R-12 (original rating) | Singapore:M18 (edited version) | Philippines:R-13 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #43475) | Sweden:15 | Mexico:C | Singapore:R21 | Finland:K-18 | Australia:MA | South Korea:18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Brazil:18 | Ireland:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Malaysia:18SG | South Africa:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Chile:14

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Aldwych Underground Station, Aldwych, Holborn, London, England, UK

Company:

Fox Atomic

Anecdotes:

Danny Boyle directed some of the second unit filming.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Doyle decides to push start the car to help Andy, Scarlet and Tammy escape the gas. He makes this decision after repeated attempts to start the car using the starter motor (obviously audible in the movie). Push-starting is only useful in starting a car where there is not enough battery power to crank the motor with the starter motor itself. The battery was not flat as the motor could be heard cranking over, but with no ignition. In real-life push starting this car would have been futile.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
Donald Harris: What are you going to cook?
Alice: Your favorite.
Donald Harris: What, again?

Connexions De Film:

References Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)

Soundtrack:

In The House - In A Heartbeat

The end is once again extremely ****ing nigh

I've never been a huge fan of the zombie horror genre, but I was very impressed by Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later… Somehow it managed to create characters worth caring about as well as throwing mindless zombies at them. So when I heard that a sequel was in the making, I was excited but understandably cautious since the Disappointing Sequel Syndrome is all too common nowadays. I also disapproved of the director switch, fearing that yet another low-budget gem will be Americanised by Hollywood, made far too slick for its own good.

So to say 28 Weeks Later was a pleasant surprise would be an understatement. Fresnadillo managed to maintain everything that was good in the original and add his own flair. The rage virus, the zombies and the gore are all still here. But most importantly, what keeps the series shockingly vivid is the willingness to flaunt the naked truth: we humans are the real monsters. Under such extreme circumstances, mankind's self-preservation instincts kicks in and it is an ugly sight to see. It might be the necessary thing to do, but that still doesn't make it feel right.

The film starts off at an odd pace but soon settles into a familiar terror-stricken rush. The cast was well selected, nothing out of the ordinary but no obvious weak links either. The Americanisation was not as severe as I had previously dreaded, and I actually quite welcomed Rose Byrne and Jeremy Renner leading the plot. The shots of post-apocalyptic London may have been done already but they're still as effective as ever, and John Murphy's score is brilliant as always.

All in all, a worthy sequel to Days and very few fans will be disappointed, I hope.