Monday 24 September 2007

So very dangerous

I watched 28 Weeks Later at Andrew's last night. It was a pretty cool film, nowhere near as G.I. Joe as I thought it would be, but I don't know if it was as good as the original though.
The original was a real survival horror, as all zombie films/games should be, and it was really British, which was awesome. The sequel was diluted with so many Americans that the only British part of it you really felt was the 'I've been there' factor in London, and it swayed more towards the action than the horror, which can work with the running zombies but you don't want to take that route too far in fear of pulling off a Resident Evil.
Also, the flow of the story felt really strange, it's like they couldn't go 10 minutes without killing off a main character. The action and main events were so consistent throughout the whole film that the ending predictably came as a bit of a disappointment, as it had no build up to it at all and was more of a conclusion than a climax.
I was also quite surprised with some of the scenes in it. It wasn't particularly gory in the sense of showing people get eaten and torn apart as they almost always had a zombie standing in the way, but a few other things were pretty cold. Like people running down a street and being engulfed in the flames of an airstrike, and one of the main characters being burned alive by a cleanup squad, very much reminding me of the cremator from Half-Life 2.
In all, I though it was good, and brought something new to the zombie franchise with the old Black Mesa military extermination squad to deal with as well as the mindless zombies.
If you liked 28 Days Later, check this out.

I'm talking to Andrew and Bertie about going on holiday to Cuba soon. Like in a month or so soon.
Bertie said he found a three star hotel with all inclusive for £450 for two weeks, being out of season is not only going to bring great prices but get rid of all the other tourists too, so it should be an absolutely epic holiday. He told me when he went the first thing he saw when he landed at the airport was 'SOCIALISM OR DEATH' in giant letters along a wall, and there are men with Kalashnikovs standing all over the place, I seriously don't know how I'll actually be able to withhold myself.
First thing's first though, I need to get myself a passport.

And also:
HEAD ROLL
was dangerous

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