"28 weeks later"

I'd been to see "28 weeks later" last week and amidst the gore and blood it was an overall good flick..well picturised and interesting! If the brutality was toned down a bit it would have been good but it was quite graphic.

They've virtually covered all of London including Regents park, London eye, Wembley stadium, Westminister, Charing cross tube station.. almost every famous corner and attraction covered and the way this has been shot is amazing and very realistic. The thought of not seeing a single being on the streets amidst the regular hustle bustle, noticing the bare look quite amazed me. Whether this was morphed, computerised or clever photography i'm yet to discover cause no way is the city ever that quite and deserted.

Couldnt resist mentioning information about the movie so here's a glimpse into it..

The film opens with husband and wife hiding in a boarded-up cottage in the countryside with other people, as the Rage infection spreads across the mainland of Great Britain. Although they initially seem to be safe a child is brought into the cottage, with many infected clammering behind him. Most people in the cottage get attacked by the infected as they break into the cottage. The main character of the movie instead of putting himself at risk by intervening, shuts the door on his wife and flees the cottage, but not before looking back and watching his wife scream at him through the window before she disappears out of sight. He does get saved and manages to escape and is presumed to be the only survivor.

Twenty-eight weeks after the outbreak and six months after the last of the Infected presumed to have starved to death, a U.S.-led NATO operation commanded by U.S. begins to repopulate the country, starting with the Isle of Dogs in London. Among the survivors flown in from European are two teenage children who both discover that their mother (the abandoned lady) is still alive, although traumatized by the previous events. Medical checks conducted by army doctor confirm the woman to be infected but does not show any symptoms which leads them to believe the woman's genetic immunity to the Rage virus.

During an unauthorised visit, the woman whose survived gets reunited with her cowardly husband where with personal contact he becomes infected with her saliva. He violently kills her then attacks several soldiers, spreading the infection. (The scene's are grotesque and unwarranted for. The blood and gore is unbelievable as people go biting each other and get ripped to shreds) With the outbreak in sight execution of Code Red is announced for snipers attempting to shoot the Infected without harming any uninfected civilians. However, the situation soon spirals out of control and orders are given to the army to kill everyone. One sniper, becomes uncomfortable with these orders when he catches sight of children in his scope and abandons his post. He joins the group of survivors and attempts to lead the group to safety. He tries his best to save others and in the process sacrifices himself and is killed by flamethrower NBC gear soldiers. The finale is the teenager killing her infected father (shooting him) and discovering her brother infected, though, like his mother, he is just a carrier like his mother who shows no symptoms.

The 2 children being the only survivors are rescued by a helicopter to fly them over London and across the English Channel towards France.

In an epilogue captioned "28 Days Later", the helicopter is shown abandoned. The radio can be overheard with a man desperately calling for help in a French accent. The film ends depicting a swarm of infected running across towards the Eiffel Tower, indicating that rather than saving the human race with a possible end to the Rage virus, the virus caught up with others and used the boy to act as a carrier to bring the virus to Continental Europe, which may after all possibly reach the entire world.

The end's pretty quick and one that needs proper attention else it may just slip away.. not too bad overall.