into what Bush would infamously call "a different type of war." By 2007, in some ways, right-wing leadership in both nations, despite criticism both nationally and internationally, felt they could say they had won that different kind of war to some extent. Then president of the United States, George W. Maybe the biggest change with 28 Weeks Later was how altogether more nuanced its assessment of the military is and how that extends to everyday civilians as well.Ī lot changed in our real-life world between 20. Within a very short period of time, the soldiers we meet in 28 Days Later become deeply unethical, dehumanizing rapists.
One of the most notable things about 28 Days Later is that it is not very kind in its assessment of the military and the kind of behavior it can breed. In fact, 28 Weeks Later goes through potential protagonists like water before it reaches its conclusion. What's more, Carlyle, despite opening the movie, isn't even our lead. Weeks, conversely, begins on a similar character type, played by Robert Carlyle, opening the film by not just failing to save the day, but allowing his wife and a small child to be devoured by a zombie horde as he retreats. Days ended on our gangly, unlikely hero, played by Cillian Murphy, somehow coming through and helping save the day. Which left a heavy question hanging in the air: Is it worth it to make a sequel to Danny Boyle's landmark, genre-redefining film? We got our answer three years after Shaun of the Dead in the form of 28 Weeks Later.Ģ8 Weeks Later is, in many ways, an inversion of 28 Days Later. Merely two years after 28 Days Later resurrected zombie movies, its rage non-zombies were already becoming a bit of a joke. In the 2004 Edgar Wright zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead there's a throwaway line during a news broadcast that states, "Claims that the virus was caused by rage-infected monkeys have now been dismissed as bull-" before the title character clicks away.
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