Weekend Movie - 28 Days Later

Given that Halloween was on Saturday night, I figured I would watch a scary-ish movie to get into the full swing of the holiday. I decided to watch 28 Days Later. I was told that it was really good and who doesn’t want to watch a good movie. Um yeah, it was freaking awesome. Those of you who do not like the bloody stuff, this is not a movie for you. There is a lot of blood oozing out of all body parts.

The premise of the story is that London is being taken over by the “rages,” which was started because monkeys were given a strain of it for experimentation. The animal rights freaks let them out of the cages in turn infecting the humans. “Rages” are spread via blood, which just oozes out of the infected. They can bite you, get blood in a cut, your mouth, or eyes and it’s over. Bleh. Bloody!

Apparently, there is all this controversy as to why this movie isn’t a zombie movie. Zombies are slow moving creatures who feed on brains and they can lose limbs and not feel pain and killing them is a bit difficult. With the “ragers,” they are full functioning humans and can be killed by guns and the like. They move really fast too. I think that was the scariest part for me. Anyone can outrun a zombie. The “ragers” freaking run fast. Scary! This is definitely one of those movies that needs to be watched during the day with a Disney movie to follow. I recommend it. There is a sequel I am looking forward to called 28 Weeks Later. I will let you all know how that one goes.

P.S. After seeing the movie, the movie poster is terrifying! Looking at someone's face lets you know if they are infected or not.