28 Weeks Later (2007)

Film details
View on IMDb ↗CastRobert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack, Idris Elba, Imogen Poots, Mackintosh Muggleton, Amanda Walker, Shahid Ahmed
KeywordsDystopian, Epidemic, Thriller, Post-Apocalyptic, Action, Family Drama, Science Fiction, Survival
Review
"Coincidence or not, the visual aesthetic and energy of Fresnadillo's film bears a striking resemblance to Cuarón's — both use a pallette of dull and desaturated colors, as if the colors itself were weary of the worlds they're inhabiting. Fresnadillo's camerawork, like that in Children of Men, is jittery, so restless and panicky, in fact, that you think it might burst forth from the screen. It's the director's deft and sylish hand with this material that makes 28 Weeks such a refreshing jolt, plying a genre routinely deadened by sub-par slasher-fests. The exhilaration evident in the smartly-cut action sequences, the glances at pathos in the sequences of loss, betrayal, guilt, and abandonment underscore Fresnadillo's considerable directorial powers; the man is taking his job seriously and at full-steam, never condescending to it." - Jay Antani, Cinema Writer
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