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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4035 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-09-10
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 204 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Contains 28 Days Later and the sequel 28 Weeks Later

28 Days Later--Anti-vivisection activists make a very bad judgement call and release an experimental monkey infected with "rage". 28 Days Later..., as the title has it, bicycle messenger Cillian Murphy wakes up from a post-traffic accident coma in a deserted London hospital, ventures out to find the city depopulated and the few remaining normal people doing everything to avoid the jittery, savage, zombie-like "infecteds" who attack on sight. Our bewildered hero has to adjust to the loss of his family and the entire world, but hooks up with several others--including a tough black woman (Naomie Harris) and a likable London cabbie (Brendan Gleeson)--on a perilous trip northwards, to seek refuge at army officer Christopher Eccleston's fortified retreat. However, even if they survive the plague, the future of humanity is still in doubt. Directed by Danny Boyle and scripted by novelist Alex Garland, this is a terrific SF/horror hybrid, evoking American and Italian zombie movies but also the very British end-of-the-world tradition of John Wyndham (Day of the Triffids) and Survivors. Shot on digital video, which gives the devastated cityscapes a closed-circuit-camera realism, this grips from the first, with its understandably extreme performances, its terrifyingly swift monster attacks and its underlying melancholy. Deliberately crude, 28 Days Later is also sometimes exceptionally subtle. --Kim Newman

28 Weeks Later--Put that cynical look away, because the critics were right. 28 Weeks Later really is a sequel that delivers, that expands on the original, and in many ways even surpasses it. Faithful in many ways to the enjoyable, if derivative, 28 Days Later, this sequel sees original director Danny Boyle (who went off to make Sunshine instead) replaced by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo behind the camera (director of the excellent Spanish film Intacto). And Fresnadillo is an inspired choice, putting together a film that’s not bereft of flaws of its own, but one that proves to be an ambitious and surprisingly thought-provoking follow-up. Many of the building blocks are the same. Primarily set over six months after the Rage virus engulfed Britain, turning many of its inhabitants into deadly zombie-esque creatures in the process, the film this time though sees the American military arrive to help sort things out. Only things quickly go wrong, allowing Fresnadillo to mould a pacey, exciting and desperately enjoyable action carnival, that’s got a little more under the surface. Grounded by Robert Carlyle as one of the survivors of the virus, replete with his kids in tow, 28 Weeks Later skilfully navigates the labyrinth of sequel hell and really, really delivers. What’s more, it opens up the enticing possibility of a further sequel, and on the evidence of this film, that’s a very welcome thought. 28 Weeks Later, like its predecessor, isn’t a film for the faint-hearted, and wholesome family entertainment it absolutely isn’t. But it’s a very good, energetic horror movie, and far, far better than you might have originally given it credit for. --Jon Foster

Synopsis
Features the film 28 DAYS LATER and its sequel 28 WEEKS LATER. A deadly virus escapes from a research centre and within twenty eight days the entire country is infected with the exception of a few survivors. Together they try to build a future for themselves. 28 WEEKS LATER is set after the blood-thirsty fiends of 28 DAYS LATER are thought to have died out. The American military are slowly bringing British citizens back to London, where a heavily guarded community is picking up the pieces and trying to return to normal life. However, chaos soon returns, with the sadistic military and the forlorn survivors battling both each other and 'the infected'.

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Customer Reviews

Excellent British Horror Films
28 Days Later is an amazing film, great action and story, I didn't want to go to London ever again after seeing this. The DVD itself has no extras so that was disapointing but the film is excellent so extras don't matter.

28 Weeks Later is even better than 28 Days, there was more blood and gore, better character development and in this one, I liked the characters more so I actually cared if they died or not.

2 amazing films that are excellent value for money.

No extras on 28 Days Later
This is a great value for money package but, be aware (if you like your DVD extras) that the 28 Days Later disc is a vanilla one unlike the original one that was released.

2 excellent, tense, and enjoyable films
I had been meaning to see these 2 films for the past year (somehow they bypassed me when they came out).

Wasn't really too sure what to expect, I'm not really a huge fan of the horror genre - but I just liked the sound of the storyline.

28 Days Later deals with the aftermath of a virus that is raging through Britain. The first half of the film is genuinely terrifying. Brilliant visualization of an empty London, with zombies waiting to kill. And not old style shuffling zombies - they are frightening, aggressive and quick.
I was less impressed by the second half (Christopher Eccleston hamming it up a bit too much), but still well done, and enjoyable.

28 Weeks later deals with the reintroduction of people after the first film. Apart from the overall story (virus, etc), it isn't a continuation, it's separate groups of people than those involved in the first.
Thrilling in a different kind of way (though the opening scene is as scary as anything in the first movie!), again very enjoyable. I found it a fascinating look at some of the realities of dealing with the aftermath of an epidemic like this.

In both films, the cinematography is breathtaking. An empty London is captured superbly - usually taking in various landmarks, though without ever getting touristy.

All in all, this box set is, in my opinion, an excellent buy.