EPISODE · May 25, 2025 · 44 MIN
Have You Seen: 28 Weeks Later (2007)
from Eye of the Storm Movie Podcast · host Daniel Gawron
In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.This week we revisit 28 Weeks Later, a postapocalyptic zombie film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and starring Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne and Idris Elba, about the efforts of United States-led NATO forces to establish a safe zone in London, the consequence of two young siblings breaking protocol to find a photograph of their mother, and the resulting reintroduction of the Rage Virus into the safe zone.We talk about our disappointment in 28 Weeks Later after we liked 28 Days Later, how this movie squanders its potential and undoes any unique elements the first movie used to differentiate itself from the zombie genre, how the movie is thematically empty and how other zombie media handle the reconstruction story better, how it relies on idiot plots, and much more.28 Days Later Spoiler Review:https://open.spotify.com/episode/3gWKKzW2yHeS1FZ7hK6ZYM28 Years Later Spoiler Review:https://open.spotify.com/episode/7BgzRscm9UIhaz6aZ7zFFx28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Spoiler Review:https://open.spotify.com/episode/5q8ZdcMfXe4J6fZsvtErwdCheck out our other reviews and clips on all major platforms here:https://linktr.ee/EyeOfTheStormMoviePodcast
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In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.This week we revisit 28 Weeks Later, a postapocalyptic zombie film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and starring Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne and Idris Elba, about the efforts of United States-led NATO forces to establish a safe zone in London, the consequence of two young siblings breaking protocol to find a photograph of their mother, and the resulting reintroduction of the Rage Virus into the safe zone.We talk about our disappointment in 28 Weeks Later after we liked 28 Days Later, how this movie squanders its potential and undoes any unique elements the first movie used to differentiate itself from the zombie genre, how the movie is thematically empty and how other zombie media handle the reconstruction story better, how it relies on idiot plots, and much more.28 Days Later Spoiler Review:https://open.spotify.com/episode/3gWKKzW2yHeS1FZ7hK6ZYM28 Years Later Spoiler Review:https://open.spotify.com/episode/7BgzRscm9UIhaz6aZ7zFFx28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Spoiler Review:https://open.spotify.com/episode/5q8ZdcMfXe4J6fZsvtErwdCheck out our other reviews and clips on all major platforms here:https://linktr.ee/EyeOfTheStormMoviePodcast
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