After seeing the ads on tv, I found a download for a DVD-rip of 28 Days Later. It was released in England last year, so it was already out on DVD (Remember when it used to take _years_ for a movie to go from the theatre to VHS/DVD? Now it's on PPV(Pay-Per-View) within 6 months of release, and on DVD soon after). It was a pretty standard B-movie zombie flick. Your standard virus-escapes-lab, virus-spreads-across-Europe, boy-wakes-in-hospital, boy-finds-no-one, boy-wanders-eerily-empty-London, boy-meets-zombies, boy-kills-zombie, boy-meets-girl (and boy), boy-escapes-more-zombies-with-girl (and boy), boy-watches-girl-kill (boy), boy-and-girl-meet-boy-and-daughter, boy-and-girl-and-boy-and-daughter-flee-to-countryside, boy-with-daughter-gets-virus, Army-kills-boy-with-daughter, Army-takes-boy-and-girl-and-girl, boy-is-left-for-dead, boy-returns-and-kicks-ass, Army-gets-virus, boy-and-girl-and-girl-flee-and-are-saved-by-Swedes movie.

Ok, so the plot wasn't anything extraordinary, but the cinematography was really great. A lot of the action scenes used the same sort of gritty, over-sped filming technique that made the battle scenes in Saving Private Ryan so cool. The long shots of boy wandering through a completely empty London were great, very Kubrick-esque. It was certainly tense and scary... a few "jump out of your seat" moments, for sure.

I'm not sure I'd pay $8 to see it (in fact, I'm pretty sure I already didn't), but it'll definitely be worth a rental when it comes out.

*Update:* A good article about some of the behind-the-scenes stuff in filming 28DL. That jittery effect on the fast shots? Shoot on DV(Digital Video) and crank the shutter speed up to 250? The shots of empty London streets? Use pretty girls to stop traffic since you don't have money for permits to block off the streets properly.