"Did I hear that code red or am I losing my shit?"

Eeeeeeeeeee horror week has officially begun! 28 Weeks Later is unequivocally horrific, gross, violent, bloody, creepy, and awesome. If you've seen and enjoyed 28 Days Later, or if you just like zombie-esque stories, this movie is for you. I honestly can't say too much without giving anything away, because as with any good horror movie the best moments are the shocking ones. Robert Carlyle was excellent as always. I had a funny moment when Rose Byrne's character was introduced talking but we couldn't see her face yet during which "Supertight" by Jackie Q (her character in Get Him to the Greek) started playing in my head, so I started cracking up when I realized it was actually her. However, I found her a bit off in this movie. She was kind of... sluggish, or something. Not that she's normally a super spaz, and I understand that her character is quite beat down by the time we meet her, but her lethargy and weirdly deliberate way of speaking were off putting. On the other hand, I think Brandon may be developing a new man crush on Jeremy Renner. We have yet to see The Hurt Locker (war week!!) but we were big fans of his short lived abc series, The Unusuals, so we were excited to see him here.

I did spend some time yelling at the tv because the kids who are basically the catalyst for the catastrophe are RIDICULOUSLY idiotic. I will just put this whole rant in spoiler tags so as not to ruin anything. [spoiler] OMFG, if I had gone through the horrors of the initial outbreak, I would never in a million years attempt to go out into the forbidden areas! I was so angry that these kids, who had been separated from their parents, whose mother had supposedly been killed by the infected people, who are finally attempting to get back to some semblance of normalcy would so cavalierly wander off into a dangerous situation like that. The boy was obviously suffering from PTSD, but he would quickly agree to go to their old home so he could get a damn picture THE NEXT DAY?? I had a reallllllllllllllly really hard time swallowing that garbage. Yes, I understand this needed to happen in order to ignite the virus again, but it could have at least been a couple weeks later or something. So annoying. I was pissed at those kids through the whole thing, especially since they were pretty much the only characters who survived. Ugh. [/spoiler] In spite of that, I really did enjoy it, as did Brandon.