With no one else to turn to, Cates enlists the aid of convict Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) to help track down the killers and bring them to justice before Hammond’s 48-hour parole period is over. Walter Hill’s 1982 buddy comedy action comedy stars Nick Nolte as Jack Cates, a hard-nosed, oddball police officer and the sole survivor of a vicious cop shooting perpetuated by career criminals Albert Ganz (James Remar) and Billy Bear (Sonny Landham). Toussaint EganĢ8 Weeks Later leaves Hulu on May 10. But when the introduction of a new patient zero sparks yet another wave of infections, it’s up to the survivors to once again escape Great Britain in order to survive. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s 2007 follow-up 28 Weeks Later picks up, you guessed it, 28 weeks in the aftermath of the Rage virus outbreak, with most of the infected dying off from starvation and US Army attempting to aid survivors repopulate London. Here there are, 15 of the best movies leaving the major streaming platforms before June.ĭanny Boyle’s post-apocalyptic horror drama 28 Days Later broke new ground for the beleaguered zombie subgenre when it released back in 2004, ushering in a new wave of films, television shows, and videogames inspired by the breakout hit. We’ve combed through the wave of outgoing streaming releases to bring these platforms have to offer during this long holiday weekend. You’re looking for the good stuff and you don’t have a lot of time. In all, 28 Weeks Later improves upon 'Days' scares, story, characters, and plot to make for one exciting entry in the horror/sci-fi/drama genre.The end of the month means a fresh new crop of interesting films coming to platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime - but it also means scrambling to say goodbye to all the great movies you forgot about or always meant to get around to but didn’t. And when you can't see where the terror is coming from in a horror film than you're in for something special. With a horror film, you expect there to be an ample amount of deaths, but the way in which Juan Carlos Fresnadillo directs the deaths is terrifyingly unexpected. Yeah, I'm looking at you every other horror film, it's cool to make them run.īut perhaps the biggest compliment I can give to the film is its utterly unpredictable. Adding to that experience are running zombies. That could lead to pacing and character issues, but with a non-stop action-horror, it actually works to the benefit of the experience. That partly because it's only 100 minutes long, but mostly because the film never takes a breath. All of which, do a wonderful job in roles that aren't necessarily flushed out. Not only do you have some nice lead turns from Robert Carlyle and Catherine McCormack, but you have Idris Elba, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, and Imogen Poots before they became famous. I also found the cast to be quite impressive. So, in that way I like what the film tried to do. Usually we either see everything as the apocalypse is going down, or maybe several years later.
Implausible probably, but we've never really seen an apocalyptic series that attempts to go back and restart civilization from the same area. Of course, apparently it was a good idea for the military to reoccupy London and start building up a civilization again, even though it was the center of disaster only a half a year earlier. 28 Weeks Later picks up after London is deemed safe and virus free, as the undead have starved to death after the events of the previous film. Similar to how the Cloverfield films are related but not directly tied in, 28 Days Later is a prequel of sorts, but the characters and plot are entirely different. There's something so glorious about seeing the streets of London be a wasteland that only occupies a select few living and undead.
But there's something about the '28' series that really hits well for me.
The 21st century has been flooded with films and TV shows about zombie apocalypses, so it's difficult for any of them to stand out and feel completely fresh.