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Why exactly did you hate it so, Turtlepik? I'd be interested to know. And also, how do you think it stacks up against the other recent zombie films, the Dead series and, god help me, Resident Evil, which also has a sequal out this summer.
I felt like it was leading somewhere interesting. For a large part of the film, I thought there was going to be an interesting twist, like mass hallucinations or something, but I was just left feeling disappointed and like I'd wasted my evening.
Tbh, there haven't really been many good zombie flicks for ages, apart from Shaun of the Dead, and that's more comedy than horror. Imho, the new "Dead" films can't hold a candle to the earlier installments, apart from Land of the Dead, which was quite enjoyable.
As for RE, the first movie was rather lacking in substance, and despite some lovely gory moments and Milla Jovovich looking pretty nice, it didn't really sate me. The second one, however, had a lot more scope for action, and I rather enjoyed it, as shameful as that makes me feel.

As far as I'm concerned, the zombie genre is slowly grinding to a halt, and unless somebody pulls something pretty fantastic out of the bag in the near future, the only people to touch it will be comedy writers. (not that I'd say no to Shaun 2...)

Anyway, I'll watch 28WL, just to see if it's any good. The whole notion of sequels not surpassing earlier installments is absurd, so I'm always ready to be surprised.