28 Sequels Later

I really liked 28 Days Later, and enough people liked 28 Weeks Later for me to give it a shot, so I did. And I just spent an hour and 40 minutes watching Aliens.

I mean, the disc did say 28 Weeks Later, but they just a re-shot the Alien script in London, with the virus playing the alien. The government wants to settle a place that should have been blown up to bits after the event of the first movie, things get out of control again, and the army is sent to do a half-assed job of killing everything that moves.

It suddenly hit me that Sgt. Doyle is, in fact, Cpl. Hicks. Major Scarlet is, of course, Ripley, so determined to save Newt, the scared little blond girl. Scarlet's also a little of a Vasquez, come to think of it. Robert Carlyle plays the queen alien, who now possesses a little intelligence and planning ability, and the little escape capsule ends up carrying an alien. Original.

Not quite worth two hours of my life, and now I have a sudden urge to watch Aliens (the super-awesomelicious director's cut!) again.