Movie Review for 28 Weeks Later
Synopsis: 28 Weeks Later, the follow-up to the hugely successful 28 Days Later picks up six months after the rage virus has annihilated the British Isles. The US Army declares that the war against the infection has been won and that the reconstruction of the country can begin. But they could be wrong. As the first wave of refugees arrive and a family is reunited a terrible secret is revealed, the virus is not dead and this is more dangerous than ever.
Rating: R For action violence, disturbing images, and some thematic elements.
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Dvd Extra’s: Languages: English, Spanish, French. Subtitles: English and Spanish.
Nudity Factor: None.
Of Note: The farm that Don and Alice hide out in the start of the film is the same farm that appears in Children of Men.
Recommendations: 28 Days Later – 30 Days of Night
This is a sequel and with that you never know if it will live up to the original or not. This one takes place 28 Weeks after the outbreak of the rage virus that ran havoc in the first movie. At this point, the US military has taken control of the British Island. People are starting to relocate back to the island. With this being a movie, there is no way it could go that simple. Just when they are certain the virus has died out, it resurfaces. It is not long and zombies are running havoc over the city again. As a sequel it does hold up well with the first one but also to a degree lets you down. The story itself has more than one flaw. They tried a few different filming techniques, one that had one of the characters looking through a nigh vision scope. Once again, this really did not work for me. The actors do a pretty good job and for the most part made the film better that what it could have been.
Overall, I enjoyed the film, just not as much as the first one. It was hard to overlook all the flaws in the story, so that took away from the movie as well. If you liked the first one, you should see this one just to see a little more of the story and setting that the first one was set in.