28 Weeks Later Reviews

This movie is supposed to be a sequel to the 2002 Danny Boyle '28 Days Later... ', which is a mistake by itself, because that movie didn't need any follow up, it ended perfectly well and the story was closed.

The movie starts with Don (played by Robert Carlyle) along with his wife living in a Cottage far away from the city with few other people, the evening was disturbed by a knock on the door from a kid who was followed by infected people, the movie throw logic away from the very first 10 minutes with Don opening the door for the kid, because you know, it's not like there are zombies all over him, so zombies start breaching the house and killing everyone, and don abandon his wife and escape the house because he wasn't able to do anything to save her, and the scene ends with everyone's dead expect don.

Cut to 28 weeks later, with London secured by NATO forces and American Marines, and few people are coming in to live there! which is absolutely stupid, the city wasn't entirely secured, doctors weren't able to find an Immunity or anything to defeat the virus, so why are people coming in is never explained, Don welcome his daughter and son at the train station and take them to the hotel, Don's kids decided to go to their old house which belongs to a unsafe (possibly infected) area just to bring some family photos, they find their mom there infected but not dead.

Here's where the movie starts becoming ridiculous, they bring the infected person to the same area where there's residents, because you know, it's not like the virus caused an epidemic before, they leave the infected person with minimum security, don goes to visit his wife, and nobody stops him, because the movie have to start again, i mean, it has to start some way, and next thing you know, it's an epidemic all over again.

The movie spent too much money and time trying to make you feel like the Marine had this area covered, they bring "code red", like it supposed to be the ultimate protocol to kill the epidemic if it spread again, but when it does, you'll find out that "code red" was absolutely stupid, they locked down all people, infected or not at the same room, but somehow people were able to break and flee, maybe they used plastic locks to lock them down, when people starts fleeing, Marines start shooting everybody, it was a gore festival, but how killing everybody is securing the area?, furthermore, they bombed the city killing all 1500 people who arrived to London to live there, then they gassed it and took off, somehow that doesn't seem like they did a good job, and why the movie was trying to sell the idea that Marines knew what they were doing, but then the whole thing collapsed on itself making them look stupid, that seems like a terrible writing for me.

The worst thing about this movie was that, you don't really care about the people, right when Don becomes infected, there's none to root for, who's the protagonist? this movie used cliche no.1 in horror for the entire movie, which is killing secondary characters that you don't care about, even worse, they bring you another group led by the Marine Doyle (played by Jeremy Renner) who happened to abandon his mission and friends and went to few people to save them from the bombing and the gas, because the movie had to continue somehow, and you have to root for someone, but i didn't care about anyone, if anything, i wished that people would die because i wanted the movie to end.

It's very hard to mention performances here, because all they ever did was running, but Robert Carlyle brings a believable performance, on the other hand, Jeremy Renner played the most cliche Marine character ever, it was like 'let me leave my post to save people i don't know, and then let me waste my life trying to save those people even though, i just killed so many of them when i was at the top of the building'.

Overall, Absolutely unnecessary movie that was executed with no logic, no protagonists, nobody to care about, and had a terrible ending, which i hope didn't mean that we'll have another one, because i'm done with these zombies bullshit.

Since I have was really pleasantly surprised by the first installment snd since I heard good things about this sequel, I was definitely eager to check it out. Eventually, even though it never reached the level of Danny Boyle's movie, I still think it was pretty good and I definitely enjoyed it. Indeed, even though it seemed pretty obvious, it was still a nice concept to set the action this time 28 weeks later and it was also pretty neat to see how they made the disease evolved. On the other hand, this evolution was also the weakness of this plot. Indeed, the whole immune/carrier thing was interesting but it felt also really plot-driven. Basically, it seemed that they made this up above all to take some distance from the first movie and also to make it possible to spread out the disease on a greater scale. Also, it created some major plot-holes. It is like the cast. They all provided some decent performances, especially Robert Carlyle whom I hadn't seen for a while (such a great underrated actor), but the characters were rather poorly developed. Still, in spite of these flaws, I really enjoyed it thanks above all to the nice mood created. Anyway, to conclude, even though it was nothing really mind-blowing, it remains a decent zombie flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

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The sequel to the 2002 film "28 Days Later" actually occurs six months before the Rage Virus ravaged Britain, leaving death and destruction in its wake. The film actually opens during the siege of the virus. We see a husband and wife living in a country house with four other people. Don (Carlyle) and Alice (McCormack) are extremely grateful that their two children have survived the epidemic, since they are currently on a school trip in Spain. During their meal, a frantic knocking on the door causes Alice to plead with the others to open the door - it is the voice of a young boy. Don reluctantly agrees to let the boy in, but it turns out to be a fatal mistake. Hordes of Infected have followed the child, and the group is quickly devoured. In a moment of cowardice, Don deserts his wife and escapes. Flash forward to six months later, the British citizens who were abroad during the time of the infection return, and among them are Don and Alice's children, Tammy (Poots) and Andy (Muggleton). While on a medical check up, the attending medical officer, Scarlet (Byrne), notices that Andy's eyes each have a different colour. Andy explains that he and his mum have the same feature. Tammy and Andy are reunited with their father, and when they ask what happened to their mother, Don replies that he did what he could to save her, but the Infected had already taken her. The children believe his story, that is, until Andy discovers their mother in a frantic and confused state in the second story of their former home. When Scarlet comes to examine Alice, she learns that Alice is a carrier of the virus, but a genetic quirk has made her immune to the effects of the virus. Tammy and Andy now realize that the story their father has told them was false, and they berate him for it. Don visits Alice, and in a moment of passion, they kiss. Unknowingly, Alice passes the virus to Don through her saliva, and since he does not have the same immunity as she does, he becomes Infected. He immediately kills Alice by pressing his thumbs deep into her eye sockets, and proceeds to infect everyone. The US military force led by Stone (Elba) have now declared a Red Alert; they shut all remaining survivors in a room while they deal with the escaped Infected. During the scuffle, Andy is separated from Tammy and Scarlet, who has realized that the two children may hold the cure to the virus in their blood. Andy is trapped in the same room as the other residents, but unfortunately, Don is also in the room and begins biting and mauling everyone. Andy escapes by climbing into an air duct, and as the people, both Infected and human, spill out into the streets, snipers poised at the rooftops are given to shoot and kill everyone and everything that moves, may these be human or dead. One sniper, Doyle (Renner), abandons his post and runs into Andy, Tammy, and Scarlet. The group then decides to head to safer ground, since the city will certainly be firebombed in order to contain the infection. Unknown to them, Don is following them, driven not by fatherly instincts, but by Rage.
I didn't really like this as much as the first, but it was still pretty good. I just was a bit apprehensive that they had to snuff off McCormack - I've held a soft spot for her ever since I saw her on Braveheart, but, well, if it fits into the storyline, so be it. Renner was the perfect sniper... too bad he had to die as well. Poots and Muggleton were able to work well together, and I didn't get annoyed by them unlike other child stars in horror movies. Carlyle still proved to be an efficient villain (Durza from Eragon, anyone?), and Byrne provided a fresh face to the film, even if it WAS about a zombie outbreak all over again. It's really up to you if you watch this film or not. :p

What a brilliant sequel! 28 Weeks Later has pretty much the same as 28 Days Later apart from more action but not as exciting dialogue. 28 Weeks Later is an intense film to watch but it isn't better than the first one. What 28 Weeks Later has more than it's previous film is that there is more action involved but there is a lot more gruesome and gory violence involved. It is one of the very few horror films that I really enjoyed just like 28 Days Later. It is a very dark story of seeing Britain like it is. I Am Legend is a rip-off of this one more than the previous film.


Robert Carlyle was good as Don. Don is a married man who has 2 children. He lives in a cottage with his wife Alice and a few other survivors. Once they're ambushed, there becomes a very terrifying moment for Don when he witnesses his wife being trapped in the house with the Infected inside as well. He reunites with his son and daughter and he has to tell them about what happened to their mum. When you see Britain all wiped out of the Infected, it isn't all as it seems and there is a surprise coming your way that will rock your world.


I am actually glad that Danny Boyle didn't direct this one because I don't think he would have made it as good but then again when hasn't Danny Boyle not made a good film. He did produce it though and I am glad that he only did that. After hearing that he might do 28 Months Later, I hope that one won't be bad especially after Boyle's giant success Slumdog Millionaire.


28 Weeks Later is a fantastic sequel but it isn't as good as 28 Days Later. It is one of the best horror films of 2007. It is one of the best sequels of all time too. I was predicting that it would be like how the Saw sequel turned out to be but I was wrong and it turned out to be a fantastic film. Highly recommended just like 28 Days Later.

I was honestly expecting much much more out of this film, and thought there was no way it could be bad, due to it being a sequel to one of the best horror movies ever made, "28 Days Later", which was a very successful motion picture back in 2002. "28 Weeks Later" lacked the qualities that made the original so great. Here are a few aspects missing: Story, Acting, Character Development. Those are a few main things keeping this from topping the original. I did leave out another thing however. Usually movies carry over to their sequels, for example the "Ocean's Films". The same characters were in all three, and the story continued as well. "28 Weeks Later" had absolutely nothing similar from the first. The characters were different, and the story was brand new and started out fresh. That bugged me because I was hooked on "Days", and they just basically screwed it up for me.

I will admit, this film was not all bad. The pros of it are the intense action scenes. There were several sniper shots that looked rather cool, and there were plenty others to entertain me. Another positive aspect was the way the zombies looked. They did a good job there.

Although this film may be filled with non-stop action and suspense, It just wasn't developed enough to make a good sequel.

Now that was just stupid. Compared to the first one, which I loved, there just seems to be no real point to it. To me it just seemed like this movie was just an excuse to have people kill each other and blood, lots of blood. Basically it was as if they were using the story from the first movie as a pretext to create bloody chaos, in my opinion. And yet I liked it for reasons that elude me.
For most part the stupidity was with the characters. First off what the children did was stupid, then what the father did was stupid and the military well guess what? They were stupid in the first place! I couldn't help thinking through the whole thing how stupid these people were.
There was honestly no rhyme or reason to it and I don't see it ending with this one.

I'm not much of a fan of the genre, so my expectations for the movie were rather low. Considering this, I can at least say I was not disappointed.

The movie was a big pile of clichés. Fortunately for me, I was in a rather good mood and didn't have an increase of OCD symptoms, because the movie isn't friendly to me on that aspect.

The characters' behavior was generally stupid and unjustified, like in pretty much every movie of the kind.