Six months after the outbreak of the deadliest virus the world has ever seen, The British Isles are finally proclaimed Rage-free. With the help of the U.S. military, the once-quarantined country will be repopulated and life will begin anew. But as we soon learn, all it takes is one Rage carrier to ruin the party for everyone else. Yes my friends, the crap is about to hit the fan!

Chaos, terror, blood, mayhem… awesome. These words pretty much sum up this movie. Without a doubt 28 Weeks Later has to be one of the best sequels to a horror movie I have ever seen!

For me, that last statement is saying a lot considering how much I loved its predecessor. 28 Days Later gave the zombie genre a much needed shot of adrenaline plus a dose of creativity on the side.

It reintroduced the horror world to zombies that… oh my goodness… weren’t dead, yet made them more terrifying than ever by adding a frightening amount of speed and frenzy. It’s one of those rare films, that for me at least, gets better with each viewing. Yet 28 Weeks Later managed to find a few ways to improve on its impressive forerunner.

One thing that bothered me about the original was the sparseness of the infected. There just weren’t that many to be seen, at least on camera. This movie corrects that error big time. There is definitely no shortage of Rage-infected peeps to be found here. Not only that, but you get to see just how quickly this horrific virus can spread through a population of people; it is indeed terrifying.

Other strengths include the pacing of the film. There are maybe 15-20 minutes that aren’t packed with action, but that is just time utilized to effectively build the story. Not that there was any lacking from the original, but the violence levels were majorly amped up, yet at no point did it feel gratuitous.

A few weaknesses of 28 Weeks Later are that the core cast was not quite as strong as it was in Days. Jim, Selena, Frank and Hannah are a hard crew to top in my opinion. 2nd, at times the camera-work was just way too jumpy. Let’s just focus in on the action so the audience can watch it unfold. 3rd, there are a few moments where you have to suspend disbelief, like when two kids manage to sneak past a military battalion. WTF? And finally, the whole “family reunion” angle worked while setting up the story, but towards the end I felt like it wasn’t really needed.

If you’re the type of person who liked Aliens more than Alien, or Dawn of the Dead more than Night of the Living Dead, you will probably like 28WL more than 28DL. Even if not, you should still see this movie, as it is one of the strongest horror films to come out so far this decade.

I give it 9.5 out of 10 amazing gore sequences involving a helicopter that had Lord J, future ruler of the known universe, giggling like a little schoolgirl.

I’m actually pretty torn on my opinion of this movie, at times it rocks and at times it stalls, but in the end, I ended up being fairly entertained for ninety minutes or so.

First off the first five minutes of this film are incredible, no make that INCREDIBLE! By the end of the opening segment I was out of breath and looking behind me to see if any Rage infected theater patrons were after my fat ass. This was the most intense chase scene in any horror movie ever, sweet lord is it great. In fact I would not have been bothered if the movie ended right after it. It’s worth the entire price of admission alone folks and I’m not joking.

Now as far as the rest of the film goes, well it has it’s ups and downs. As Lord J said, the family thing worked at first, but after the first twenty minutes I wanted everybody dead, and the kids in this one may be more annoying than the brats in the War of the Worlds remake. Also making everything fall into place for these folks also kind of sucked, but you have to see the movie to know what I mean by that. Also the night vision sequence didn’t work for me either and also as J pointed out there are some serious WTF moments between the kids and the military.

Now, there is some serious blood in this one and it’s not shot off camera either, you get to see it baby, and it’s splatteriffic. Along with the opening sequence the helicopter scene is truly suburb and I think may be kill of the year, it’s pretty damn sweet. I also love how the Rage virus ran it’s course and how it finally ended from the initial outbreak.

I’m not saying this one is great or that it’s really all that bad, it just has some really great moments in it and it will keep you entertained for the entire time you’re watching it, I just wish the entire film could have somehow matched the intense opening sequence.

Pretty good flick and I’m looking forward to the next one.

7 of 10

This was a good movie. I think everybody already covered all the high points. Lots of action and good gore and a great storyline make this one of the better horror movies I've seen in the theater in a while. Somebody mentioned this, but the Army was actually portrayed in a pretty good light this time around. They are usually heartless baffoons who walk around with a mop bucket on their shoe and a waffle iron on one of their hands. Despite the "children escaping" SNAFU, they were quite effective.

Now the bad. The beginning scene was ruined by the cheap effect of the quick crazy camerawork. That sucked. I was getting a headache from it. Please quit doing this cheap effect in movies. The kids escaping the military battallion was lame and was a weak spot in the writing. The family reunion theme was terrible. Lastly, there was a scene at the end involving darkness and night vision that was so backward and asinine that I was applauding when that person eventually met their demise. Stupidity is painful in this instance. Also, somebody confirm this for me, but did the main song for this movie sound ALOT like the Creepshow music? I could be wrong...

Overall, this was a good movie. Minor annoyances aside, go check this out. I give it 7.75 out of 10 annoying meddling families. I gave it a -.25 adjustor for giving me a headache from 20 seconds of quick frenetic action camerawork at the beginning.

The first section of the film with the world laid to waste, is one of the finest examples of the apocolypse in film. The feeling of dread, the paletteable worry consumes you while watching. I praise this movie, just for the first 1/3 that takes place. The "infected"(not really zombies, or dead) are a breath of fresh air that create a panic in anyone watching.

But the rest leaves you wishing for a rewrite. And it was not until I had the DVD with what "could have been" in my hands that I realized what was lost.

The film begins with such a ferocious start that you actually believe this can happen. The abandoned London is scary. But after the initial hit, the film slowly slides into a predictable conclusion. Bad guys control the safety, they make demands on the good characters. The bad guys are crazy. Good guys find a way to prevail. I have seen it before, and too many times. In following through on the script, I found that the original storyline was darker, and contained multiple paths to character sacrifical conclusions. Because in the apocolypse...people die, and sometimes that should be key characters.

BUT, someone involved with the finances wanted a happier story, Hollywood style. One where even though it's the apocolypse - things work out. The darker storyline fit the first part of the movie, and it's a shame that it was not made that way.

I highly praise the movie for the way it began, it is worth the time. There were many innovative scenes that made my heart pound. In rating the cinematography: very good. The FX: very good (but nothing too earth shattering). Sound: Great. The mood delivered: excellent. The plot: fair, but it had amazing possibilities. And lastly the innovative nature of this genre: great.

Overall: a 7.5 out of 10