As an exercise in pure, unadulterated terror, 28 Weeks Later is a worthy follow-up to its acclaimed predecessor, 28 Days Later. In this ultraviolent sequel from Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (hired on the strength of his 2001 thriller Intacto), over six months have passed since the first film's apocalyptic vision of London overrun by infectious, plague-ridden zombies. Just when it seems the "rage virus" has been fully contained, and London is in the process of slowly recovering, an extremely unfortunate couple (Robert Carlyle, Catherine McCormack) is attacked by a small band of rampaging "ragers," and the cowardly husband escapes while his wife is attacked and presumably infected. Their surviving children (Imogen Poots, Mackintosh Muggleton) fall under the protection of a U.S. Army sharpshooter (Jeremy Renner), but nobody's safe for long as 28 Weeks Later goes into action-packed overdrive, with scene after blood-gushing scene of carnage and decimation. The film's visuals follow the look established in 28 Days Later, this time with bigger and better scenes of a nearly abandoned London on the brink of utter destruction. The military subplot gets a bold assist from Harold Perrineau (as a daring helicopter pilot) and Idris Elba (in a too-brief role as the military commander), and their firepower--not to mention the efficient lethality of helicopter blades--turns 28 Weeks Later into a nonstop bloodbath that's way too intense for younger viewers and guaranteed to leave hardcore horror fans gruesomely satisfied. That's all there is to it--this film is almost plotless and dialogue is minimal throughout--but as a truly terrifying vision of survival amidst chaos, 28 Weeks Later honors its origins and qualifies as a solid double-feature with Children of Men. Could there be another sequel? Thanks to the "chunnel," the answer in this case is definitely oui. --Jeff Shannon

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BELIEVABLE

I couldn't believe that this movie was actually better than the first. It was so good that my mom actually enjoyed it as much as I did. We both hope that something like this never happens, but we couldn't help but put ourselves in the actors positions. In that respect, it was very real.

Great Scary Movie!

I saw this movie when it came out in the theaters. I usually am not scared by scary movies but this one scared me so bad! I didn't even think it would be that good considering the prequel was not that great but this one changed my mind about the series and I'm very excited for the next one!

Intense

Hard to beat the original for a fresh zombie take; This film starts out with one of the best opening sequences since the remake of Dawn of the Dead; And while the film rarely comes close to reaching the same level of intensity as those first few minutes, there are many different scenarios that arise that are close; Carlyle does what he can w/his limited character, as do most of the actors; The sense of character development from part 1 is lacking, but there are still plenty of harrowing zombie moments for those interested in the genre and looking for a solid horror effort. I just wished Danny Boyle had directed this...who know what would have happened then!!!