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Production Year: 2007 - Horror - Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over more

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Danny Boyle's 2003 hit 28 DAYS LATER receives the sequel treatment in 28 WEEKS LATER. Few elements from the first film remain--actor Cillian Murphy doesn't return, and Boyle and...
more...screenwriter/novelist Alex Garland take producer credits this time out. In their places step director/co-writer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (INTACTO) and actor Robert Carlyle (TRAINSPOTTING), who bring the original story to its next logical step. The zombies (again referred to as ‘the infected’) from the first film have died out and England is ready for repopulation. The American military are slowly bringing British citizens back to London, where a heavily guarded community is picking up the pieces and trying to return to normal life. Carlyle plays Don, a man who has lost his wife but is reunited with his children, Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton) and Tammy (Imogen Poots), near the start of Fresnadillo's film. The two kids soon escape from the heavily guarded community, go off searching for their childhood home, and discover that mum might not be quite as dead as they originally thought. Chaos follows, with the sadistic military and the forlorn survivors battling both each other and ‘the infected.’
Fresnadillo apes much of Boyle's style from the original film, shooting in rapidly edited sequences that cause plenty of blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments. A pounding soundtrack helps enliven the scenes with ‘the infected’, and an abundance of swooping aerial shots highlight the desolate London landscape. A few minor sub-plots emerge, Fresnadillo offers sly commentary on the military's trigger-happy tendencies, and the film ends up somewhere in between zombie fare such as George A. Romero's LAND OF THE DEAD and dystopian visions of the future such as Alfonso Cuaron's CHILDREN OF MEN.





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A review by pinkrulz on 28 Weeks Later DVD
December 11th, 2007


Author's product rating:   28 Weeks Later DVD - rated by pinkrulz

Did you enjoy it? Loved it 
Story Good 
Characters / Performances Outstanding 
Special Effects Outstanding 
How does it compare to similar films? Not applicable 

Advantages: very good
Disadvantages: scary for youngster

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

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28 Weeks Later" picks up six months after the rage virus has annihilated the mainland Britain. The US army declares that the war against the infection has been won, and that the reconstruction of the country can begin. As the first wave of refugees return, a family is reunited - but one of them unwittingly carries a terrible secret. The virus is not yet dead, and this time, it is more dangerous than ever. my experince of the film wasfor sure this is how you make a horror sequel. Just as good as Days, 28 Weeks Later is one of the most suspensful horror movies I've seen in a long time. The opening chase had my heart beating a mile a minute, the gore is fucking awesome (the helicopter chopping up a pack of "the infected!), the same powerful music from Days was used, and there's a lot of great creepy moments. Solid acting for a horror movie, especially Robert Caryle who kept frigging showing up where his kids are, even though he's a zombie. That bothered me, but other than that a really well done sequel that did the original justice. I hope Danny Boyle comes back to direct the third, though it wouldn't matter 'cause Fresnadillo did such a superb job. 
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