Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes to plan.
When I first heard about that there was gonna be a sequel to Danny Boyle's 28 DAYS LATER, I was honestly not that excited. Not because of that Danny Boyle wasn't gonna helm what was to be this film, 28 WEEKS LATER, but for the sole reason that I wasn't a big fan of the first flick. Luckily, and even though it's a sequel, this film felt so fresh and was truly an excellent zombie feature -- bringing what the original once brought, only ten times stronger. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo did an excellent job directing this film; I've read reviews complaining about a too shaky cam and what not, but this is all so well done. The film's more psychotic than its precursor and shows that pretty much right from the start where a house full of people are attacked by chaotic and fast moving zombies. It's such an excellent scene you just gotta see it for yourself. Having seen most zombie flicks out there you're used to a certain formula, and that's where the beauty lies here - it does things its own way, providing shock and horror to the brim, and a ton of seriousness for that matter while it manages to stray away from what we know, and deliver us something fresh and shocking instead.
 
Watching 28 WEEKS LATER kinda brought on the same feel as I got when I first saw Zack Snyder's DAWN OF THE DEAD remake; you recognized certain elements of course but it was something new, more chaotic, violent, and just had a great feel to it. But not only is this a film full of nasty zombies, blood, gore, and guts - it is in fact delivering a cool story and a good drama as well, and is not just full on horror all the way through (even though the action pretty much never stops). But believe you me, the horror scenes are pretty darn intense, and the whole film is just loaded with high quality tension.
The theme of the film of course follows in 28 DAYS' footsteps but the good thing in this flick is that there's practically no down time whatsoever. The pacing is fast and excellent all the way throughout the film and there's really not much breathing room to be had, which is of course awesome. Just like in Snyder's DAWN... the zombies here moves fast as hell and so manages to inflict a helluva lot more "damage" on people than say zombies a la George Romero and what not. Another thing that lifts this movie even a little higher is the score that the film has which for most of the time goes perfectly hand in hand with what's happening on screen, and so adds to the atmosphere and the overall feel. I figured I leave the very story alone for you to know instead when you watch the flick. If you've seen the first one you should know what it is about and what to expect, only this time you can expect more, well much more, from the overall film.
Probably one of the best zombie flicks I've ever seen and I've seen everything I've been able to get my hands on for a good number of years. 28 WEEKS LATER is highly recommended but if you haven't seen the first film you should of course start with that one. If there'll ever be a 28 MONTHS LATER, I'll definitely check it out.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: 28 semanas después
MOVIE YEAR: 2007
DIRECTOR: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
WRITING CREDITS: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Rowan Joffe
GENRE: Horror
CAST: Catherine McCormack, Robert Carlyle, Emily Beecham
COUNTRY: UK, Spain
RUNTIME: 101 min
RATING: 9/10
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