October Movie Review: 28 Weeks Later

posted Sunday, 12 October 2008

While the sequel lost some of the raw, psychological terror of its predecessor 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later does maintain the same horrific imagery and pulse-quickening pace, and still straddles the line between a gory slasher and a terrifying modern world shocker. Like the first in this franchise, it still begs the question: What if?

Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, 28 Weeks Later picks up six months after the rage virus has annihilated the British Isles. The U.S. Army has set up shack, leading reconstruction and repopulation of the country, having deemed the infection contained.

Of course, from the moment the lights dim in the theater, we're only waiting for that one variable no one thought of that will bring the maniacal, red-eyed, foam-spewing Infected back to England. Continue reading

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