![]() “Although made for more than twice the budget, this follow-up barely grossed half as much as the original, possibly because it relied on techno-props rather than the simple insular intensity of 28 Days Later and went for flashy effects more than flash mobs. “ 28 Weeks Later is trash, if only because of its less than watertight script and emphasis on gore, but at least it is well-made trash: it is definitely well-filmed and adrenaline-charged, and it interests and often scares, but once too often the forced mechanisms of its plot detract from the overall experience.” A Wasted Life And there’s a lot of it…” Brian Skutle, Sonic Cinema 28 Weeks Later (2007) 28 Weeks Later is the 2007 sequel to 28 Days Later. We're playing Bingo over here.“Actions speak louder than words, and after a terrific setup of the present situation (which does bring to mind the artful stillness of a city eerily silenced by tragedy from the first film again, John Murphy’s evocative music helps set the tone), the filmmakers let ’em rip with the gore. No one thought to go after the two escaped children after Doyle reports that they left the premises literally seconds after they get through? I doubt that they would just go "Oh, yeah. Since infected are simply normal human beings with their adrenaline side/primative nature as high as they can go, a helicopter crash of that manner would surely kill anyone on board. Even if he somehow got the saliva into, say, his sister's mouth/eyes, I'm fairly certain the pilot would've put helicopter on the auto-pilot and shot her as she changed since he had a loaded gun and was ready to shoot them at the stadium!ĮDIT: Actually, on the topic of the helicopter, if it crashed.how did the infected spread? It's not an airborne virus, it's transferred. The only person left infected was the younger brother and unless he kissed his sister or the pilot, I doubt that it would've crashed. A bigger budget sequel followed in 2007 starring Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner and Robert Carlyle, with 28 Weeks Later detailing an attempt to repopulate London after the original outbreak the movie than follows a family as they attempt to survive when the virus reemerges. The only ways to transfer the infection, as shown by the films, is either by blood in the mouth/eyes or saliva & open wounds. How does the Helicopter crash? No, seriously. How does the Military believe that placing every single resident of the building inside a confined space where they could easily be found be a much better solution than guiding them out of multiple exits? You have snipers on the roof! Snipers that, in the next scene, can tell who's infected and who's not and the only reason why they're having such a hard time is because everyone rushed out of the main exit due to multiple infected since Don broke into the room! The sequel follows a brother and a sister who make their way to a London supposedly free of the virus. The films cast included Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, and Robert Carlyle. The inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. ![]() The sequel follows a brother and a sister who make their way to a London supposedly free of the virus outbreak from the first film and now under the occupation of NATO and the US Army. I'm sorry but we can't risk contamination."Īnd for that matter, how does infected Don go through multiple armed Military personal when it's shown that other military members are clearly seeing their friends murdered but don't shoot a single round? 28 Weeks Later is the 2007 sequel to 28 Days Later. 28 Weeks Later is the 2007 sequel to 28 Days Later. ![]() Oh, how about the fact that the husband can just waltz into the high security cell with no problem? Sure, he's the Janitor and can access all areas but did no one think to have a guard posted outside to protect/prevent the possibly infectious woman? Even if he did allow the husband to talk to her, all he had to do was say "Sir, don't step too close. The cast includes: Harold Perrineau as Flynn, Jeremy Renner as Doyle, Imogen Poots as Tammy, Rose Byrne as Scarlet, Catherine McCormack as Alice, Mackintosh. A sequel to the brilliant 28 Days Later where Britain was quarantined after a zombie outbreak, this one picks up six months later, when the Americans come. When '28 Days Later' first arrived in theaters back in 2002, audiences were stunned by its shocking new approach to typical zombie horror. SPOILERS (Since I forgot how to spoiler tag)įound a woman who was clearly infected but showed no outwards signs, possibly leading to a vaccine? Screw that, just kill her despite having her tied down! I really hate nagging on this film when someone mentions it but I always point out how stupid some scenes are. ![]()
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