Product Description

The film pick up six months after the Rage virus has spread throughout the city of London. The United States Army has restored order and is repopulating the quarantined city when a carrier of the Rage virus enters London and unknowingly re-ignites the spread of the deadly infection wreaking havoc on the entire population. The virus is not yet dead and this time it's more dangerous than ever!!Format: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: HORROR/ZOMBIES Rating: R UPC: 024543471103 Manufacturer No: 2247110

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #847 in DVD
• Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
• Released on: 2007-10-09
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 100 minutes

Amazon.com
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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Customer Reviews

Better Than The First, But Still Not Good
Why did this movie get rave reviews? It was too long, too boring, and DID NOT rewrite the "zombie genre" which so many people claimed it did. I found the the plot jumpy and inconsistent. There was no real "feel" of terror. All that being said, I think the main thing that failed this movie was the outside over-hype. It was nothing that I expected, because if it had been, then it would have been good. Sorry, can't recommend this one. However, it is better than the first.

not nearly as satisfying as 28 Days Later
28 Days Later is my favorite horror movie of all time, so when I first heard that a sequel was shooting, I was ecstatic. Then, as news trickled in, I became more and more wary of the project. None of the original actors were on board, nor was Danny Boyle slated to be the director. I learned that the storyline focused on a boy, and being the mother of a young boy, this movie became something I thought that would definitely not want to see. But, then, the movie was released. My friends and trusted horror-advisors at horror-movies.ca began raving about the greatest movie of the year. Even months later, board members were still proclaiming this their favorite film of 2007. So, once it came to DVD, I decided to break down and watch it. After all, could I call myself a fan of the first and refuse to see the sequel, 28 Weeks Later? I thought not.

I would like to say that I loved the movie, but I can't. I liked it. I'll watch it again. But did I enjoy it more than other 2007 releases? No. I even had a better ride on The Transformers. And I hardly ever enjoy action-adventure flicks. My best guess is that I came into 28 Weeks Later expecting to be thrilled and disappointed. In equal parts. This impossible equation almost always leads to disappointment. This is an esoteric criticism, but I also have details to support my displeasure.

The biggest problem with 28 Weeks Later was the flow of the story. Being a sequel of a hugely successful movie buys the right to jump right into the action, however, viewers were thrust into a house full of strangers. The only familiarity was what was going on outside, with the Rage Infected crazies creating havoc. I tried to get to know these people, I wanted to find a compassionate character in the mother, but it was difficult to care with so little background. When the next phase of the film begins, 28 weeks later, we meet the children of the fated couple, and are more smoothly drawn into their situation. They are, after all, kids, the youngest in new Britain, so you want them to survive and anxiously await the resurfacing of the infection that will endanger them.

The action was awesome, as were the effects. I absolutely adore the savages, their eyes filled with blood and fury. They are so scary and so dangerous, and the scene where the infection spreads through a confined group like wildfire heightens the excitement and urgency in a way that wasn't exposed in 28 Days Later. The music also recalled the original movie in a positive way, showing the isolation of the characters who were trying so hard to cleave together and to survive.

The plot seemed to jump along. The military doctor and the sniper were meant to be sympathetic saviors, but their motives didn't move me (even though they might have had they been better defined), and then there was the huge problem of the father's constant return. The little group of survivors was moving around by foot and car, through all kinds of destruction, and that darned Dad just kept showing up. It was too unbelievable, as was the plot culmination. The movie came to an abrupt end, and left me quite unsatisfied.

28 Weeks Later is an example of one of those movies whose separate parts (cinematography, effects, soundtrack, etc.) are exhilarating, but without that strength of plot, falls short.

Better than the first one by far
I am sometimes a little iffy when it comes to naughty movies. My Christian friends, the most devout among them, are always cautioning me against indulging in what they call the "devil's work". A gory scarefest like "28 Weeks Later" qualifies, at least in their eyes.

But as you regular readers know, I have a checkered past and have run with some pretty hedonistic crowds in my day. I had to keep it a secret from my church group that I watched "28 Days Later" - which wasn't hard because as a rather blatant amalgam of many superior movies, I was underwhelmed. Though at least we got a brief glimpse of Cillian Murphy's pee pee. No such luck with Robert Carlyle in the sequel. But in every other department this sequel outdoes the original.

This was definitely a slow-builder but once it got going, it didn't let up until the end. It's only 90 minutes long, but feels more like 50 minutes given that the chills and thrills come fast and steady. Not for the very squeamish.