Should be called 28 IQ points later

Rating: 4/10 (14 May 2007)

28 Weeks Later is a misnomer. The name of this movie should have been 28 IQ Points Later b/c that is the minimum number of IQ points you will lose by watching it. The entire movie is driven by characters displaying unbelievable stupidity and cowardice. Every bad thing that happens happens b/c one of the characters is scared or does something just, well, unbelievably stupid (sorry about the lack of variety in my word choice but my vocabulary has shrunk b/c I just spent 1.5 hours listening to British people/zombies scream bloody murder and nothing else...not to mention I lost approx. 34 IQ points). Despite the absolutely asinine nature of the story's development, the movie does boast some great production values, decent acting, and more red-dyed corn-syrup than you could find in a candy factory (not to mention one great helicopter scene that George Romero wishes he could have done). Unfortunately though, that's about all the good I can say for the movie. Like I said, the plot and story development relies solely on the unabashed stupidity, cowardice, and irrationality of the characters, not to mention that the music in the movie is so heavily and obviously used that describing it as predictable and baroque would be an insult to 17th century European parlor music. I give the movie one big bloody zombie vomiting wretch...glad I didn't pay to see it...