28 Days from now - a fine rental - otherwise forget it!

Rating: 3/10 (13 May 2007)

I grew to like 28 Days Later originally and even watched it again recently. I was eager to see if the sequel would do anything different or better.
Spoiler Alert: It does by adding children, a silly "pop-up" father, and panic stricken American Military. The movie begins well enough with a gathering of what initially appears to be a family holed up in an old farmhouse and the first 20 min or so are pretty scary. The rest is a bloody mess devoid of plot and sure to arrive on DVD next week (its that poor).
So many scenes beg to be expanded - including the relationship the two children have, which almost made me care about them. Heck the first scene set up a whole movie that was never explored as far as I am concerned. Even a flashback to how they all got to the farmhouse would have been much more entertaining.
Spoiler Alert:
The reintroduction of the Father in the story (to say more would be unfair to those who haven't seen this bloody mess of a film yet) makes the story just plain silly.
The much ballyhooed surprise ending made me laugh out loud...it was that stupid.
I give one star for the first 20 minutes and two stars for the children. What a shame the film didn't have more going for it.