a lot better than 28 days later

Rating: 9/10 (3 February 2008)

This sequel to " 28 Days Later"is much,much better than the OK first film.This takes the first film's premise even further and is a rarity these days, a film that manages to be believable,thrilling and frightening.Film has many good, thrilling moments e.g the first zombie attack at the house, the escape by boat, the snipers shooting at the crowds and best of all,the army helicopter cutting it's way gorily through a mass of the infected.There are many more scenes that are good and film's running time at 95 minutes isn't really enough and how many films can you say that about these days?For a horror film this is very well acted by a mostly unfamiliar cast, although both Robert Carlyle and Catherine Mccormack acquit themselves well.Much has been made by producer Danny Boyle that they are not zombies but there is no doubt to me they are.Film borrows liberally from other zombie classics as the first film did i.e George Romero's zombie classics notably the original "Dawn of the Dead".Easily the best British film financed with the aid of lottery money.