If you know better...

Rating: 2/10 (20 July 2007)

... then you should do better.
I'm hesitant to speculate on the motivations of foreign filmmakers who had a hand in making this film, but it won't escape me how puerile this film is. With all the foreign criticism towards the Iraq War lobbed safely from the sidelines by non-Americans, one can't help but think that 28 Weeks Later is a manifestation of those pretentious, drearily imagined apocalypses in which the evil military reigns supreme.
I'll get right to the point. 28 Weeks Later fails simply because it is implausible and stupid. I hate to be a stickler for realism, but one ought to know better... It's not coincidental that this film has been lambasted for being unrealistic, stupid, brazenly off-target with its pejorative presentation of the military (28 Weeks indicts the concept of the military, in my opinion, rather than the US military in particular).
I don't have the energy to spoil this film, but as you're watching it, try to think of what you might do in their shoes, regardless of your military experience. Would you allow zombie virus carriers to be unguarded, would you allow soldiers to sleep alone without someone standing guard, would you allow ANYONE unsupervised access to sensitive areas which he has no purpose going to...
There's a lot of gotcha moments which make no sense at all and a lot of fast cut/editing. And lots of gore. It's pointless. Many zombie films before this have been great, including the last installment.
This is little more than an excuse to infect the entire world with a zombie virus and then kill off 6 totally unlikeable characters (Except for perhaps the Delta sniper, who plays his part well) to set up 28 Months Later. If this one is any indication, that one is going to suck too.