Go Back 28 Weeks and Watch the First Film Instead.

Rating: 4/10 (5 June 2015)

28 Weeks Later (2007): Dir: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo / Cast: Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Catherine McCormack, Imogen Poots: Graphic film about the consistency of decay. Begins with promise as humans infected with the rage virus. 28 weeks pass and London is deemed safe. Robert Carlyle is reunited with his two children before it is learned that his wife is still alive but infected. It doesn't take a genius to figure out where this is leading. Watching a father mutilate his wife and son is not fun nor entertaining. Carlyle is involved in an effective opening where he flees his home in order to lead the infected away. He regrets leaving his wife but where the film goes from here is pure lunacy. Catherine McCormack plays his wife who remains at the cottage in order to protect a boy who suddenly sheltered there. The ending is hopeless although director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo plays off reality T.V. in his visual. Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner and Catherine McCormack are fine actors working with flat material, although there was certainly potential for growth had it not been for the screenwriter's desire to illustrates bloody carnage and mutilation. The first film was effective giving us zombies that advanced in movement, which somewhat ups the amp for suspense. This sequel, however is a total graphic mess that should have viewers vomiting long after 28 weeks. Score: 4 / 10