A fine sequel to a fine 1st film

Rating: 8/10 (15 May 2007)

28 weeks Later was a fine sequel to an equally good 28 Days Later. It is not too often that a sequel matches the first film, but I would say 28 Weeks does just that.
A portion of London, with help from the American military, has been quarantined off from the rest of the world. It has been cleaned of all the infected, and is a place where normal people can adjust to somewhat normal lives again. However something happens, you will have to see the movie to find out, and a mistake leads to the once clean area being overrun again by those infected with the Rage Virus which started it all in the first movie.
Where 28 Days Later moved slowly and built tension with interesting characters, 28 Weeks Later starts out fast with one of the best scenes in the entire movie, and never really lets up for its duration. The acting was well done and the pacing phenomenal. I actually cared about the characters this time around as well, and this will usually lead to good things.
Some people have complained that the rapid moving camera angles were a little nauseating, but I found that these scenes added to the chaos of the film and helped the quick fire pace that, among many others things, was one of this movie's strong points. The beginning of the film used this the most effectively, but the other scenes weren't bad either.
28 Days Later was not the perfect horror film, but it was one of the best of its kind. 28 Weeks Later, in my opinion, was its equal. Yeah there were some things I found hard to believe. Like how the two teenagers managed to escape the quarantine, and how the infection was finally able to spread, but I can forgive the movie these small things because the bigger and better things far outweigh them. Go see it. It's well worth it.