Not a good movie.

Rating: 1/10 (20 May 2007)

I remember how I was really entertained when I saw 28 Days Later. I mean, zombies that run like an Olympic sprinter was simply genius! I have to admit though that the last half of that movie was not that good but the running zombies made the defect seemed minor.
When I found out that there was going to be a sequel, I was waiting in anticipation of it. Unfortunately, I should have just waited for it to come out on DVD because the movie sucked. This time, the novelty of running zombies could no longer hide the poor story line.
In 28 Weeks Later, the movie begins with British Isle still in the beginning stage of running zombies. In a countryside, you have a group of people that is barricaded in a house. They are being quiet so that they don't attract the attention of the zombies. One day, they hear a knocking on the door and it is a boy who is asking for help. They are hesitant at first but decide to open the door. They do but this attracts the zombies and they crash in and do what zombies do. In that group is a husband and wife. They are trying to escape but gets split up. The zombies will soon reach the wife and the kid. The husband wants to rescue them but fear grips him and decides to escape alone. The wife cries out for help but he keeps running and he escapes.
Fast forward and over a month later, all the zombies die from starvation. The NATO led by the US, lead to assess the situation and then decides to repopulate the British Isle 28 weeks later.
They bring in all those British expatriates back to England. In London, they have a "green zone" where it is safe and there are plenty of US soldiers guarding it. Many of the soldiers are trying to bag up the dead bodies in order to burn it but there are too many and bodies are piling up on the side of the streets.
Of the 15 thousand British expatriates are two teenagers, a boy and a girl. They are the children of the husband who ran away. They meet with the father and are happy but sad since their mother died. The father lies to the children how their mother died because he is too ashamed.
The children later go to their old house and finds their mother in the house alive. The US soldier picks them up and examines the wife. She is found to be clean and not a zombie. The reason for this is that she has a genetic mutation that stops her from becoming a zombie. Her children also has the genetic mutation. The scientist discover that she is a carrier of the zombie virus even though she is immune to the virus.
Before the scientist can decide what to do with her, the husband sees the wife and kisses her. She bites him on the tongue and instantly he becomes a zombie and kills her. Then he goes and starts making zombies and they in turn make zombies. Soon they are overrun with zombies. Some survivors try to escape and blow up the whole area. But some of the zombies escaped and went onto the continent of Europe, specifically France. So I guess this means there is going to be another one. I guess the next one is going to be 28 Months Later.
My first problem with this movie is the repatriation after 28 weeks later. That does not make sense. Why would the authorities approve repatriation without knowing if the virus had truly been wiped out? I understand the story writers had to think of something but they had several years to think of a good plot. Is this the best they could do?! Also, I don't know about any of you but if my country just have been wiped out because of zombies, I would want to know what the hell happened and is there a cure for it before I go back. In the movies, you see all these expatriates just excited about going back home like it is some Woodstock fest.
My second problem with the movie is that you have sole survivor of a zombie attack. I mean no one had survived except her and also she is found to be a carrier of the virus. Hello! You put guards around that woman like the kind that guards Fort Knox. But in the movie, there is one or two guards at most. That does not make sense.
I mean, the movie tries to make the military in the movie like they are some bumbling idiot. Give me a break. If this is going to be comedic zombie movie then fine, but if it is going to be a serious horror movie, then use realistic story line. I could go on and tell you others but this is enough. You get the picture.