Zombie mayhem

Rating: 9/10 (20 September 2009)

Sequel to the original Brit-flick horror, this time there's a bigger budget, more Rage infectees, and a veritable invasion of American troops. 28 weeks after the initial infection, the Rage victims are all dead, starved once the population had been converted to their own kind. Gradually, a small number of survivors are being repatriated to a secure area of London, situated on The Isle of Dogs. The perimeter is protected, nothing can get in or out without the soldiers knowledge, and anyway, the virus has gone. Course it has..... Three of the survivors are of the same family: the father, Don (Carlyle), who survived by fleeing from the house he and his wife had holed up in during the initial stages of the epidemic, and his two children. He believes that his wife is dead but, unfortunately she's not, and when his children escape the secure area and return to their home to collect some personal possessions they find her alive and, apparently, uninfected. Problem is, she does have the disease, but has some sort of immunity to it - special blood. She's isolated from other survivors, but a chain of events kicks in that sees the infection spreading out of control once more, and the soldiers that once protected the inhabitants of the secure area now determine to eradicate all life to ensure the second extermination of the virus. Action packed, gory - the helicopter blade slicing scene is a riot - and tense, this is quality modern horror. Carlyle is as reliable as ever, and well supported by the rest of the cast. There's the occasional lapse of logic (why would you lose your way in a corridor when there's only two ways to go, and you're in the lead?!?) but, in general, this is a movie that is hard to fault.
Blood filled fun for all the family.