Can't believe I missed half of Columbo to watch this

Rating: 2/10 (10 November 2007)

Really enjoyed 28 Days Later, but how did a pile of toss like 28 Weeks get 70%+ on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes? Without rehashing all of the hideous plot items that other posters have pointed out, it's worth mentioning that I didn't feel any empathy for any character at all during this film. Whenever they died, I sort of thought, "oh well, at least I'm a bit closer to the end." Mainly, I felt it was a crying shame that the two people who were to blame for the whole thing survived to the end without being righteously incinerated by angry Americans.
The bizarre teleportation skills that the protagonists developed to move 10-15 miles around London (on foot) were particularly offensive when combined with their determination to double-back on themselves at every opportunity.
Most importantly, the "dramatic" ending designed to deliver the virus to mainland Europe completely ignores the fact that there is already a tunnel connecting Britain and France. If a US/NATO force can't even quarantine the Isle of Dogs, why should we believe that a bunch of customs officers managed it with the Channel Tunnel? This film is a perfect example of what goes wrong when you take a great, low-budget zombie-flick and increase the budget by 20 before you've asked for a decent script.
On the plus side, there's still 30 minutes of a very old Columbo on TV, so the afternoon hasn't been completely wasted.