Not so much

Rating: Null/10 (31 October 2007)

"28 Days Later" was one of the finest films I've seen in recent years. That said, I'm afraid to say "28 Weeks Later" fell far short of its predecessor. What made "Days" such a fantastic movie was its creativity and originality. The acting was excellent, the plot was interesting, dialogue was believable, and, most importantly, the characters acted in a manner that most people would act. Not so in "Weeks." I sincerely doubt any person interested in self-preservation would leave the safety of a military complex to go get a picture of their mommy. I don't care how young you are, how much you miss her, or if you can't remember what she looked like, YOU DON'T LEAVE THE ARMY TO GO HANG OUT WITH ZOMBIES. That's just stupid. The very beginning, when the dude runs out of the house leaving his wife behind, believable. I'd do it. When his wife runs back to save the kid, no freaking way.
Now for comparison, in the end of "Days," when the girl backs the car into the doorway of the mansion to kill the Sergeant guy, completely believable. Actually quite a bad ass moment. In the beginning, when the woman kills the guy she's with because he's turning, absolutely believable. This is what "Weeks" could not pull off.
Its painful to see a great movie go down the tubes once they get a big budget. It seems like once they have the money they have to sell their souls to Hollywood and take all the awful Hollywood horror movie conventions along with them. Oh, now the kids have to be stupid like in Jurassic Park. Oh, the mother has a weakness for children. COME ON people, no one acts this way. It could have been so good if Fox didn't buy it. It could have been SO good.