Watched it again 7 years later, and holds up great - better than the first time

Rating: 9/10 (14 November 2014)

I'm a big Walking Dead fan. The show of course didn't exist when 28 Days Later or 28 Weeks Later came out.
I loved 28 Days Later so much that I bought the film, and dust it off every couple of years for a viewing.
But when I saw 28 Weeks Later at the theater, I remember being disappointed. It was a far cry from the original, and for some reason I was just turned off by it. Time has passed, and realizing that I had completely forgotten the plot, I recently decided to give it a second viewing.
Wow. This film gets intense immediately; truly gripping from the start. The zombies are much more terrifying than what you find in The Walking Dead. The characters are decent; not as strong as the first film, but good enough that the film is absolutely entertaining and fun throughout.
SPOILER (minor one) - the only scene that I dislike (and remember hating when I originally saw the film) was the scene where the helicopter flies so low that the zombies are "mowed down." I know this is a crazy zombie movie, but any sense of reality (or at least that long-shot "this could happen") went out the window for those few seconds, bringing the film from a 10 to a 9 (on my "horror movie" scale).
In summary, if you are looking for a fun zombie flick, give this one a shot; even if you have seen it, it might be worth a second watching.