surprisingly satisfying sequel

Rating: 8/10 (12 October 2007)

Perfect? No.
But better than most sequels.
I didn't find the characters as engaging, perhaps because the attrition was so intense: they die as you're getting to know them. And I had the usual quibbles, like the exasperating way that the medical officer really fails to communicate the importance of the carriers (the mother, the children) to her superiors.
But golly the *feel* of it was vivid, horrific, and I was interested from start to finish. And, as with the first film, that's so, so much more than I can say for other films in this category.