28 minutes later...it gets formulaic and less interesting

Rating: Null/10 (4 May 2010)

After the superb '28 Days Later' expectations were quite high with '28 Weeks Later' even though I did keep in mind that most sequels fail to measure up to their predecessors. That is exactly the case with this film. Not only does it fail to measure up, as a stand alone movie it really disappoints. On the technical side it's a well shot film. The scenes are cut-together fine. The main concept of the story seems promising but it is the script that disappoints yielding to clichÃ©s such as the teen and preteen screwing things up and in the end it is these two annoying characters that survive. Plot holes are abundant and the dialogues are formulaic. None of the actors perform to their optimum. Catherine McCormack is wasted. Robert Carlyle isn't given much scope either besides playing the typical dad-becomes-zombie. Rose Byrne looks incredibly uncomfortable playing an American doctor. The teenager and little boy should have been devoured by the zombies. '28 Weeks Later' is by no means the worst of its kind but I would definitely recommend the likes of '28 Days Later', 'Shaun of the Dead', 'Planet Terror' and even 'Zombieland' any day over this.