A not-so-good sequel due to a weak screenplay and logical errors

Rating: 3/10 (2 September 2007)

Let's turn to the good things first:
The first 10 Minutes were really scary and reminded me of 28 Days. Watching Donald Harris (Robert Carlyle), his wife and some other people hiding in a cottage, desperately trying to survive and to keep up some kind of normality and the tragedy that follows gave me the creeps.
To show how the authorities would deal with such an epidemic on hostile ground is a good starting point and not a bad attempt to make some easy money with a sequel. Even the "Crime And Punishment"-stuff - the conscience-stricken Harris trying to fix things and making everything worse - gives the story some weight and could be used as an excuse for his high frequency appearances in a not so good shape during the second part of the film.
Using a hand camera can underline the severity of an outbreak, how normal people turn into fast and furious killers. I guess that's why they used it in several key sequences so extensively. And, of course, the in a certain way hostile action against a crowd of infected with the only help of a helicopter is really an excitement!
The bad things (which unfortunately dominate):
Well, as a lot of people here have already claimed, while the setting, the acting, the FX and even the dialogs are not that bad, it's mostly the script that sucks. There are so many illogical elements in the story and so less room for suspense:
Why has a facility manager access to the most secure research areas, which in fact turn out to be less secure then a broom closet in a countryside hospital? Why does the secure zone look more like a post-epidemic theme park with civilians enjoying their stay than like a research area, in which lots of scientists are trying to deal with the virus (like in "Outbreak" for instance). While there are lots of military personnel, there seems to be only one medic in charge!
Why is a secure zone settled into an urban area which is a nightmare scenario in terms of protection and security control? And why does the mood of the military change from "evething's fine" to "let's nuke the whole city" within the twinkling of an eye (which is somewhat comical).
I think all these caveats are the prize for a fast forwarding action flick, in which dealing with a majority of infected and burning down a city area is more important than showing how even a highly sophisticated security system would be eroded step-by-step by the virus.
So after the moment something went wrong in that film, the story is quite predictable, it's only a body count without suspense or even some twists in the story which could beef up the suspension. And that's why a shaking hand camera and a showing up Carlyle are more annoying than giving us any creeps or telling us something new.