Nicely done

Rating: 7/10 (23 March 2008)

I wasn't a big fan of the first film, 28 days later, I thought it had some wonderful visuals in it, but ultimately I just didn't find it gripping enough in the drama. Although I did enjoy the early action sequences with the zombies which were well filmed and frightening. Maybe I've just seen to many zombie movies to have felt that it was so surprising, I remember the Italian ones from the seventies and then later films like Demons (although not strictly zombies it may as well have been) So I didn't hold out much hope when I saw this and I have to say I loved it. I thought it had a great dramatic centre to the film and I was totally fascinated by Robert Carlyle's character and situation. I became involved in finding out what would happen to him and his children in this post apocalyptic world. If you didn't like the first, I would still give this one a go.