The Military portrayal totally destroys the movie

Rating: 2/10 (19 June 2007)

Unlike the first "28" movie, this movie fails, and does so on a very important and substantial point; the portrayal of the Military culture.
It is an unfortunate reality that those who have a specific expertise within the military, or within the police, whether through study or experience, are able to identify discrepancies in movies that render aspects of a plot unbelievable and without credibility. "28 Weeks Later" falls into that phenomenon.
Ordinarily it would not be a big deal, however in this movie, the military aspect is what drives the plot, the action and various scenes, and sets up future scenes of the movie. I will not get into the specific details, as I do not want to ruin the movie for others, so I will just list some of the general principles.
1) There are a number of Snipers in the movie who never seem to sleep, nor are they relieved by other snipers, in order for them to get some much needed rest and sleep.In a high stress zone as this one, you would want your first line of security to be at their best. Wide awake and alert.
2) People who would not have the proper "Secret," or "Top Secret" security clearance, have access to areas of a quarantined ward that would never be available to them. And yet, the movie only truly kicks off precisely due to such an event occurring.
3) The medical staff is run by personal of too low a rank for such a mission, and the Officer in Charge does not have any subordinates to run the operation for him. Such a High Level Mission would be run by a commanding officer with a staff of hundreds.
4) The security aspect for such a high-risk area is laughable, I have experienced more security in areas of Iraq that I have served in, and then I was only dealing with terrorists, not Rage infected people.
5) The military bases their success on being able to respond to the unexpected with contingency plans; the commander and the unit in charge in the movie have no contingency plans for the various scenarios that go wrong.
I could continue, but these few examples should suffice to make my point. Ordinarily such glaring mistakes could be tolerated, but in the case of "28 Weeks" so much of the plot hinges on the military aspect that it makes it an implausible movie. It is one thing to make mistakes, it is another thing to grossly misunderstand such issues and base the foundation of your action, plot and horror upon it.
I will also have to disagree with one of the other reviewers; I did not see any of the characters in this movie acting as though they were in a real Rage infested world. People who live in fear of their lives day in and day out, do not live and act as these characters do. There is no angst, stress or psychological and/or emotional burden upon them. This movie tries to build off the first one, but comes very short.