Surprisingly disappointing

Rating: 1/10 (23 March 2008)

After hearing that there was a sequel to 28 days later, I was quite happy. I saw 28 days later and was thrilled that a modern horror could be so good after there have been so many poor ones, thus, I thought the sequel should be good, even if not quite as good as the first.
28 weeks later is appalling, the premise is stupid, utterly stupid. I can never sit through a movie enjoying any part of it, if there is a mistake in the storyline, which, if wasn't there, removes any possibility that the story could have or would have happened.
I know Americans aren't always known for being the most intelligent people on earth, but I don't believe even they, at their dumbest moment, would go back into England and create a colony in the middle of an infected country.
What would be the point in repopulating an extremely small part of England before the country is safe and free of disease? Why would you let non-military people live there? Are they going to start running Starbucks? Maybe they can re-open a Pizza Hut too.
Moving past this major flaw, when one of the main characters, a US sniper, radios in that two people have breached the quarantine zone, it took the US military what had to have been at least an hour to go and retrieve these people. By the time the 'escapees' are caught up with, they have discovered an infected person. Now I'm sorry, but when all of Britain has been wiped out by a disease, I can't imagine that anyone could be so laid back to take such a long time to collect people that breached the quarantine.
Only if you discount these, can you watch the movie and enjoy it, or can you....
Robert Carlyle's character 'Don', has an 'access all areas' card, including the research areas of the military base, further to that, access to a quarantine room where an infected person is being held, I can't wait to move to America, where the military lets civilians into their facilities, even the facilities where horrific diseases are studied.
Who would have thunk this is how the outbreak occurs.
As I said, I was unable to enjoy any part of this movie as there were MAJOR flaws in the story. This movie has stolen 90 minutes of my life that I want back.