Forces are guarding the repatriated Brits. I certainly did not intend to watch a zombie movie through political lenses, but 28 Weeks Later is so anti-American military that I could not ignore it. Doyle preparing to use a British citizen as bait in order to kill a fellow American? WTF? When that inevitably happens, I just hope the script is little tighter and doesn't leave so many unanswered questions. The ending of this movie is clearly setting itself up for a sequel. Apparently, his version of the virus still leaves him with enough sense to stalk people, which really isn't in line with what we've learned about the virus so far. And just why, when the infection breaks out, does the military gather all of the civilians together in one place, rather than leaving them inside the buildings they are in and guarding them there? Obviously because this is the only way that all of them can become infected at once, of course.Īnd while I agree with Patrick that the scene in the London Underground is tense, just why the hell did the doctor take the two kids down there? Taking two people into a dark area littered with corpses when the only way they have of seeing is through the scope of a rifle might make for some cool cinematography, but lacks good sense.įinally, one of the infected follows the group of heroes as they travel across London and is able to do so with relative ease. So what prevents them from attacking each other?Īlso, just what is the hurry in repopulating Britain? What's the point of bringing back 15,000 civilians before the country has been thoroughly cleaned? Apart, from having a large group of people who can then become infected, of course. My biggest question about this movie is, why don't the infected attack each other? In traditional zombie movies, undead zombies feast on the living, but here, they're all living, just infected with a virus that makes them extremely violent. Apart from an exciting and frightening opening scene, the rest of the movie lacks bite. As a huge fan of the first film I was very disappointed by this sequel. ![]() This is obviously to cover up for the fact that if you stop and think about it, this movie leaves too many questions left unanswered. This movie does have a great deal of action and is very fast paced. Rose Byrne and Jeremy Renner in 28 Weeks Later. ![]() This movie is a rollercoaster ride, just get aboard and hang on for dear life. But this allows the quick, brutal pace to never let up. Motives and communications are a bit muddled at times. Also there is a spine chilling escape through a corpse filled subway tunnel, where a character uses the night vision scope on a rifle to see in the dark.Įasily the weakest point of the movie is the relationships between the characters. The scene with someone's eyeballs being gouged out comes immediately to mind. ![]() The intense action has been kicked up a notch from the first movie. Of course before you can say London Bridge is falling down, all Hell breaks loose. ![]() The main characters this time are a teenage sister, her younger brother and their parents, also a female military doctor, a male military sniper and a male helicopter pilot. An area of London has been designated as a safe zone, it is being protected by the U.S. All carriers of the virus are believed to be dead from starvation. Approximately 6 months have passed and people have begun to move back to London to rebuild. In a nutshell the virus seems to have run its course in the U.K. And since we already know about the Rage Virus also missing is that “what's gonna happen next?” feeling. Instead it delivers more of the same, only on a bigger budget and on film this time rather than DV. The problem with most zombie movie sequels is that there really isn't anywhere different to go with the storyline.
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