Counting down the days, now the weeks.
28 Weeks Later is the sequel to the 2002 sleeper hit, 28 Days Later. How can a normal zombie flick ever be a hit? Well, this isn't some normal zombie movie. While zombies are naturally portrayed as slow and erm well generally slow, the zombies in 28 Days Later are fast and very furious. 28 Days is a very graphic horror show with dark underlying meanings. Can 28 Weeks Later keep the franchise alive?
28 Weeks picks up with a small part of London being successfully vaccinated and the U.S Army is helping London to repopulate. As the title suggest, it is already 28 weeks after the first outbreak of the Rage Virus. Thus, the Infected are likely to have succumb to starvation.
Though the area has not totally recovered from the wrath of the Rage Virus, the English are already being transported back to rebuild their lives. However, they come back with memories of what the Rage Virus can do and what it did to their loved ones still firmly etched in their minds. Of course, they are skeptical about coming back. And hell yeah, it pays to be skeptical sometimes.
To understand about the latest outbreak, one must understand the story of Don (David Carlyle). Not to give anything away, I only can say that Don's actions are totally unacceptable and they make me ashamed to be a part of the male species. His eventual decision decides the outcome of the England or, perhaps, the entire world.
This movie, like its predecessor, has plenty of underlying meanings. The scariest part of the movie is not the ruthlessness of the zombies or the brutality of the movie. It is the darkness of the human heart. At least zombies are less complicated than us, humans.
3.5
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