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28 Weeks Later is a 2007 British post-apocalyptic horror film, and sequel to the 2002 film 28 Days Later. The film was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, and was released in the United Kingdom and in the United States on 11 May 2007. It was mostly filmed in London, England with some scenes also being filmed in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.[1]

Don (Robert Carlyle) and his wife Alice (Catherine McCormack) prepare dinner where they are living with an old couple and 2 other people that are the only survivors in a heavily reinforced cottage somewhere in rural, Rage virus–infected Britain. As they are taking their meal, they suddenly hear a young boy banging on the door begging to be let in. At first they argue not to open it due to the Rage virus' outbreak. Don opens the door to let the child inside, who says he is from Sandford and has been fleeing his parents who are now infected. Moments later, a pack of the infected discover the hideout and break in, quickly overwhelming the group. Alice refuses to leave without the boy; Don abandons Alice and escapes in a boat, emerging as the sole survivor.

Over the course of 28 weeks, the infected have all starved to death and Britain is declared relatively safe again, allowing for re-population. The re-construction of Britain begins. The process proceeds throughout the weeks.

An American-led NATO force, under the command of Brigadier General Stone (Idris Elba), begins repopulating the country with both old and new residents. The chief medical officer of District 1, Major Scarlet Ross (Rose Byrne), is surprised by the inclusion of the very young, amongst whom are Tammy (Imogen Poots) and Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton), Don and Alice's children who were in Spain during the initial outbreak.

At 12 years old, Andy is the youngest person in Britain, and during their subsequent medical inspection, Lima notes Andy's heterochromia, a trait he inherited from his mother. Andy and Tammy are subsequently admitted to District 1, a heavily-reinforced, fully functional section of London on the Isle of Dogs guarded by the United States Army, including a detachment from Delta acting as a rooftop unit observation team. With them are a sergeant, Doyle (Jeremy Renner), and an observation helicopter pilot Flynn (Harold Perrineau). The children are reunited with their father Don, who is now head caretaker of the district. Inside their new penthouse, Don tearfully recounts his escape, saying that Alice was killed by the infected, but misrepresents the truth, saying that he witnessed Alice's death, to hide the fact that he fled and abandoned her to her fate.

The very next day, the two children slip out of the safe zone to return to their old home, where Andy discovers Alice, disheveled but alive. Andy and Tammy are recaptured by the US Army while Alice is decontaminated. A blood test reveals that she is infected with the Rage virus, but displaying few symptoms, labeling her an asymptomatic carrier, as evidenced by her bloodied eye. Though Scarlet wants to keep Alice alive to seek a possible vaccine or cure, she is overruled by Stone, who wants Alice killed to prevent a possible further outbreak of Rage.

Don visits his children in a holding room, where they confront him about his version of Alice's death. He then makes an unauthorized visit to Alice in her isolation cell, using his caretaker passcard to bypass security, and asks for forgiveness, which she seemingly grants. But when they kiss, the Rage virus in her saliva immediately infects Don, much to Alice's horror. Now infected, he brutally kills her and goes on the prowl in District 1, attacking and infecting soldiers.

The outbreak forces the area into lockdown. All the civilians are quarantined in a safe room, which Don forces his way into, and begins to infect the confined civilians. Scarlet manages to rescue Tammy from containment but Andy gets separated from the group. Doyle and the soldiers are ordered, at first, to shoot the infected, but the chaos escalates into "Code Red": a general extermination of the populace to prevent any possible spread of the Rage virus, after which everyone gets fired upon. Doyle, unable to bring himself to comply with the drastic order, abandons his post and escapes with Scarlet, the children and others through an underground tunnel. Stone then orders that District 1 be fire-bombed, killing the populace and causing massive devastation. Meanwhile, large numbers of the infected, including Don, escape the initialized bombardment, occupying the city.

Stopping to rendezvous with Flynn's helicopter at the derelict remains of Regent's Park, Scarlet informs Doyle that the key to curing infection is in the children, who may have the same immunity as their mother. Flynn arrives by helicopter to pick up Doyle, but refuses to take anyone else, citing that they would be blown out of the air if he attempts to break the Code Red protocol. Suddenly, one member of the group grabs on to the helicopter skids, screaming at Flynn to take him with him. Flynn attempts to shake him off the helicopter, sweeping over a horde of oncoming infected, killing them with the rotor blades, and dislodging the man.

Flynn tells Doyle to head to Wembley Stadium, and Doyle heads off with his group of civilians. The group breaks into an abandoned car to escape the infected and the clouds of chemical gas being vented into the city by the military. In the process of starting the car by pushing it, Doyle is killed by soldiers with a flamethrower. Scarlet drives into the London Underground to evade a pursuing Apache helicopter, where she, armed with Doyle's M4 rifle, and the children continue on foot. She tries to guide their way with the night vision mode on the rifle's optic. When they are separated, Scarlet is ambushed and killed by Don, who has followed them. Don attacks Andy and bites him. Tammy shoots Don and saves Andy from death, though he is infected with the Rage virus. Andy remains symptom-free like his mother, though his eye turns the same color as his mother's was after infection. The children continue to Wembley Stadium and are picked up by an at first reluctant Flynn, who flies them across the English Channel to France. While flying, they see the incinerated District 1 and the remains of London. No one alive, other than Tammy, knows that Andy is a carrier of the virus.

Another 28 days pass. Someone calls for help over the radio of Flynn’s helicopter, which turns out to be abandoned. As people's screams are heard, a swarm of Infected are shown running through a subway exit. The horde arrives at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, revealing the Rage Virus to have spread to mainland Europe.

Cast

Production

Pre-production

In 2003, plans for the film were conceived after the enormous international success of 28 Days Later. Danny Boyle, Andrew Macdonald and Alex Garland stated that they felt the time was right to make a sequel.[2]

In March 2005, Boyle said in an interview that he would not direct the sequel due to commitments to Sunshine, but he would serve as executive producer. He also revealed that the film would revolve around a great deal of the aftermath from the first movie.[3] It was also revealed that the film would include the "US Army declaring the war against infection had been won, and that the reconstruction of the country could begin."[4] Boyle hired Juan Carlos Fresnadillo to helm the project after seeing Fresnadillo's 2001 film Intacto.[5] Fresnadillo stated that he was "thrilled working on his first English language film alongside such an exciting international cast and talented production team."[6]

Both Fresnadillo and Lopez-Lavigne were involved in writing the script, which revolved around a family and what happened to them in the aftermath of the original film, which the producers "liked a lot".[7]

Casting details

Boyle said in March 2005 that the sequel would feature a new cast, since previous cast members Cillian Murphy and Naomie Harris were occupied with their own projects.[3] On 23 August 2006, Jeremy Renner was announced to portray Doyle, one of the principal characters for 28 Weeks Later.[8] On 31 August 2006, Harold Perrineau was announced to portray a US Special Forces pilot in the film.[9]

Filming

On 1 September 2006, principal photography for 28 Weeks Later began in London[10] with much of the filming taking place at Canary Wharf. [11]

Promotion

Biohazard warning

On 13 April 2007, 28 days before the release of the film in UK cinemas, a huge biohazard warning sign was projected against the White Cliffs of Dover.[12] The sign contained the international biological hazard symbol, as well as stating that Britain was "contaminated, keep out!".

Graphic novel

In July 2006, Fox Atomic Comics and publisher HarperCollins announced that they were publishing a graphic novel titled 28 Days Later: The Aftermath in early 2007 to bridge the gap between 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later.[13]

Viral advertising

Removable graffiti was sprayed in locations around London and Birmingham featuring the web address 'ragevirus.com'. However, the web address was found to be unregistered and quickly snapped up by a cybersquatter. The advertising agency who made the mistake agreed to purchase the rights to the domain for an undisclosed sum.[14]

Prop giveaway

In April 2007, Bloody-Disgusting.com promoted the film by giving readers a chance to win a prop from the film. The props were included in a "District 1 Welcome Pack”, which featured an actual ID card and an Evening Standard newspaper with an evacuation headline. The giveaway was only open for North American residents and entries closed on 9 May 2007.[15]

Reception

Prior to the film's opening the MPAA gave 28 Weeks Later an R rating for strong violence and gore, language and some sexuality/nudity. The film has been rated 18 in the UK. The film opened in 2,000 cinemas across the United States.[16]

28 Weeks Later garnered generally positive reviews.[17] View London called the film an "exciting, action-packed and superbly directed thriller that more than lives up to the original film"[18]. The New York Times wrote that "28 Weeks Later is brutal and almost exhaustingly terrifying. It is also bracingly smart, both in its ideas and in its techniques",[19] as well as "best horror film of the year".[20] The film has generated a rating of 71 percent on Rotten Tomatoes with 98 positive reviews and 42 negative ones.[21] The film made $9.8 million in its opening weekend, coming in second place at the box office, behind Spider-Man 3. The film has grossed $28,638,916 in the U.S. and $35,586,549 in other countries, bringing the worldwide total to $64,225,465.[22]

Sequel

In June 2007, it was announced that if DVD sales of the film did well Fox Atomic would consider producing the third film.[24]

In July 2007, while promoting Sunshine, Boyle revealed that he has a story formulating for the next film. "There is an idea for the next one, something which would move [the story] on. I've got to think about it, whether it's right or not." Boyle also revealed that he would return as the director.[25]

In October 2008, Boyle discussed with Karmalooptv the high possibility of a 28 Months Later.[26]

Soundtrack

The trailer for this film featured the song "Want" by Witchman. "Shrinking Universe" by Muse (Hullabaloo Soundtrack album) was used in the second part of the trailer.

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Okay Entertainment But Left A Bad Taste In My Mouth.

I found 28 Weeks Later fairly entertaining but was disturbed by the
filmmakers apparent point of view when it comes to survival versus
compassion.One can say that the moral of the movie is that the road to hell is
paved with good intentions or that the obvious right thing is sometimes
not right at all but it appeared to me while watching this that the
audience was supposed to be squarely on the side of the infected
children and the highly unprofessional military members that defied
orders to save them.It is my opinion that the mother of the children, when discovered to be
a carrier of the virus, should have been terminated immediately and the
children should also have been killed before they were allowed to
spread the disease to the mainland.The military members who sacrificed their lives to spirit them away to
the European mainland were not heroes. They let their emotions get the
better of them and ended up saving two people while showing gross
disregard for the lives of millions of others. Their despicable actions
were quite shocking and disgusting to me, even more so than the
wholesale killing that preceded their escape. I would hope that if any
of them had survived would have been tried and executed for treason.I found it quite amusing that the actor who in one scene scared his
friend by jumping out and pretending to try bite him also portrayed
Jeffry Dahmer in another film!

billfromellerslie from United States - 19 June 2009

Yikes! Don't waste 28 minutes on this stinker!

I found myself getting into a virus-less rage myself after the really
stupid crap started happening. The first 20 minutes or so were quite
good, so when the film went south — quickly — it was all the more
disappointing.The typical end-of-the-world-type virus wiping out most of Britain was
pretty well done, as was the US military coming in to handle the
recovery. Then two incredibly implausible, nay, downright
idiotic,things happen. A virus survivor — possibly a carrier — who
should be under tight security, is basically left alone in a warehouse
so that her husband can wander in and get infected. After the outbreak
is discovered, the city (London) is supposedly "locked down" — which
apparently means you crowd a bunch of people in a basement with big
windows on all the doors, and then only lock the front door.Once the infected husband basically walked right into the "quaranteen"
area, I had to turn this stupid piece of garbage off. Did a
six-year-old write the script? Don't waste your time. I'm with some of
the other posters who find it incredible that this dog got a 7.1 rating
out of 10. Most of the people who voted must have been infected with
their own mind-fogging virus. I only gave it a 2 for the first 20
minutes.

billyfish from Monrovia, Liberia - 13 June 2009

28 Weeks Later A Decent Horror Sequel

28 Weeks Later is a decent horror sequel picking up six months after
the first one where the rage virus once again wreaks havoc amongst
people who have started to repopulate London. Director Juan Carlos
Fresnadillo does an admirable job of making a sequel that may not be as
good as the first one but still delivers on what fans come to except
from this kind of movie which includes blood, guts, carnage, sick
brutal deaths, and some suspense that does build up as the movie
progresses toward it's conclusion. Robert Carlyle does a good job with
the role he has in the movie but unfortunately his part is cut short
because lets just say something happens to his character and he only
shows up briefly for some scenes later one because the remainder of the
movie focuses on supporting characters who find themselves in one
horrifying situation after another as the rage virus decimates London
all over again. The rest of the cast including Rose Byrne, Jeremy
Renner, Harold Perrineau, and Idris Elba are good in their roles
bringing life into their characters which is definitely saying
something considering other films of this genre that aren't that great.
The action which is pretty much non-stop especially the second half is
well choreographed and does add some suspense to the movie. The music
fits the tone of the film just like it did in the first one. The make
up to create "the infected" are magnificently done as well and major
props to the actors who played them. They did a great job at portraying
people who have become infected with a rage they can't control that has
completely taken them over. Overall 28 Days Later is an entertaining
horror thriller that was better than expected. Despite some flaws if
you're a fan of this genre or 28 Days Later then chances are you'll
enjoy this one too. 28 Weeks Later for the most part has everything a
fan could want from this genre.

tburke85 from United States - 5 June 2009

A pity

This was a promising film with a tragic flaw that ruined it for me. One
of the movie's central conceits is so dumb it makes suspension of
disbelief impossible. I don't mean zombie-ism, of which I am a huge fan
(I know, how can I have a problem with other dumb central conceits and
not the existence of zombies, but still…). Here's the problem –
spoiler alert! The central authority's response to a potential new
outbreak of the plague, spread by personal contact, is to force people
to leave their secure, locked apartments and gather in a giant room
with multiple access points. Not even the government is that stupid.
Without that, you have no new outbreak and no movie.

(hpolley) from United States - 27 May 2009

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