28 Weeks Later (Widescreen Edition) |  | Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Actors: Jeremy Renner, Rose Byrne, Robert Carlyle, Catherine McCormack, Harold Perrineau
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 99 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 2246990
UPC: 024543469902
EAN: 0024543469902
ASIN: B000TJBN80
Theatrical Release Date: May 11, 2007
Release Date: October 9, 2007
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Product Description
28 WEEKS LATER is sequel to the successful 28 Days Later.The film pick up six months after the Rage virus has spread throughout the city of London. The United States Army has restored order and is repopulating the quarantined city when a carrier of the Rage virus enters London and unknowingly re-ignites the spread of the deadly infection wreaking havoc on the entire population. The virus is not yet dead and this time it's more dangerous than ever!!System Requirements:Running Time: 113 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR/ZOMBIES Rating: R UPC: 024543469902 Manufacturer No: 2246990
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As an exercise in pure, unadulterated terror, 28 Weeks Later is a worthy follow-up to its acclaimed predecessor, 28 Days Later. In this ultraviolent sequel from Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (hired on the strength of his 2001 thriller Intacto), over six months have passed since the first film's apocalyptic vision of London overrun by infectious, plague-ridden zombies. Just when it seems the "rage virus" has been fully contained, and London is in the process of slowly recovering, an extremely unfortunate couple (Robert Carlyle, Catherine McCormack) is attacked by a small band of rampaging "ragers," and the cowardly husband escapes while his wife is attacked and presumably infected. Their surviving children (Imogen Poots, Mackintosh Muggleton) fall under the protection of a U.S. Army sharpshooter (Jeremy Renner), but nobody's safe for long as 28 Weeks Later goes into action-packed overdrive, with scene after blood-gushing scene of carnage and decimation. The film's visuals follow the look established in 28 Days Later, this time with bigger and better scenes of a nearly abandoned London on the brink of utter destruction. The military subplot gets a bold assist from Harold Perrineau (as a daring helicopter pilot) and Idris Elba (in a too-brief role as the military commander), and their firepower--not to mention the efficient lethality of helicopter blades--turns 28 Weeks Later into a nonstop bloodbath that's way too intense for younger viewers and guaranteed to leave hardcore horror fans gruesomely satisfied. That's all there is to it--this film is almost plotless and dialogue is minimal throughout--but as a truly terrifying vision of survival amidst chaos, 28 Weeks Later honors its origins and qualifies as a solid double-feature with Children of Men. Could there be another sequel? Thanks to the "chunnel," the answer in this case is definitely oui. --Jeff Shannon
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 Maintain The Quarantine January 14, 2010
Inept Editor (New York, NY)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
28 Weeks Later combines melancholy music, dark cinematography and camera shots that alternate between long fluid movements and careening hand held footage in order to draw the audience into disturbingly graphic scenes. In the sequel, the audience is taken on an action packed journey with the Harris family as they attempt to escape the disease that affected millions of individuals across Great Britain in the original modern day zombie film.
The film is launched with a heart pounding chase scene that leaves Don Harris as the sole survivor among a group who has taken refuge at a small farm in rural England. Coincidentally, it is Don and his wife who open the door to the rebirth of the zombie disease, which sends their very own children on a journey to escape the condemned country. The movie climaxes with an escape scene shot nearly entirely in night vision. Although fans will adore the grainy quality of the movie, which filmmakers carried over from the original, and the fast paced story, there are a few problems with the sequel.
Story line was not this film's strong point. The audience can see that a good idea was in place, but not carried through to the screen with complete clarity. Supporting characters enter and exit scenes in such a dominating fashion that the audience has trouble identifying the main character of the film. Also, the main point of the film is a mutation of the original virus. A nice idea, yet with the mutation the filmmakers added several discrepancies in character, which are not thoroughly explained by the mutation explanation. In other words the zombies do not obey as the audience expects.
In addition, many scenes were built around jarring hand held footage that is designed to disorient the audience, yet at times the footage becomes so jumbled that it is difficult to identify the character actions. In some instances the bouncing shots are so obtuse that the footage becomes nearly monotonous.
Coming from a fan who thought the original film was one of the most innovative horror movies of modern filmmaking, 28 Weeks Later is an entertaining ride that I suggest movie goers choose to experience from a comfortable recliner at home.
 Replacing majesty with noise January 12, 2010
mark aller (PA, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What makes any film compelling is not the splatter or special effects deployed, or the noisy, furious intensity of its direction; but rather its characters and their situation. Do we care about them and their journey? This sorry sequel offers the wrong answers. You will not care about the characters in this film, so what happens to them is of no consequence whatsoever. Think back to what you truly enjoyed about 28 Days Later. An artificial family unit coalesces, comprised of distinct, well-drawn characters who come to care about each other. We get to see their perils, and the lengths to which they will go to help each other. Unexpectedly, the 28 Days soundtrack is dreamily serene, accompanying visuals which are artful and expansive. In this context, the violence, when it comes, seems even more uncomfortably close and visceral. And since we care about the characters in the first film, the violence is even more real and terrifying. In fact, every violent scene in the original film has purpose, pushing its plot and characters forward. This sloppy, nihilistic sequel offers few moments of calm or contrast, little purpose or poetry, and no imagination, but instead a great deal of splatter and noise. There's nothing compelling or uplifting here, or anything informative in its dismally obvious, satiric sensibility. Our time on earth is short. Watch a better movie.
 Good horror film January 3, 2010
Andres C. Salama (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
A very good zombie film, it even surpasses its predecessor, the very worthy 28 Days Later. Directed by Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, the movie starts 28 weeks after the first film. With the first outbreak apparently ended, an American led military force arrives at the deserted London (in a not so subtle allusion to the occupation of Iraq), securing certain areas and allowing English citizens who have been abroad during the outbreak to return. Among them are two children (played by Imogen Poots and Mackintosh Muggleton; one of the best scenes of the movie has nothing to do with zombies and have them running through the deserted streets of the English capital). As expected, though, the zombies have not exactly disappeared, and are bound to return with a vengeance. Robert Carlyle does a fine turn here as a survivor of the first outbreak who becomes infected here (and the opening scene is great). Intelligent, very bloody, entertaining, what more can you ask from a horror film.
 when the husband got to his wife so easily, I got out November 13, 2009
P. Fernandez (Miami,, fl)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The film makers must think their audiences are idiots, how else can you explain how easy the man got to see his wife without being stopped or seen by anyone in a supposedly secure military facility, why I don't understand how come other terrorist haven't sprung their friends from Gitmo
 28 Times Better (but also incredibly different) November 1, 2009
shaxper (Lakewood, OH)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
28 Days Later was an amazing film in terms of what it did for the post-apocalyptic zombie genre. The camera work, special effects, and of course modifications to the general zombie premise were all sheer genius. However, I felt no particular attachment to the story, itself. 28 Weeks Later, however, uses the same premise and directing style to deliver something far more terrifying, thought-provoking, and generally powerful.
The film begins around the time of the first one, with a band of survivors, including a loving husband and wife, holed up in a boarded shack, trying to wait out the infestation. As the infected inevitably break in, husband Don is forced to make a difficult decision. After doing an impressive job of fending off the attackers, he tries to take his wife into hiding, but she chooses, instead, to run off and protect an innocent child. As the infected swarm around her, she begs for Don to help her, but he knows (as well as we do) that she's done for. He makes the hard decision and runs for it. As he leaves the house, tearing across a sunny field with hundreds of infected chasing behind him, he looks back and sees his wife, still banging against the upstairs window, begging him to save her with accusing eyes.
Inevitably, these kinds of hard decisions come to frame the narrative of this story. As London is eventually rebuilt and repopulated, and as Don is reunited with his lost children (all the while secretly enduring the guilt of his decision), a new infection breaks out, character after character is forced to make such tough decisions, and the writing team is realistically merciless with those who choose to play hero. It's a tough, at times even cruel film where fate never intervenes to protect the good guys against improbable odds. Still, the film never leaves you questioning what the right course of action is, even in spite of the consequences it will bring.
It's an amazingly powerful film for just such a reason, the kind that entertains and terrifies the heck out of you the entire time, yet leaves you with an amazing three hour discussion on ethics and altruism to ponder with friends afterward.
And please don't get the impression that, just because this is an intelligent, thoughtful film, it must therefore not be all that scary or action-intensive. It's been a while since I saw the original 28 Days Later, but I'm reasonably sure this was far more intense. Each "scary" scene seemed more intense than the one before, often using claustrophobia, darkness, and a highly unpredictable plot to keep me on the edge.
Speaking of the plot, I think that's probably the point that polarizes the lovers and haters of this film. It takes nearly half the film for the outbreak to happen, and I can see why people looking for a mindless, action-packed horror flick would find that frustrating. As it happens, I found that mostly bloodless first half to be thoughtful, rich in character and drama, and above all else, unpredictable. It kept leaving me to wonder how things were finally going to go wrong. Where was the surviving infection going to come from? Indeed, once the blood starts splattering, the plot manages to stay somewhat unpredictable. Many thing happened, especially toward the end, that I did not expect at all.
In the end, I think 28 Weeks Later's only problem is that it isn't a mindless adrenaline rush from start to finish. The film asks you to think, feel and care, but this ultimately makes the scream-intensive second half far more thrilling than your standard fare.
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