Where to begin... 28 Weeks Later is the sequel to 28 days later, a refreshing horror movie in the pile of crap that is produced every day. As always with sequels I was worried that it would only try and rob the viewer of more money. I guess I was partly right. The story starts off promising but quickly turns into a pile of rubbish. Here is one of many examples: In a safe zone guarded as heavily as shown in the movie, two kids would never be able to sneak out. The movie is filled with these unrealistic scenes and having child actors that are acting like adults does not work very well. The ending is also a prime example of how the film makers put in a totally unrealistic way of leaving the door open for yet another sequel.
You might now think that this movie is a pile of shit that is not worth watching but surprisingly I will tell you otherwise. While the story is rubbish the rest of the movie is not. For instance it has some great scary scenes that are really well made and deserves to be recognized. The subway scene near the end is one example. Another great thing about 28 Weeks Later is the special effects and zombie gore. It has it all. Zombies eating people, soldiers killing zombies killing soldiers again, tons of blood and gore and a great level of detail. The music further adds to the atmosphere and these elements really save the movie. I already mentioned that the two main child characters suck at acting, well the grown ups don't! I loved Rose Byrne as Scarlet and Robert Carlyle is a fantastic father/zombie. 28 Weeks Later is not the greatest horror movie, not even close. But it is also far from being the worst. Just watch it with low expectations and you will be positively surprised. 6/10