100
The Hollywood Reporter by Ray Bennett
A ferociously entertaining thriller with sympathetic characters, stunning set pieces and pulsating excitement.
28 Weeks Later
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- United Kingdom,
- Spain
- 2007
- · 100m
Director
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Cast
Imogen Poots,
Robert Carlyle,
Rose Byrne,
Jeremy Renner,
Harold Perrineau,
Catherine McCormack
Genre
Horror,
Thriller,
Science Fiction
In this chilling sequel to 28 Days Later, the inhabitants of the British Isles appear to have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the isles, convinced the danger has come and gone. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.
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What are critics saying?
100
Washington Post by Desson Thomson
As viscerally compelling as smash-mouth filmmaking gets.
90
Variety by Derek Elley
A full-bore zombie romp that more than delivers the genre goods.
90
Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern
There's no better fun for movie lovers than a small, unheralded film that turns out to be terrific -- unless it's a small, unheralded sequel that trumps the original.
90
The New York Times by A.O. Scott
28 Weeks Later is not for the faint of heart or the weak of stomach. It is brutal and almost exhaustingly terrifying, as any respectable zombie movie should be. It is also bracingly smart, both in its ideas and in its techniques.
88
Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips
Swift, vicious and grimly imaginative, the zombie film 28 Weeks Later exceeds its predecessor, "28 Days Later," in every way.
88
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
28 Weeks Later has a stronger story line, equally fine performances, greater tension, enough gore to satisfy the most hard-core zombie fan, and a narrative pace that flings us from the opening scenes to the very last image.
88
Miami Herald by René Rodríguez
Those rigorously moral and humanistic underpinnings give 28 Weeks Later a kind of power that 100 Saws and Texas Chainsaw Massacre remakes could never achieve.
88
Boston Globe by Erin Meister
The script is biting and timely.
83
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
Excels at creating a keen, creepy sense of a civilization stopped dead in its tracks -- vaporized, almost, except for those disemboweled bodies left still undisposed.
80
Village Voice
The sequel trumps its predecessor for sustained doomsday gloom and suggests this might be the man to adapt Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel The Road.
80
Empire by Kim Newman
Bigger action, more amazing deserted (and devastated) London sequences and biting contemporary relevance, if a touch less heart than the original.
80
New York Magazine (Vulture) by David Edelstein
Blistering and nihilistic--a vision to reduce you to a puddle of despair.
67
Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov
While 28 Weeks Later ultimately falls shy of classic status (it's no Panic in Year Zero!), there are several hard-to-shake scenes -- nightmare visions, really -- that reveal the infected populace to be far less dangerous to the fabric of a civilized society than, perhaps, the very notion of civilization itself.
50
Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman
Deals with emotional concerns for half an hour. Then it turns into a mindless bloodfest, where it's impossible to care which characters end on the zombie gore-gasbord.
50
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
"28 Days Later," while not terribly original, was suspenseful and involving. 28 Weeks Later is neither. The characters aren't as sympathetic or interesting.
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