80
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.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
80
New York Magazine (Vulture) by David Edelstein
Blistering and nihilistic--a vision to reduce you to a puddle of despair.
90
A full-bore zombie romp that more than delivers the genre goods.
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.
80
Bigger action, more amazing deserted (and devastated) London sequences and biting contemporary relevance, if a touch less heart than the original.
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.
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.
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.
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.
100
The Hollywood Reporter by Ray Bennett
A ferociously entertaining thriller with sympathetic characters, stunning set pieces and pulsating excitement.