28 Weeks Later DVD Review

"28 Weeks Later" reviews

DVD

28 Weeks Later

Author

anonymous

Date reviewed

2007-09-07 14:50:18

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DVD Review

Six months after the events of Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, the 'Rage Virus' has killed off the entire population of Britain.

After quarantining the British Isles, the American army declares the virus has died off and enter the UK to begin reconstruction, starting with a 'Green Zone' on London's Isle of Dogs. In the first wave of returning refugees, a father, Don (Robert Carlyle) who survived the original outbreak is reunited with his children Tammy (Imogen Poots) and Andy (newcomer Mackintosh Muggleton). Don carries a terrible guilt, as he only managed to survive by abandoning his wife as zombies attacked their hide-out, months earlier. But before Don can start rebuilding his family, a terrible secret emerges - the virus is not dead, and this time it's more lethal than ever.

With the help of US army heroes Scarlet (Rose Byrne) and Sgt Doyle (Jeremy Renner), the family not only attempt to flea the bloodthirsty, cannibalistic zombies, but the rest of the US army whose orders are to wipe out anything that moves.

Many post-Dawn Of The Dead horror films are simply about fright but this one doe have a touch of the George A Romero about it in as much as it also carries a subtle socio political message. Carlyle is particularly good and in menacing fashion in this high-octane thriller that'll have you gripping the edge of your seat.

The special features provide genuine additional entertainment her particularly the featurettes: The Infected, Getting Into The Action, Development and Decimation while there's also commentary by director/co-writer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and producer/co-writer Enrique Lopez Lavigne, deleted scenes with optional commentary and a making of.