28 Weeks Later

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28 Weeks Later

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Released May 11, 2007

1h 40m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Six months after the original epidemic, the rage virus has all but annihilated the population of the British Isles. Nevertheless the U.S. Army declares the danger past, and American soldiers arrive to restore order and begin reconstruction. Refugees return to British soil, but one of them carries a deadly secret: The virus is not gone and is even more dangerous than before.

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Critics Consensus

While 28 Weeks Later lacks the humanism that made 28 Days Later a classic, it's made up with fantastic atmosphere and punchy direction.

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

Rated: 1/4

Nov 24, 2011

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Cliff Doerksen

Time Out

Rated: 5/5

Nov 18, 2011

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out

Rated: 4/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Andrew Dignan

In Review Online

Stranger, more diffuse, and less wedded to conventional notions of realism and regularly occurring jump scares than its predecessors... [although] no film in recent memory has been more deserving of an “incomplete” grade.

Jun 20, 2025

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

“28 Weeks Later” would have been better if it was a prequel to the far superior “28 Days Later” (2003) or a horror movie in a vacuum, but as a sequel, it is shit.

Jun 20, 2025

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Avoids treading familiar territory or attempts at replicating the first film's success, instead going bigger and bolder, though still never reaches the heights of the initial entry.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 22, 2023

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Fh H

Aweful movie No storyline, zombies were more like cave people, stupid ending and story line. Don't waste your money!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/21/25

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Audience Member

One of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. Doesn’t get enough hate

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/21/25

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Lee A

Abysmal. Where to begin?! The prologue was good. That's the high point. Then it's downhill all the way from ridiculous decisions from every single character - literally everyone!!! So ridiculous I wanted to shout at the cinema screen. E.G Signs suggestion the Islanders don't waste previous resources to minutes later firing arrows and not bothering to collect them from dead infected. Helping an infected give birth - yes you heard me. Ludicrous fat and giant infected in an effort to jazz it up a bit because perhaps the screenwriter played resident evil / last of us or likes big flopping dicks. Poor acting or wasted talent. Stupid camera tricks and poor quality image. Lots of useless interspersed footage etc etc. etc. And then to top it all off we get a Jimmy Saville kung fu fest. I love this genre, always have. I've watched and enjoyed the first two films so how we ended up here really is beyond me. Madness. How can anyone give this more than 2/5 with a straight face. Save your cash. Oh on a positive note you do see the intact sycamore tree in probably it's last outing and Ralph Fiennes getting a wedgie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/20/25

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Innit U

If you have the choice of having a tooth removed or watching this garbage have the tooth removed

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/20/25

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It's-a-me a

28 Weeks Later does what many horror sequels do in raising the budget, hiring more well-known actors, and increasing the scale significantly. Usually, this comes at the cost of losing what made the first movie so special. 28 Weeks Later does not have this issue, instead pushing the themes presented in Days even further. It's a solid follow-up and deserves to be held in high regard, much like its predecessor.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/20/25

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Hans F.

disappointing follow up to the first film. It had a great opening and some cool sequences but the characters mostly fell flat and failed to live up to the potential of the themes set up in the beginning. And with the American army here it lost some of its UK touch. 5/10

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/20/25

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Synopsis

Six months after the original epidemic, the rage virus has all but annihilated the population of the British Isles. Nevertheless the U.S. Army declares the danger past, and American soldiers arrive to restore order and begin reconstruction. Refugees return to British soil, but one of them carries a deadly secret: The virus is not gone and is even more dangerous than before.

Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Producer: Allon Reich, Andrew Macdonald, Enrique López Lavigne
Screenwriter: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Rowan Joffe, Jesús Olmo, Enrique López Lavigne
Distributor: Fox
Production Co: Fox Atomic, DNA Films, Figment Films, Sogecine, Koan Films
Rating: R (Some Sexuality/Nudity|Language|Strong Violence and Gore)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 11, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 19, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $28.6M
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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