28 Weeks Later (2007)

1h 40mins

4/10

First time watch

Gory – Violent – Horror

28 weeks after the virus broke out in the UK, the US Army have come in to try and help rebuild society in a small, secured area of London.

I did not enjoy this film as much as 28 Days Later. I had a look after watching it to see that it had a different director and writer.

I felt like it was lots of running around, a lot more bloody and violent deaths for shock value and not a lot of story or time to connect with the main characters on screen.

There were some aspects of the film I did enjoy, but these were drowned out with my feeling grossed out by the violence. I feel that the violence particularly bothered me in this film, where I felt it was really amped up compared to the previous film. I felt the first film was able to create fear and tension without the need to shock the audience with unnecessarily violent onscreen deaths.

I’m hoping that I will like 28 Years Later where it is back to Danny Boyle as the Director and Alex Garland as the Writer from 28 Days Later.

Would not watch again