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Added note (SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT READ ON IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE ENDING!!!): the bizarre critics claiming that this film portrays the U.S. military as a greater "threat" than the rage virus seem to have totally misunderstood the film. Those claiming that the film portrays U.S. intervention as a great evil don't know what they're talking about. Protecting the woman in the film who is genetically resistant to the rage virus CAUSES the new outbreak, just as failing to contain the protagonists who escape CAUSES it to spread to France. The military, then, was right after all. If the military commander got his way in having the virus-resistant mother killed towards the beginning of the film then all the lives of everyone else who dies in the film would have been spared. That is this film's brilliance, that it gets you the viewer to root for the survival and escape of people who really, in the better interest of the world, need to be stopped. <
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>Now for the review: Yep, this is a rarity; a horror sequel that's not bad at all. In fact, the film does nicely building suspense sequence upon suspense sequence, ratcheting up the anti as it goes along. The prolonged chase/escape sequence is nicely done; even reminiscent of some of John Carpenter's best work. Unfortunately, horror elements aside (which are all great), the film as a whole is extremely disjointed, and doesn't really have an "ending" so much as it just stop abruptly and the credits start rolling. Disappointingly, this seems to have been done to set up another sequel. Oh well, for what it is, 28 Weeks Later does not let us down.

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So tell me which one was better???
Some say that sequels are at a disadvantage to the movie going public because they take a franchise and turn the familiar and beloved into some sort of bastardized version of what got people to shell out about $10 each to see it on the big screen. Examples are Tx Chainsaw, Jaws, Batman, Superman, Ghostbusters (most of you under 30 or so won't be familiar with the term "Ghostbuster"), etc. <
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>Don't forget though Sequels usually make more money that the originals. <
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>The upside is that it's possible to take characters and/or situations you have enjoyed in the past and play kind of a "what if ..." type scenario that expands the original idea and provides more insight into the original. Thus letting you the purchaser of tickets savor the story you have grown to love ie Harry Potter. Examples would be Spiderman (thank you so much Sam), Blade, Die Hard,X-Men,Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Man with No Name Eastwood movies, aaaaaannnnnnddddddd 28 weeks later. <
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>If you liked the first one it seems like you would like this one because it takes several of the ideas from the original and presents a "what if ..." scenario. The difference in the sequels that suck versus the sequels that soar is often the story. Does the sequel REALLY try to extend the 1st story, or is it simply a money making scheme from the film industry. Let's be smart here; Hollywood is about money and the people writing the checks to get on screen what you see on screen want their money back with interest. <
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>There are other things that make a "successful" movies vs a "box office flop". Timing of release (Grindhouse) making the movie match the trailer (Primeval) and of course portaying the subject matter in a way that others relate to and become emotionally attached to (300). <
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>Now what would one do to make a successful "Zombie" movie in 2007, roughly 40 years after the idea really took off. <
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>How do you rethink what was a rethink or the whole "zombie" idea to start with. In fact, the fiends here aren't zombies, but "The Infected". <
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>What if you take say a virus that spreads like wildfire dooming you and all those around you that you love and it is secretly being made by government funded research firms. <
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>This virus, once released into the general population, is "fixed" by the military, which last time I checked, is also funded by the government. The way the military fixes things is by doing their job: killing people and breaking stuff (no stab at the military here, thank God you're out there protecting my children, putting your own children at risk because of how you understand that freedom is paid in blood). <
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>Thus the govt has needlessly killed all these many people for absolutely no reason other than to find out how it feels to play God and there's noone to control these mad tyrants. <
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>Fear of being alone, fear of the dark, fear of the government, fear of the military, fear of having your throat ripped out by the closest one to you. Danny Boyle and his team are brilliant. The truth about control is often a situation only fools believe in. <
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>This one may not be your favorite of the 2 so far. If you hate sequels then you probably aren't going to like whatever comes next from this franchise. And it IS a franchise. <
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>Please check out the comic/graphic novel related to this series if you want the story to be explained further. Questions like what happened in that 28 days before Jim woke up are answered. Who would make something like "Rage" and WHY for God'sake would they try to make it anyway. Was there anyone else working on the "Rage" project. What happened to the monkeys. Why don't "the infected" just tear each other apart, seems like a vicious circle if that were the case; infected 1 sees infected 2 they fight wounding each other mortally and die in the lab, end of story. Where did the jet Jim sees and at the end of the film come from? How did anyone survive the initial outbreak of "Rage", I mean if it's just on the U K Island, the military nukes the island; saving coutless lives at the cost of several thousands. <
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>Oh, I'm sorry was I raving, to quote a great line from Exorcist 3. <
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>Watch the movie, the first 6 minutes of the movie are absolutely incredible!!!! The moment when John decides who he is saving in the upstairs room ... the guy should win an award just for that one single moment when you see the look on his face and know he has to figure out in nanoseconds what is most important to him in life ... it makes me shiver and say "by the grace of God go I". Iknow I've watched the 6 minute opening on youtube at least 20 or so times just to see that expression on John's face and be able to read his thoughts.

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An unworth sucessor to a great original
Danny Boyle reinvented the Zombie genre with "28 Days Later" but this sequel does a disservice to the original. The moment you realize the plot involves children-in-peril you know the story is headed in the wrong direction. Would the US government really allow children to settle in a highly dangerous compound? Well, maybe yes, but only in a movie that disregards plausibility. If security of the compound is so critical, would it be that easy for the children to escape the quarantine? This leads to one of the most incredible coincidences in movie history, followed by what can only be described as "cinematic-stupids" when the most dangerous prisoner in the compound is left unguarded. Its better to savour the original than watch this mess of a movie.