28 Weeks Later

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28 Weeks Later

R

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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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

08/22/2007

3/4

It's an exciting, well-directed thriller that, while providing more than enough action and gore to satisfy genre fans, also offers the political commentary that has characterized zombie movies.

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Rex Reed

Observer

06/20/2007

There isn't much acting here, but there is entirely too much vomiting, and the prose turns laughably purple, too.

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

05/21/2007

Even though I knew the scares were coming, I jumped out of my seat a few times.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

Oct 11

[Director] Fresnadillo drives the scenes of zombie mayhem with a jumpy camera and a fractured editing style that adds a sense of panic to the chaos, as if seen through the terror-stricken perspective of an adrenaline-laced bystander.

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Noah Berlatsky

Everything is Horrible (Substack)

Sep 2

Screenwriter Alex Garland’s willingness to get weirder and more mean-spirited in his follow-up is an unusual and admirable choice.

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Andrew Dignan

In Review Online

06/20/2025

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.

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Alex G

@RT15582241 Jul 19

Possibly my favorite zombie movie.

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diogo13 T

@Tua_mera Jul 12

O começo do filme foi ótimo, mas o resto foi um desastre.

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Mickey B.

@Mickerdoo Jun 20

I liked the outbreak, the immunity potential, Renner and Byrne. Still striking to see public places vacant.

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F00ghters R

@RT47077150 Jun 18

On it's own not a terrible movie but feels incredibly weak compared to the original "28 days later" and lacks depth in the plot.

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Nicole James I

@RT24140888 Jun 14

Poor acting for some of the main characters. The actions made in the movie were frustratingly annoying; the kids took the cake for this one. Dumb officers WITH GUNS in the lab getting bitten and chewed by ONE RAGE? Kids going to their house in the first place (no tight security)? Unsecured containment zone? Very illogically frustrating and dumb movie. Wish I could rate it lower.

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Ian S

@RT48225084 May 29

Good cast with not a lot to do. Renner was probably the pick of the actors. A few effective early scenes and a mind boggling scene later with a helicopter but overall a pretty patchy sequel. It also reiterated, as seen in real life with the Covid outbreak, that human selfishness and stupidity effects everyone, especially during a pandemic. Watchable at best.

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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: Enrique López Lavigne, Allon Reich, Andrew Macdonald
Screenwriter: Rowan Joffe, Jesús Olmo
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)