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Director:
Writers:
Rowan Joffe (screenplay) &
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
11 May 2007 (USA) more
Tagline:
It All Begins Again more
Plot:
Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes to plan. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(9 articles)
Hard Knocks for 'Pirates'
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 5 June 2007)
Knock, Knock. Who's There? Pirates. Pirates Who?
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 4 June 2007)
User Comments:
a good sequel of a decent horror movie more (625 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Robert Carlyle | ... | Don | |
| Catherine McCormack | ... | Alice | |
| Rose Byrne | ... | Scarlet | |
| Jeremy Renner | ... | Doyle | |
| Harold Perrineau | ... | Flynn | |
| Idris Elba | ... | Stone | |
| Imogen Poots | ... | Tammy | |
| Mackintosh Muggleton | ... | Andy | |
| Amanda Walker | ... | Sally | |
| Shahid Ahmed | ... | Jacob | |
| Garfield Morgan | ... | Geoff | |
| Emily Beecham | ... | Karen | |
| Beans El-Balawi | ... | Boy in Cottage (as Beans Balawi) | |
| Meghan Popiel | ... | DLR Soldier | |
| Stewart Alexander | ... | Military Officer |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
28 semanas después (Spain)
28 semaines plus tard (Belgium: French title) (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
28 veckor senare (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
Exterminio 2 (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
28 Uger Senere (Denmark) (DVD title) [da]
28 Wochen später (Germany) [de]
28 evdomades meta (Greece) [el]
28 héttel késöbb (Hungary) [hu]
28 hafta sonra (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
28 nädalat hiljem (Estonia) [et]
28 nedel spustya... (Russia) [ru]
28 settimane dopo (Italy) [it]
28 tjedana kasnije (Croatia) [hr]
28 tjedana poslije (Croatia) [hr]
28 viikkoa myöhemmin (Finland) [fi]
Extermínio 2 (Brazil) [pt]
The Slaughter (Germany) (DVD title) [de]
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and gore, language and some sexuality/nudity.
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Runtime:
99 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Ireland:16 (theatrical rating) | UK:18 | Singapore:R21 | Hong Kong:IIB | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Australia:MA | Singapore:M18 (edited version) | Malaysia:18SG | USA:R (certificate #43475) | New Zealand:R18 | Germany:18 | Argentina:16 | Ireland:18 (DVD rating) | Mexico:C | Norway:18 | Brazil:18 | France:-12 (with warning) | South Africa:18 | Finland:K-18 | Chile:14 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Taiwan:R-12 (original rating) | Sweden:15 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-13 | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | Iceland:16 | Italy:VM14 | India:A (cinema release)
Filming Locations:
Aldwych Underground Station, Aldwych, Holborn, London, England, UK more
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Fun Stuff
Trivia:
The farm that Don and Alice hide out in the start of the film is the same farm that appears in Children of Men (2006). more
Goofs:
Factual errors: At Charing Cross station, during Don and Scarlet's showdown, a Jubilee Line train is on the platform. The Jubilee Line hasn't stopped at Charing Cross since 1999. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Donald Harris:
What are you going to cook?
Alice:
Your favorite.
Donald Harris:
What, again?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "To kokkino domatio: Prasini karta: Part 4 (#3.17)" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
In The House - In A Heartbeat more
FAQ
Why does Stone say that Rage cannot jump species; didn't it jump from apes to humans in the first scene of the first film?Does the title refer to 28 weeks after the last film or 28 weeks after the original outbreak?
What's the music playing when Don runs away at the beginning--and then two more times in the film?
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European horror movies used to be theatrical, low-budget and suffering from it, and badly edited. Like its predecessor, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later is nothing like that. I must say this is one of the best horror movies I have seen (and I have seen hundreds), for a number of reasons. Although the movie does juggle many clichés, it does so kind of skillfully, so that you can really expect to be surprised. Most importantly, however, the sequel is as good as the original, which is the greatest surprise of all in the horror genre.
The main gimmick here, like in the original, is a mix of the zombie theme and the killer virus theme. The zombies here are extremely hyped-up, not doped, and instead of being bent on eating the flesh of the living, they behave like rage-driven human beings stripped completely of their superego and ego, and left with the instinct to fight (and yes, as it's the result of a scientific experiment gone bad, the movie can be considered sci-fi). Perhaps due to the fact that this is an European movie, we get something markedly different from the Resident Evil franchise - here, in placed of Resident Evil's focus on showcasing pretty actresses and made-up high-tech, we are treated to a foreboding feeling of isolation and powerlessness in face of helplessness and doom. We get to see normal, everyday people and faces struggling to survive, when practically everyone around them can quickly become the embodiment of evil and destruction. 28 Weeks Later focuses a little more on some action elements than, say, on the question of how long people can uphold their morality and respect for their fellow woman in such peril, but still, this movie stands proudly as a horror flick. And, like I said, it is different - with its crisp visuals (unlike the music-video lushness of a lot of Hollywood film scare), haunting and memorable music and unaffected performances. There are some loopholes in the plot, of course (e.g. really not enough few safety precautions on the part of the military for such a dangerous epidemic potential), but the movie runs smoothly throughout, and even the child actors deliver.
There are better movies with a similar feel (such as Children of Men), but as a sequel to a decent horror movie, 28 Weeks Later certainly stands out. By the way, I think that watching 28 Weeks Later will be an especially scary experience for Londoners, as most of it is set in London. Londoners, beware.