Written by Rowan Joffe, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, JesГєs Olmo, E.L.

Starring Catherine McCormack, Robert Carlyle, Imogen Poots, Mackintosh Muggleton, Idris Elba This is first-rate entertainment, and a welcome gift for those of us who waited four years for another вЂњ28 Days.вЂќ If it lacks some of the originalвЂ™s depth, so be it. Frantically paced and maddeningly tense, вЂњ28 Weeks LaterвЂќ is a worthy sequel, terrifying in its simplicity. It works on that level, too, but FresnadilloвЂ™s film is slightly less ambitious - more than anything, it aims to deliver a serious shock to the system.ДЄnd it succeeds. Fresnadillo borrows liberally from BoyleвЂ™s original - the frenetic camerawork remains, as does John MurphyвЂ™s haunting score.Д«ut for all its political undertones, вЂњ28 WeeksвЂќ isnвЂ™t nearly as devoted to social satire as its predecessor. ItвЂ™s a gloomy, horrifying journey, uncompromisingly bleak in its depiction of a post-apocalyptic world governed by self-serving nihilism. The rest of вЂњ28 WeeksвЂќ follows Tammy and Andy through the abandoned city, aided by two Americans who canвЂ™t bring themselves to execute the ArmyвЂ™s final solution. Their actions unleashed a rage-inducing virus upon the world. When she resurfaces, carrying the virus but showing few of its telltale symptoms, the mayhem begins in earnest. This particular British zombie mess started in 28 Days Later when animal-rights activistsmore concerned about the forced captivity of a diseased monkey than with the wellbeing of the populace of Londonbroke into a lab and set frothing animals free. Don is overseeing the resettlement of the green zone while struggling to hold his family together, despite the noticeable absence of his wife (Catherine McCormack), who is presumed dead. ThatвЂ™s bad news for Don (Robert Carlyle, of вЂњTrainspottingвЂќ) and his children, Tammy (Imogen Poots) and Andy (newcomer Mackintosh Muggleton). In Danny BoyleвЂ™s вЂњ28 Days Later,вЂќ those soldiers were British mercenaries who embraced their basest instincts a bit too readily here, in the hands of writer-director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (вЂњIntactoвЂќ), they are Americans who transform London into an inferno when their plan to contain the virus backfires. Subtle itвЂ™s not, but вЂњ28 Weeks LaterвЂќ is, like its formidable predecessor, a scathing indictment of human nature that directs its cynical anger at soldiers who would just as soon slaughter their charges as protect them. And, as usual, the Americans have no exit strategy, save for destroying the city and all its inhabitants. The infected - ravenous zombies with an uncontrollable bloodlust - still patrol the countryside, always threatening to infiltrate the вЂњgreen zoneвЂќ designated for survivors. AmericaвЂ™s global police face one of their most harrowing missions todate in вЂњ28 Weeks Later,вЂќ charged with restoring order in London seven months after the outbreak of the deadly (and highly communicable) Rage virus.

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