It's a delicate tight-wire act for any sequel to attempt, and even if '28 Weeks Later' is not a superior film to '28 Days Later,' it's certainly one of the better follow-ups in recent memory.Īs the sequel's plot takes quite a few twists and turns, I won't spoil much of it with plot recap. But how do you continue a story that saw just about the entire world overrun by infected zombies? It says a great deal about '28 Weeks Later' that it manages to both extend the original's storyline in a fairly believable, coherent way, but also expand the depth and scope of its themes. Rare for a genre film, '28 Days Later' was also well-received both critically and commercially, and the film - shot for a paltry $8 million - went on to gross nearly $85 million worldwide.Īlthough '28 Days Later' worked just fine as a self-contained, one-shot deal, given its tidy gross, a sequel was probably inevitable.
It was a bloody, violent, scary little sleeper, and finally zombie fans had reason to celebrate. Instead, the film re-imagined the concept for a post-9/11 world flush with fears of terrorism, military imperialism and medical technology run amok. Danny Boyle's tense and kinetic action-horror fest was one of the few post-George Romero zombie flicks to successfully jettison the long-stale formula of shuffling corpses attacking dumb suburbanites in farmhouses.
Released in 2003, ' 28 Days Later' was a breath of fresh air for the zombie genre.
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