28 weeks later, the kids come home, but it isn't long before it becomes apparent the crisis isn't over. When their hideout is discovered by a group of infected, the cowardly Don runs off, assuming that Alice has been killed. The kids are in Spain during the outbreak, while Don and Alice are in hiding. Don (Robert Carlyle) and Alice (Catherine McCormack) have two children, Tammy (Imogen Poots) and Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton). Instead, we follow a new group of individuals from their first harrowing encounters with the infected during the initial terrorizing of Britain to their attempts to repopulate London six months later. What does it matter if a fight is well choreographed if the audience can't get a clear picture? (My complaint for the recently released The Condemned was similar.) In 28 Weeks Later, it's a source of frustration because I was interested in what was happening but the filmmaker's approach robbed me of the ability to appreciate any scene where there was a fight, chase, or other form of action.Ģ8 Weeks Later is a direct sequel to Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, although none of the characters from the first film have returned. It's a good way to cover mistakes and encourages laziness. Unfortunately, it has become increasingly more common. I wish this problem was restricted to 28 Weeks Later. I didn't realize a character had died until, a little later, it was apparent that person was no longer around. Also, the climactic struggle takes place in darkness, making it that much more difficult to decode the action. As if that wasn't bad enough, in the editing room, Fresnadillo ensured that no single shot lasted longer than about a second. Apparently, Fresnadillo believes that the proper way to film any action scene is to shake the camera violently and pan it wildly back and forth, thereby making it virtually impossible to figure out what's going on (and pushing viewers with motion sickness to the brink of voiding their stomachs). Sure, it's repetitious and much of it has been regurgitated from 2003's 28 Days Later, but it contains some interesting elements and offers enough gore that horror fans might have been able to enjoy it… if, that is, it wasn't for the stylistic approach employed by director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. In actuality, the screenplay for 28 Weeks Later isn't all that bad. Another week, another disappointing summer sequel.
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