28 Weeks Later

Infobox Film
name = 28 Weeks Later


director = Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
producer = Andrew Macdonald
Allon Reich
Enrique Lopez-Lavigne
Danny Boyle
Alex Garland
writer = Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Enrique Lopez-Lavigne
Rowan Joffe
Jesús Olmo
starring = Robert Carlyle
Rose Byrne
Jeremy Renner
Harold Perrineau
Catherine McCormack
Idris Elba
Imogen Poots
Mackintosh Muggleton
Amanda Walker
music = John Murphy
cinematography = Enrique Chediak
editing = Chris Gill
distributor = Fox Atomic
released = United Kingdom: 11 May, 2007 United States: 11 May 2007
runtime = 99 min.
country = UK
awards = 2 wins
language = English
budget =
gross = $64,227,835£32,113,424(worldwide)
preceded_by = "28 Days Later"
followed_by = "28 Months Later"
website = http://www.foxinternational.com/28weekslater/
amg_id = 1:355446
imdb_id = 0463854

"28 Weeks Later" is a 2007 British post-apocalyptic horror film, and sequel to the 2002 film "28 Days Later". The film was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, and was released in the United Kingdom and in the United States on May 11, 2007. It was mostly filmed in London, with some scenes also being filmed in the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff. [cite web|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23393642-details/London,+four+years+after+28+days+later/article.do | title="This is London - 28 Weeks Later" | accessdate=2008-04-23]

Plot

Don (Robert Carlyle) and his wife Alice (Catherine McCormack) prepare dinner for their group of survivors in a heavily reinforced cottage somewhere in rural, Rage virus–infected Britain. As they eat their meal, they suddenly hear a young boy banging on the door begging to be let in. At first they argue not to open it due to the rage virus' outbreak. Don opens the door to let the child inside, who says he is from Sandford and has been fleeing his parents who are now "infected". Moments later, a pack of the Infected discover the hideout and break in, quickly overwhelming the group. Alice refuses to leave without the boy; Don abandons Alice and escapes in a boat, emerging as the sole survivor.

Britain is quarantined.

Over the course of 28 weeks, the Infected have all died of starvation and Britain is declared relatively safe again. The process proceeds throughout the weeks.

An American-led NATO force begins repopulating the country with both old and new residents. The chief medical officer of District 1, Major Scarlet Ross (Rose Byrne), is startled by the sudden arrival of children. Among the children are Tammy (Imogen Poots) and Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton), Don and Alice's children who were in Spain during the initial outbreak. At 12 years old, Andy is the youngest person in Britain, and during their subsequent medical inspection, Ross notes Andy's heterochromia, a trait he inherited from his mother. Andy and Tammy are subsequently admitted to District 1, a heavily-reinforced, fully functional section of London on the Isle of Dogs guarded by the United States Army, including a detachment from Delta acting as a rooftop unit observation team. With them are a sergeant, Doyle (Jeremy Renner), and an observation helicopter pilot, Flynn (Harold Perrineau). The children are reunited with their father Don, who is now head caretaker of the district. Inside their new penthouse, Don tearfully recounts his escape, saying that Alice was killed by the Infected, but misrepresents the truth, saying that he witnessed Alice's death, to hide the fact that he fled and abandoned her to her fate.

The next day, the two children slip out of the safe zone to return to their old home, where Andy discovers Alice, disheveled but alive. Andy and Tammy are recaptured by the US Army while Alice is decontaminated. A blood test reveals that she is infected with the Rage virus, but not displaying any symptoms, labeling her an asymptomatic carrier, as evidenced by her eye. Though Ross wants to keep Alice alive to seek a possible vaccine or cure, she is overruled by her superior, who wants Alice killed to prevent a further outbreak of Rage.

Don visits his children in a holding room, where they confront him about his version of Alice's death. He then visits Alice in her isolation cell, and asks for forgiveness, which she seemingly does, but then they kiss; the Rage virus in her saliva immediately infects Don, much to Alice's horror. Now an Infected, he brutally kills her and goes on the prowl in District 1, attacking and infecting soldiers.

The outbreak forces the area into lockdown. All the civilians are quarantined into a safe room, which Don forces his way into, and begins to infect the confined civilians. Ross manages to rescue Tammy and Andy from containment, and they flee together as chaos spreads to the streets. Doyle and the soldiers are ordered to shoot the Infected, but the chaos escalates into "Code Red": a general extermination of the populace. The soldiers began shooting everyone due to the execution of code red. Doyle, unable to bring himself to comply with the order, abandons his post and escapes with Ross and the children in the underground tunnel. District 1 is then incinerated, killing most of the populace and some of the infected. The napalming of District 1 incinerates Alice's body. Meanwhile, large numbers of the Infected, including Don, escape the initialized bombardment, occupying the city.

Stopping to rendezvous with Flynn's helicopter at the derelict remains of Regent's Park, Ross informs Doyle that the key to curing infection is in the children, who may have the same immunity as their mother. Flynn arrives by helicopter to pick up Doyle, but refuses to take anyone else, citing that they would be blown out of the air if he attempts to break the Code Red protocol. Suddenly, one member of the group grabs on to the helicopter skids, screaming at Flynn to take him with him. Flynn attempts to shake him off the helicopter, Flynn then sweeps over approaching Infected, killing them with the rotor blades, and dislodging the man. He then tells Doyle to head to Wembley Stadium, and Doyle heads off with his group of civilians. The group breaks into an abandoned car to escape the Infected and the clouds of chemical gas being vented into the city by the military. In the process of starting the car by pushing it, Doyle is killed by soldiers with NBC suits and flamethrowers. Ross drives into the London Underground to evade a pursuing Apache helicopter, where she, armed with one of Doyle's rifles, and the children continue on foot. She tries to guide their way with the night vision mode on the rifle's optic. When they are separated, Ross is ambushed and killed by Don, who has followed them. Don attacks Andy and bites him. Tammy shoots Don and saves Andy from death, though he is infected with the Rage virus. Andy remains symptom-free like his mother, though his eye turns the same as his mother's was after infection. The children continue to Wembley Stadium and are picked up by a reluctant Flynn, who flies them across the English Channel to France. While flying, they see the incinerated District 1 and the remains of London.

Another 28 days later, someone calls for help over the radio of Flynn’s helicopter, which turns out to be abandoned in a field. A group of Infected are shown running through a subway exit, the Palais de Chaillot toward the Eiffel Tower, revealing that the Rage virus has spread to mainland Europe.

Cast

In March 2007, Boyle announced plans to create a third chapter of the film franchise, which will be given the title "28 Months Later" with a 2009 release date. [cite news | first=| last= | url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/film/1644 | title= Bloody Disgusting | date=2007-06-27 | accessdate=2007-07-16 ] Boyle has stated that his thoughts are to set the movie in Russia. [cite news | first=| last= | url=http://www.beyondhollywood.com/danny-boyle-is-considering-28-weeks-later-sequel/ | title= BeyondHollywood.com | date=2007-07-17 | accessdate=2007-08-13 ] In June 2007, it was announced that if DVD sales of the film did well Fox Atomic would consider producing the third film. [cite news | first=| last= | url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9228 | title= Bloody Disgusting | date=2007-06-27 | accessdate=2007-07-16 ]

In July 2007, while promoting "Sunshine", Boyle revealed that he has a story formulating for the next film. "There is an idea for the next one, something which would move [the story] on. I've got to think about it, whether it's right or not." Boyle also revealed that he would return as the director. [cite news | first=| last= | url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1564535/20070711/story.jhtml | title= MTV | date=2007-07-16 | accessdate=2007-07-16 ]

oundtrack

The trailer for this film featured the song "Want" by Witchman. "Shrinking Universe" by Muse was used in the second part of the trailer.

References

External links

* [http://www.foxinternational.com/28weekslater/ "Official Site"]
*imdb title|id=0463854|title=28 Weeks Later
*rotten-tomatoes|id=28_weeks_later|title=28 Weeks Later
*" [http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/28weekslater 28 Weeks Later...] " at MetaCritic
* [http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_atomic/28weekslater/ "28 Weeks Later" Trailer] at Apple.com
* [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809748477/photo/stills Production photos] at Yahoo!