28 Weeks Later

Twenty-eight weeks after the spread of a deadly rage virus, the inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught, as the virus has killed everyone there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the Isles, convinced the danger has passed. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.

A muscular, viscerally effective horror sequel that trades its predecessor's intimate dread for large-scale military disaster, earning wide respect for its craft and sustained tension while dividing critics over whether its political allegory cuts deep or merely gestures, and whether its stylistic aggression illuminates or obscures. The opening sequence is almost universally praised as a high-water mark; the film's second and third acts are where opinion fractures, with some finding relentless escalation and others finding a descent into videogame logic and carnage-for-its-own-sake.