28 Weeks Later

"When days turn to weeks..."

2007 1h 39m EN

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6.6

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6.8

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★6.6TMDB · 5,913🍅73%Rotten Tomatoes●78Metacritic★6.8IMDB · 351,377

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Synopsis

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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.

“When days turn to weeks...”

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Cast

Robert Carlyle
Donald Harris
Rose Byrne
Scarlet
Jeremy Renner
Sergeant Doyle
Harold Perrineau
Flynn
Catherine McCormack
Alice
Mackintosh Muggleton
Andy Harris
Imogen Poots
Tammy Harris
Idris Elba
General Stone

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Writers: Rowan Joffé, Jesús Olmo, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, Spain, United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.8× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: United Kingdom, Spain, United States of America.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Part of the "28 Days/Weeks/Years Later Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

CAST

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254+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, shot by Enrique Chediak. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Murphy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Chris Gill shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo directs. Enrique Chediak behind the camera. John Murphy scores. Chris Gill cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, Spain, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 4.8× over at the box office.
2Released 19 years ago.
3International production across 3 countries: United Kingdom, Spain, United States of America.
4Part of the "28 Days/Weeks/Years Later Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5254+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, shot by Enrique Chediak. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by John Murphy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Chris Gill shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Robert Carlyle and Rose Byrne and Jeremy Renner carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "When days turn to weeks...".
11IMDB entry: tt0463854 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 15 themes, including "dying and death", "london, england", "sibling relationship", "chaos".
13Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Enrique Chediak
Original score: John Murphy
Editing: Chris Gill
Production design: Mark Tildesley
Costume design: Jane Petrie
Makeup / hair: Jane Logan
VFX supervisor: Morgane Furio
Sound: Andrew Caller
Stunt coordinator: Julian Spencer
Runtime: 99 min · 1h 39m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $15,000,000
Box office: $72,304,846
Return: 482% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: 28 Weeks Later (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes: 73% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 78/100
IMDB rating: 6.8/10 · 351,377 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

3 wins & 16 nominations total

Part of

28 Days/Weeks/Years Later Collection

A post-apocalyptic horror film series focused on survivors of a blood-borne disease called Rage that turns the infected into mindless, zombie-like savages, the hordes of whom have decimated the population of Great Britain.

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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

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Andres Gomez2015-02-06
★ 4/10
Much worse than the original. It loses quite of the continuous tension. Many of the FX are bad quality. The script is really predictable and some scenes and conversations are too much of a cliche.
talisencrw2016-07-21
★ 8/10
This was a very good sequel to a fine zombie work (my favourite zombie film is STILL Jean Rollin's remarkable and extremely aesthetically-pleasing 'The Grapes of Death'), and I was very pleasantly surprised. Pardon the pun, but you would think that by this time, everything in the land of zombie movies would have been done to death, but I remain consistently admiring of just where the best and most thought-out renditions of the template can go. In THIS case, the most intriguing dynamic is a cowardly husband choosing his life rather than helping his wife out of a horrible crisis, then infanticide (or worse) of his own children, rather than face their wrath over the poor decision he had made. It's interestingly hilarious that when you think about it, humanity is doomed because a 12-year-old had to go back and get a picture of his mother, because he was afraid that without it, he would forget what she looked like...A surprisingly satisfying work, that for horror fans, is worth a purchase and rewatching. I'm admittedly more for classic films, from the 20's to 60's, but for contemporary horror cinema, I liked this a lot, especially Jeremy Renner and Imogen Poots. It's no surprise to me that they soon became superstars.
John Chard2019-10-09
★ 8/10
We have an outbreak of the infection in medical center. All units; safeties off. 28 Weeks Later is directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo who also co-writes with Rowan Joffe, Jesus Olmo and E. L. Lavigne. It stars Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack, Mackintosh Muggleton and Imogen Poots. Music is by John Murphy and cinematography by Enrique Chediak. Six months have passed since the Rage Virus decimated the UK, but now people are returning to London's District 1 with the U.S. Military overseeing the project. However, the Rage Virus can be carried in people with no outward symptoms. After the monster success of "28 Days Later" it was inevitable that a sequel would follow. With director/writer combo Danny Boyle and Alex Garland off making "Sunshine" with Cillian Murphy, the big players from the first film were missing (Boyle and Garland were Executive Producers here). There was reasonable cause for some concern that this would be the latest in a long line of horror sequels that, quite frankly, suck the big one. How great to find that not only is "Weeks" an excellent sequel, it also doesn't sit idle and copy Boyle's winning formula. The blood and ick factor is considerably amped up, as is the action (there's running, lots of running, guns, lots of guns, panic, lots of panic), but the writers have put intelligence into the writing by expanding on the Rage Virus victims as not just being an outwardly ferocious beast, and some topical smarts are spliced into the narrative with the presence of the American military "enforcing" the reconstruction of London. Also, with the film's central focus being on a splintered family, brilliantly set up by the breathtaking/horrifying opening 10 minutes, there's a mighty heft of humanism flowing in between the blood vomit and body shredding. Cast are mostly terrific, with Carlyle and the impressive young actors, Poots and Muggleton, leading the way. The American lads playing military men have to make do with slender written stock roles, but Byrne provides spunk and McCormack leaves an indelible mark in a small, but key, role. Fresnadillo (Intacto) ensures Boyle isn't missed in the director's chair, with a keen eye for action construction and an awareness of pacing for such a horror movie. While Murphy again scores with that knack for doom mongering beats. There's some missteps, logic at times goes out the window and in the case of Renner's character, outcome is a bit too much of a bitter pill to swallow. While dialogue at times shops at "Clichés "R" Us". But this is still a mighty fine thrill ride, often scary and stomach turning, and even flecked with emotional worth. On this evidence a part 3 would be most welcome. 8/10