28 Weeks Later

About 28 Weeks Later

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.

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. 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; a panicked 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. An American-led NATO force begins repopulating the country with both old and new residents. Chief medical officer 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. 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 in the Docklands guarded by the United States Army, including Sergeant Doyle (Jeremy Renner) and helicopter pilot Flynn (Harold Perrineau). They 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 he misrepresents the truth, saying that he witnessed Alice's death, to hide the fact that he fled and abandonded 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, dishevelled 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 bloodshot 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.