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Posted on Saturday, June 2nd, 2007 3:42:31 GMT by: quietearth
Posted under: post apocalyptic movie review
Year: 2007
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Writers: Rowan Joffe, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Jesus Olmo
Cataclysm type: Virus
IMDB entry: IMDB
Trailer: link
Amazon link: link
Post apocalyptic concentration: 6 out of 10
"Mad Max" level: 0 out of 10
Review by: quietearth
Rating: 7 out of 10
Key Characters:
Don (Robert Carlyle)
Scarlet (Rose Byrne)
Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton)
Tammy (Imogen Poots)
Major Scarlet (Rose Byrne)
Doyle (Jeremy Renner)
Flynn (Harold Perrineau)

Overview:
15 days later: Mainland Britain is quarantined. 28 days later: Mainland Britain has been destroyed by the rage virus. 5 weeks later: The infected have died of starvation. 11 weeks later: An American led NATO force enters London. 18 weeks later: Mainland britain is declared free of infection. 24 weeks later: Reconstruction begins. 28 weeks later: Repatriation begins.

The Story:
The movie starts off during the middle of the rage virus with a few survivors in a small cottage with the windows boarded up. Two of these are a husband and wife, Don and Scarlet. A boy knocks on the door and they let him in, but he is soon followed by the infected who break into the house. Don leaves his wife behind and is the only one to get out alive, escaping in a motor boat down a canal.

He ends up in the Isle of Dogs, a zone secured by the American led NATO force. His children, who were out of the country on a school trip when the virus hit, are brought back in as part of the repatriation efforts. But there's something Don isn't telling them about their mother.

There is a massive military presence, especially when contained in the "green zone" where the civilians live, even including snipers on the buildings. Although they have been warned not to leave this secured area, Andy and Tammy sneak out to go find their old house. Andy wants a picture of his mother. On the way out Doyle, who is one of the snipers, spots him and radios the two strays in. This is where the fun begins.

The Rating:
Based on the first movie I was expecting a lot more. The storyline was so short, and they could have done a lot more with it. I do have to say that the ending is really, really good. Hopefully they continue this series as it has a lot of potential. I'm giving it a 7 because of it's need for more storyline, and while some might argue it should get a lesser rating, I'm keeping it here based on the first one.

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