But, the virus breaks out again - you knew it was going to happen. The military is back on their kill-them-all policy, forcing citizens to flee from both the infected and the soldiers. Don oversees the infrastructure of a fortified "green zone" established for preliminary resettlement.

Fresnadillo, who wrote the script with Rowan Joffe and Jesus Olmo, provokes the thought that 28 Weeks is a commentary about our war in Iraq: Don's family life, for example, eerily resembles that of war-scarred Iraqis currently living under an American military presence.

The performances are fine, particularly Poots and Muggleton, who are effective as the two kids. There isn't much in the way of character development but Robert Carlyle makes the most of his underwritten character, and Lost's Harold Perrineau turns up as a helicopter pilot in a situation similar to a Grindhouse scene.

Many things happen in 28 Weeks Later, with a few entertaining scenes involving the military’s attempt to exterminate the spreading virus. Action scenes aside, the movie doesn't have the same bite as the original. By the time 28 Weeks Later figures out where its going it becomes pretty evident that the movie only exists as a setup for a third installment.