78
Metascore
34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The Hollywood ReporterRay BennettThe Hollywood ReporterRay BennettA ferociously entertaining thriller with sympathetic characters, stunning set pieces and pulsating excitement.
- 90VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyA full-bore zombie romp that more than delivers the genre goods.
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsSwift, vicious and grimly imaginative, the zombie film 28 Weeks Later exceeds its predecessor, "28 Days Later," in every way.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumExcels at creating a keen, creepy sense of a civilization stopped dead in its tracks -- vaporized, almost, except for those disemboweled bodies left still undisposed.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinBlistering and nihilistic--a vision to reduce you to a puddle of despair.
- 80EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanBigger action, more amazing deserted (and devastated) London sequences and biting contemporary relevance, if a touch less heart than the original.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe sequel trumps its predecessor for sustained doomsday gloom and suggests this might be the man to adapt Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel The Road.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovWhile 28 Weeks Later ultimately falls shy of classic status (it's no Panic in Year Zero!), there are several hard-to-shake scenes -- nightmare visions, really -- that reveal the infected populace to be far less dangerous to the fabric of a civilized society than, perhaps, the very notion of civilization itself.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames Berardinelli"28 Days Later," while not terribly original, was suspenseful and involving. 28 Weeks Later is neither. The characters aren't as sympathetic or interesting.
- 50Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanDeals with emotional concerns for half an hour. Then it turns into a mindless bloodfest, where it's impossible to care which characters end on the zombie gore-gasbord.