28 Weeks Later (2007)

Six months after the events of '28 Days Later' and the rage virus decimated the British Isles, the US Army declares the country virus free.An area of London has been cordoned off by the Army and the area is slowly repopulated, little do they know that a hidden carrier of the virus enters the safe zone.....

I have to admit I thought the prequel 28 Days Later was a good horror film, not great, but one I enjoyed at the time but with no real sense of urgency to revisit the film.This though blew me away from the very first 5 or 10 minutes, this is one full on blood and guts horror roller-coaster, great action scenes, strong acting and some real gory scenes (the helicopter attack had me leaping from my seat)

The film looks great too, great scenes of London abandoned except heavily armed Soldiers, burnt out cars and piles of rubbish strewn across the streets.Some of the fx are spellbinding, the aforementioned helicopter attack, jets fire-bombing and gassing the streets to kill carriers and non-carriers of the rage virus, a deserted dilapidated new Wembley and as for the ending.....the icing on the cake!!

*****