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28 Weeks Later DIRECTED BY JUAN CARLOS FRESNADILLO RELEASED: 2007 Why's it so good? This is another one of those sequels that works because it changes up the formula. So instead of a tiny band on the run from a zombie - sorry, infected - plague that has already spread, we get to see the plague vector work its way through a small, enclosed community. Also, somebody chops up Infected with helicopter rotors, and that's always fun.

How does it stack up to the original? It's not as good, boasting neither the shock factor of an empty London nor quite such a tightly-structured plot. And this time a specific member of the Infected keeps popping up like a bogeyman, chasing the child protagonists across London in a way that just doesn't square with the whole mindless rage thing. Still, some good shocks and scares along the way. Glaring error: The London geography's all over the place: the kids escape the Isle of Dogs by sneaking over a bridge that's, er, in the Isle of Dogs. GAP BETWEEN SEQUEL AND ORIGINAL: 54 MONTHS 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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