28 Weeks Later is a 2007 British post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film, and sequel to the 2002 film 28 Days Later. The film was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, and was released in the United Kingdom and in the United States on 11 May 2007.
28 Days Later director Danny Boyle said in March 2005 that the sequel would feature a new cast, since previous cast members Cillian Murphy and Naomie Harris were occupied with their own projects. On 23 August 2006, Jeremy Renner was announced to portray Sgt. Doyle, one of the principal characters for 28 Weeks Later. On 31 August 2006, Harold Perrineau was announced to portray a US Special Forces pilot for the film.
On 1 September 2006, principal photography for 28 Weeks Later began in London. Locations used in London include: Isle of Dogs, Canary Wharf, Charing Cross, Charing Cross tube station, CityPoint, Greenwich Foot Tunnel, Hyde Park, Wembley Stadium, Millenium Stadium, Parliament Square, Shaftesbury Avenue, Therapia Road, and Three Mills Island Studios and also White Cliffs of Dover,. The film's final scene was filmed on Palais de Chaillot in Paris.
The film was filmed on 35mm film and concluded late November 2006. Scenes involving Andy and Tammy running away from District 1 were filmed early in the morning.
28 Weeks Later garnered generally positive reviews. The film has been praised for being "exciting, action-packed and superbly directed thriller that more than lives up to the original film" and "28 Weeks Later is brutal and almost exhaustingly terrifying. It is also bracingly smart, both in its ideas and in its techniques". The film has generated a rating of 71% on Rotten Tomatoes with 98 positive reviews and 42 negative reviews. The film made $9.8 million in its opening weekend, coming in second place at the box-office, well behind Spider-Man 3. As of July 12, 2007 the film has grossed $28,500,445 in the USA and $23,721,460 in other countries and the UK bringing the worldwide total to $52,221,905.
Reviewers have commented on parallels between the film's plot and the U.S.-led 2003 invasion of Iraq and the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York.Wikipedia
