Carlyle does an excellent job of showing how Don’s priorities shift. 28 Days Later created a family unit through the union of Jim ( Cillian Murphy), Selena ( Naomie Harris), and young Hannah ( Megan Burns), but 28 Weeks Later rips one apart through the introduction of Don’s teenage daughter, Tammy ( Imogen Poots), and younger son, Andy ( Mackintosh Muggleton).
RELATED: The 40 Best Horror Movies of the 2000sĬarlyle exhausts himself emotionally early on, but perhaps even more crushing than the visceral sight of his escape is the moment Don breaks the news to his children of their mother’s death, lying about his role in her demise. It’s an unthinkable scenario that forces Don to face two split-second decisions is he willing to let a stranger die in order to save his wife, and is he willing to let his wife die to save himself? Don gets no time to consider the decisions in front of him, and he’s forced to face the ramifications of his inaction over the course of the film. Zombie cinema is at its best when focusing on the moral dilemmas characters face when risking their own survival, and Robert Carlyle’s protagonist, Don, is brilliantly introduced in a flashback where he’s forced to abandon his wife when she tries to save a young boy from a group of infected. The opening sequence alone alerts viewers that they’re in for an intense thrill ride. Like 28 Days Later, it feels all the more prophetic in the pandemic era, boasting its own set of memorable characters and terrifying set-pieces. At first glance, the prospects for the sequel weren’t promising.īut 28 Weeks Later is a perfect conclusion to a terrifying double feature, retaining the same frantic pacing and distinguished style of Boyle’s work while expanding the searing commentary of government and military responses to a global health crisis. Filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo stepped in as director, but his script-co-written with Rowan Joffé, Enrique López-Lavigne, and Jesus Olmo-would follow an entirely different cast of characters. Boyle was out, choosing instead to work on the sci-fi epic Sunshine, another collaboration with screenwriter Alex Garland. Understandably, expectations were high for the follow-up, 28 Weeks Later.
Romero's Night of the Living Dead, but Boyle's innovative take on a 21st-Century post-apocalypse emerged as a worthy contender. All zombie movies have to live in the long shadow of George A. Boyle’s fly-on-the-wall perspective, released during the dawn of digital innovation, became an instant classic because of its humanist drama and biting political allusions.
28 Days Later, director Danny Boyle’s terrifying vision of London in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse, immediately sparked renewed interest in the genre when it debuted in 2002.
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