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Of the latter genre, one high-profile and heart-pumping recent addition to the Disney Plus library is “28 Weeks Later.” The second installment of the acclaimed “28 Days” horror franchise, it’s a gloriously gory movie that’s definitely made for adults (sorry, kids!).

So, before checking out the franchise’s “brilliant” latest chapter, “28 Years Later,” in theaters now, give its 2007 post-apocalyptic predecessor a thrilling revisit on Disney Plus.
What is ’28 Weeks Later’ about?

28 Weeks Later (2007) Trailer #1 | Idris Elba, Jeremy Renner – YouTube

The sequel to Danny Boyle’s classic “28 Days Later” picks up six months (or 28 weeks, get it?) after the original epidemic, with the military having declared Britain safe from the so-called “Rage Virus.”
However, once survivors and refugees start to move back to the United Kingdom to heavily guarded districts, they face the horrifying realization that not only is the virus not gone, but it’s even more dangerous than before.
Not long after, an asymptomatic carrier of the airborne virus turns into thousands of infected. Things quickly and disastrously spiral out of control all over again.
Among those fighting to survive the zombie outbreak are our protagonist Don Harris (Robert Carlyle), his wife Alice (Catherine McCormack) and his two kids Tammy (Imogen Poots) and Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton); US medical officer Scarlet (Rose Byrne); Delta Force sniper Doyle (Jeremy Renner); military helicopter pilot Flynn (Harold Perrineau); and US general Stone (Idris Elba).
’28 Weeks Later’ is a must-watch right now on Disney Plus

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Though it didn’t exactly match the widespread critical acclaim of the trilogy’s first film “28 Days Later” (the first film has an 87% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, while the second has a still-respectable 72% rating), the Juan Carlos Fresnadillo-directed “28 Weeks Later” is an important chapter in the greater zombie franchise.
For one, if the sequel wasn’t as entertaining and engaging as it is, we wouldn’t have the hit “28 Years Later” nearly two decades later.
Plus, it’s still well worth watching. While the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes notes that the 2007 sequel “lacks the humanism that made 28 Days Later a classic,” it goes on to praise the zombie film for its “fantastic atmosphere and punchy direction.”
For his part, The New York Times film critic A. O. Scott called the film “brutal and almost exhaustingly terrifying, as any respectable zombie movie should be” as well as “bracingly smart, both in its ideas and in its techniques.”
He wasn’t alone in being a prominent voice to praise the movie. Variety critic Derek Elley said the 2007 film gave its prequel “a classy makeover” and “more than delivers the genre goods.”
So if you haven’t yet checked out the middle chapter of this iconic zombie franchise, go stream it now at Disney Plus. If you want even more apocalyptic thrills outside of the “28 Days” franchise, make sure to check out our round-up of the best zombie movies.

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Christina Izzo

Christina Izzo is a writer-editor covering culture, food and drink, travel and general lifestyle in New York City. She was previously the Deputy Editor at My Imperfect Life, the Features Editor at Rachael Ray In Season and Reveal, as well as the Food & Drink Editor and chief restaurant critic at Time Out New York.

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