
As American soldiers with flamethrowers draw near, Doyle exits the car to push-start it and is burned alive. They break into an abandoned Volvo V70 to escape nerve gas released to kill the infected but are unable to start the car. Doyle ignores his instructions and escorts the trio to Wembley. Don is among the infected who survive the bombings and escape into abandoned London.ĭoyle's pilot friend Flynn arrives by helicopter to pick up Doyle but tells him to leave the civilians and head to Wembley Stadium. One of the snipers, Sergeant Doyle, unable to keep complying with the order, escapes with Scarlet, Tammy, and Andy as the U.S. Amidst the chaos, American soldiers cannot distinguish between panicked survivors and rampaging infected, and are told to shoot everyone.

Don starts a domino effect of rapid rage infection. Scarlet rescues Tammy and Andy, aware that their genetic makeup might hold the key to a cure. He savagely kills her and goes on a rampage. Don makes an unauthorized visit to Alice, begging her to forgive him. Army medical officer, and found to be an asymptomatic carrier of the Rage virus. Alice is taken to a quarantine room, where she is tested by Scarlet, a U.S. The three are discovered by American soldiers and taken back to District One, where they are placed in isolation. Andy finds Alice alive in a delirious, semi-conscious state.

That night, Tammy and Andy sneak out of the safe zone and return to their former home, where they collect old family photographs. They are admitted to District One, a safe zone on the Isle of Dogs, where they are reunited with their father. Among the new arrivals are Don and Alice's children, Tammy and Andy, who were out of the country during the outbreak. Twenty-eight weeks after the outbreak, an American force, under the command of Brigadier General Stone, brings in settlers.

Don pleads with Alice to leave the boy but she refuses so he abandons them and escapes on a boat while Alice, the boy, and the rest of the survivors are killed.Īfter the infected begin to die of starvation, NATO forces take control of Britain. Minutes later, they discover that the infected have followed the boy. They hear a terrified boy pounding at their door and Don lets him in. It grossed over $65 million worldwide against a $15 million budget.ĭuring the original outbreak of the Rage Virus, Don, his wife Alice, and four more survivors hide in a cottage on the outskirts of London. The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised the direction and atmosphere. It is set after the events of the first film, depicting the efforts of NATO military forces to salvage a safe zone in London, the consequence of two young siblings breaking protocol to find a photograph of their mother, and the resulting reintroduction of the Rage Virus to the safe zone.Ģ8 Weeks Later was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on, by 20th Century Fox and by Fox Atomic in the United States. The standalone sequel to the 2002 film 28 Days Later, it stars Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack, Mackintosh Muggleton, Imogen Poots, and Idris Elba. 28 Weeks Later is a 2007 post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who co-wrote it with Rowan Joffé, Enrique López Lavigne and Jesus Olmo.
