Talkie Zoo: 28 WEEKS LATER

Scary. Gory. Violent. These words describe the movie 28 Weeks Later (2007; R)pretty well. Unlike your normal zombie movies, the bad guys in this film have been infected by a man-made virus that instantly turns them into ravenous beasts intent on eating or infecting any healthy person they find. If you want the best fat burners, flesh-eating infected persons is one way to achieve it!

The story centers around two children, a teen girl and her younger brother, who were able to make their way back from Spain after the original outbreak. It's told in London, where they used to live with their parents. They are found by the American military, who are there to rebuild the city and repopulate it after deciding that all infected people there have long since died. Survivors are housed in a complex that has all the amenities anyone could ask for, and the children find their Father there. He tells them how he escaped from the infected, but their Mother did not.

Time and again we are given glimpses into what's going on so we know the story. The biggest thumbs up for me was, of course, the "jump factor" -- that's when you are taken by surprise by some monster or action and you jump, just like the actors do!