This week's DVDs: '28 Weeks Later'

A scary good sequel

By Geoff Berkshire

October 9, 2007

This week's DVDs: '28 Weeks Later'
(Credit: Fox Atomic)
PICK OF THE WEEK: 28 WEEKS LATER

Making a sequel is easy. Making a good sequel? Not so easy.

Just look to last summer's raft of releases for proof of that. But fortunately for every "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" and "Shrek the Third," there were a few follow-ups that proved to be more than just transparent attempts at cashing in on a "franchise."

"28 Weeks Later" adopts the zombie-driven chills of its cult favorite predecessor, "28 Days Later," and uses them to pump up a fresh story with new characters. It's good Halloween season fun.

DVD bonus features include filmmaker commentary, deleted scenes (with optional commentary), trailers, behind-the-scenes featurettes and additional material that bridges the time gap between "28 Days" and "28 Weeks."

"28 Weeks Later" and "28 Days Later" are also available on Blu-ray.

Also released:
"12:08 East of Bucharest"
"Black Sheep" (Unrated)
"Evan Almighty" (also HD-DVD)
"Man Push Cart"
"Night of the Living Dead 3D"
"One to Another"
"Reign Over Me" (also Blu-ray)
"Rise: Blood Hunter" (Unrated)
"Shanghai Kiss"
"Surf's Up" (also Blu-ray)
"The Treatment"
"Wrong Turn 2 - Dead End"
"You Kill Me"

Older titles and special editions:
"The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon"
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Ultimate Edition)"
"The Italian Stallion (Grindhouse Sexploitation Collection)"
"Mala Noche" (Criterion Collection)
"Poltergeist (25th Anniversary Edition)"
"Savage Streets"

Boxed set:
"Fox Horror Classics Collection"

Hi-definition:
"Edward Scissorhands" (Blu-ray)
"Robocop" (Blu-ray)
"Twilight Zone-The Movie" (HD-DVD)

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