Like most sequels, this film "tries" to kick it up a notch and give you a more exciting story while keeping the exact same formula that you loved about the first film. It's in the same city, it's got the same infected zombie people, it's got alot of running, it's got way more blood (the infected throw up on EVERYONE this time) there is alot of explosions, lots of guns, but unfortunately it doesn't have any point beyond that.
The idea is a single survivor of an infected attacker has a special gene that makes her a host of the virus instead of another crazy vomit zombie. So Everyone thinks it's safe to start re-building the city after 28 weeks of quarantine. Oh, but something goes wrong like it always does. It's at the point where chaos breaks loose that this movie looses it's steam and begins to become the same scene over and over, only different backgrounds, until the credits roll.
The most frustrating thing I found in the movie, other than the helicopter pilot figure-eighting his chopper through zombies without crashing or even damaging his propeller, was the night vision. There is a scene where a soldier is using the night vision scope on her rifle to see in a dark tunnel, but rather than walk in front of the defenseless children, she puts them in front and directs them where to walk. As she is doing this, she is constantly pointing the scope directly at the kids so we the audience can see the fear in their eyes. MEANWHILE, never mind that this means she is constantly pointing a loaded weapon at the faces of two kids heads. They never let you see her doing this, because the whole scene is through the scope, but the whole time I was screaming to myself "GET IN FRONT OF THOSE KIDS AND STOP POINTING YOUR GUN AT THEM YOU STUPID STUPID
The kids make it out alive, but one of them also carries the special gene that makes them a host to the virus. So as soon as the kid kisses someone or shares a soda with anyone, the virus will break out again. Dun Dun DUUUUN!
