Don decides to risk going to a nearby farmhouse to scavenge. Before leaving, he kisses Alice goodbye. While he is gone, a young infected boy stumbles into the cottage. Jacob tries to calm the boy, but the child turns violently, vomiting blood into Sally's eyes, infecting her instantly. Chaos erupts.
A U.S. Army helicopter arrives, gunning down the infected. The pilot, seeing Alice is still moving, hesitates to kill her. As the infected feast on her, she is left for dead. Act One: The Rebuilding (28 Weeks Later) 28 weeks after the initial outbreak. The U.S. Army-led NATO forces have successfully cleared the infected from the Isle of Dogs in London. The mainland is still a quarantined dead zone. The U.S. Military, under the command of General Stone (Idris Elba) and scientific advisor Scarlet (Rose Byrne), begins a controversial Repopulation Program — bringing British refugees back to a heavily fortified "District 1."
A lone U.S. helicopter, pilot unknown, lands on the mainland side of the tunnel. Tammy and Andy run for it. They climb aboard. As the helicopter lifts off, they look down to see hundreds of thousands of infected pouring out of the tunnel and spreading across the green fields of mainland Britain. The Final Shot & Coda The helicopter flies over the English Channel toward France. The pilot radios for a status update. 28 Weeks Later Movies
Andy trips. Don looms over him, ready to infect his own son. But Andy, in a moment of desperate fury, stabs Don in the eye with a thumb. The infected father recoils and is then run over and crushed by an escaping military jeep driven by a dying soldier.
The children bring Alice to the District 1 medical center for help. As Scarlet examines her, Don arrives, now fully infected but still conscious. He watches as soldiers try to restrain Alice (who is terrified, not violent). In a fit of rage, Don attacks a soldier, vomits blood into the soldier's eyes , and instantly turns into an Infected. The containment fails. Within minutes, the tightly packed Green Zone is overrun. Act Three: The Fall of London Code Red: General Stone orders "Code Red"—exterminate all civilians and infected in District 1 to prevent the virus from spreading. He locks down the zone and orders napalm strikes. Don decides to risk going to a nearby farmhouse to scavenge
"What is your position?" Pilot: "Approaching the French coast." Radio voice: "Are the children with you? Are they infected?" Pilot: "Negative. They appear to be carriers. Like the mother."
"...God help us all."
Don hears screams and rushes back. He sees Jacob on fire, and Alice and the infected boy emerge. Don, Alice, and Jacob (now burning alive) run toward a rowboat. An infected Sally attacks. As Don pushes the boat into the water, he makes a horrific choice: he shoves Alice aside to save himself, leaving her to be swarmed and torn apart by the infected. He rows away with Jacob, watching Alice get attacked.
In a remote countryside safe house, a small group of survivors hides, including Don (Robert Carlyle), his wife Alice (Catherine McCormack), and a younger couple, Jacob and Sally. They are running low on food. Jacob tries to calm the boy, but the