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Among the first wave of returnees are Don and his teenage children, Tammy (Imogen Poots) and Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton) , who had been evacuated to Spain during the outbreak. The children are told their mother is dead. Don is a broken, guilt-ridden man, but he has become a trusted "essential worker" (a cook) within the Green Zone.

The film opens with a direct continuation of the original virus timeline. It has been 28 days since the initial Rage Virus outbreak in the UK. 28 Weeks Later Movies

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." Among the first wave of returnees are Don

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. The film opens with a direct continuation of

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.

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.

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.