I’ll never forget that scene when Jim first finds Infected, thinking they’re people. But at the distance it’s filmed, it’s a perfect moment of uncanny valley for our own minds as we first notice something “off” about them.
There is allegedly a sequel being planned that will pick up from the ending of 28 Weeks Later so hopefully that might include some more early days action!
The ‘28 series’ isn’t necessary a world movie. 28 weeks mentions that most of what happens only really happened in Britain. So the world should be fine. At least America definitely is. But an early movie wouldn’t be a bad idea…for some reason people want to see those lol…
@@michaelpowers6551 Honestly I think people would much prefer a sequel that was set in the run up to 28 Days Later rather than a sequel to 28 Weeks Later. I think most zombie movies/apocalypse movies are set in America now (which isn't necessarily a bad thing) but I'd love to see a different take where it's set in a different country and how they have to adapt and survive! Probably why I loved Train to Busan so much!
When this film came out, my mom was so scared she refused to go to the bathroom by herself for about 6 months even though she was like 40 at the time, it is a terrifying film would definitely recommend
My mum saw it in her 40s too, she went to the cinema. She said the walk back to the carpark was terrifying. 😂 I watched this film when I was 12 years old, absolutely loved it but I've always enjoyed creepy or scary things.
I walked in on my parents watch 28 Weeks Later on DVD when I was 5, right at the opening scene. Deadass one of the most traumatising momenta of my childhood.
I felt like zombies are the most unterifying “ghost” ever. Because they are “human” & are not real… rather than some demonic entity that lurking in the dark.
This! I've watched it yesterday for the very first time and it feels so... "fresh". I would love to see more movies made like that, it gives it so much originality compared to crystal-clean blockbuster hits.
this is probably because it sort of "grounds" the movie by being imperfect, the lower quality gives a found footage feeling that the camera actually exists in the world and is not a idealized spectator
Surprising that nobody has mentioned The Day of the Triffids. As far as I’m aware, that’s the first hospital awakening scene, and it’s very well done. Even worse because the protagonist is there for an eye surgery to fix his sight, and the majority of the world is now blind.
There is also a film from New Zealand thaat came out before all of this, with the main character waking in the hospital, to find the world has ended: I just can't for the life of me, remember what it's called ....
As the writer of 28 Days Later, Alex Garland, said in an interview "In fact, the start of 28 Days Later wasn’t a homage, it was a steal, really. The start of 28 Days Later is pretty much the start of Day of the Triffids."
In turn, The Walking Dead stole it from 28 Days Later. Kirkland won't admit it and pretends it was an accident, but the dates for the US movie release and issue 1 line up very nicely.
A lot of OG zombie fans hated this film when it came out, and for a long time I couldn't figure out why. After all, the concept of the disease in the film, aside from some physics limitations (there's no way for a virus to course through anyone that quickly simply because The thermal energies involved would make you explode instead according to a biologist friend of mine anyway), it's us really good look at what a modified version of rabies would be if it caused humans to rage out and commit senseless acts of self-destructive violence like it does in other animals. It was at that point that I realized that one of the things that the old-school fan of zombie films enjoyed was the whole planning for a zombie apocalypse thing. This sense that it was some thing that if you were really smart and capable and daring, you'd come out ahead in a drastically depopulated world, and you'd suddenly be a much more important person simply because you survived. But of course, 28 days later leaves no room for such fantasies. The protagonists survive through sheer luck and a couple very desperate moments of heroism. But even then, they can't stop most of the people we see from getting killed, like that kids's parents who took them in for example. There is such desperation and helplessness and a realism to 28 days later that suddenly you can't enjoy the zombie apocalypse anymore, and I think that's what those OG fans of zombie movies were really pissed about. It's an important film because it shows much more accurately what the real fear amongst world leaders and military planners is. I believe that's why they try so desperately to quash any uprisings of protest, because they understand that when millions of people start moving as one, there is no force on earth that can stop them.
I'd argue Return of the Living Dead's original zombies present an even more dangerous threat than the 28 Days Later ones. (Also a huge point in early Zombie movies is the people being more dangerous than the zombies. The entire cast of NOTLD dies one by one due to a refusal to cooperate, trust eachother, make the right choices until it's way too late, and wasting time arguing, with the one survivor being killed by an armed mob the next day who mistook him for a zombie)
@@kalkuttadrop6371 Well that seems to be way more of a social commentary, whereas 28DL is more about "what happens if the zombies (or any big emergency event that affects all of society) are so fast and dangerous that we don't even have time to make those bigger slower mistakes." For example - when they go to Jim's parent's house in 28DL, they're all cooperating and working well together. One bite meant they had to murder him on the spot. I agree that the older zombie films still hold a lot of intellectual juice for looking at big human problems through an interesting lens. But yeah, if someone ever figured out how to gain-of-function edit rabies to virulent strain that was able to wipe everything from a human's frontal cortex besides rage, we could only *hope* to have enough time to deal with those bigger issues. When one zombie plus one human antagonist can realistically wipe an entire platoon of 20 soldiers, the bigger more strategic social issues just aren't even a thing any more.
@@klpaah Yeah. NOTLD is similar to Shaun in that it admits the military and armed civilians would have the situation under control in a day or two. And NOTLD zombies aren’t really contagious to the same degree(you need a pretty significant wound and it takes a while l, a little scratch or nip wouldn’t do it). Both films are about groups of people utterly failing to handle that initial 24 hour period though. In many ways it mirrors stuff like natural disasters actually
@@klpaah a massive difference here is the setting. England being what it is and their stance on guns is why the group our friends run into are the way they are. It would have been a very different film if it were set in america, even as a 'shit hits the fan' and lots of people are unprepared, a larger population would have been able to defend themselves without the military
the problem with this is that this movie, fast zombies in general, especially fast conversion, are totally unrealistic. so if you are looking to this as some sort of model for real life social disorder you are going to be way off. in fact slow zombies are a more realistic model for social protest movements: they build slowly from seemingly innocuous beginnings, only have force from overwhelming numbers (whereas a single fast zombie can infect the world) and can easily be crushed by a military with the will to use overwhelming force (see tienanmen).
7:52 to me that moment that moment always felt like a "Dad to son" moment, with Jim knowing nothing about booze in general and Frank comes in like "Here son don't take that crappy stuff, if you take anything take the good stuff !"
What's interesting is the aspect that London has fallen, and most of the UK, but not the rest of the world. NATO kept the borders in check and closed everything off. For me at least, the idea that the rest of the world has not gone to shit and knowing that escaping could mean survival is even better.
Especially as people have literally swam the English channel before in real life so the idea of being able to escape to safety is way more interesting concept than a typical apocalyptic world where there’s less reason to survive
@@AwakenedAvocado they’re not typical zombies but humans infected with the rage virus & as 28 weeks later confirmed the virus was only ever contained in Great Britain so it’s safe to assume they can’t altho some can jump into shallow water as seen at the start of the sequel
The craziest part about the opening to me was him looking at the memorial, with all of the photos and letters posted. Makes me think about when they were written/the initial shock of everything. Small detail but that was my favorite part.
most people don't know but there is 2 comics books about 28 days later franchise, one is called 28 days later the aftermath, and tells the backstory to why and who created the rage virus, and the other comic is called 28 days later, and is a sequel to the first movie, selena is in it, and the story connect itself with the second movie and happens at the same time with the second movie. both comics are pretty good. you can read online.
28 Day Later has an unshakeable position in my all-time Top 10 ... I still remember being so psyched to see this and being absolutely floored in the cinema by it. Since then I must have watched it at least another 50 times and it never gets old.
A rage filled interdimensional species shaping the universe in the capacity of chaotic gods. The whole initial infection arc and everything is a mere splinter in the lore and doesn't even get mentioned.
honestly i could see 28 seconds later being a prequel for literally how it started and how the virus got to the chimps by scientists experimenting with them
@@saulcervantes2287 Yeah, I like that one better. I’d rather see one start at 28 hours or at the very least 28 minutes. Or … have it start out with 28 seconds to show the virus going to the chimps, then 28 minutes later to give us a bit of a backstory on what happens in the first movie showing the beginning with the scientists and how it escapes the lab, it could then build up to show how it begins to spread within that first 28 hours, and then have the movie go on from there with full on breakdown up until the 28th day. 3-in-1 type of thing. Whichever, I just want more of these movies. Absolutely love the first one.
Hey bud I think you’d be interested in the comic book series that they have that follows a few stories before and right after the outbreak, check it out!
The fact that the time jump is utilised though, and our imagination fills in the horrific gaps make it thematically work so much better though. Its of course because of this that we want to see a prequel or a play by play of things going wrong but as stated in this video, it's the tension and build of NOT seeing something that allows you and your brain to truly fill the gaps and get the best horror experience out of it. The fast and frantic intro and the uncontrollable panic, fear, and confusion in it is so perfectly terrifying that I don't think anything else is needed beyond literally just that. A 28 seconds/ minutes/ hours prequel would just be wasteful and unnecessary exposition in my opinion. And when that time early time period is ever actually explored in zombie media, it always falls short and is extremely unconvincing , and just ruins the magic a little
As a Londoner, when this movie dropped, it was Dope!! Seeing London Bridge and Central London Absolutely Abandoned and silent you could hear a 50p coin drop was eerie to say the least. The ONLY time I've Ever seen London Bridge look That empty was the 1st couple of weeks of the infamous lockdowns (I used to take a night bus there to smoke a couple zoots and drink some rum and enjoy the peace and quiet). Plus, the grainy cinematography made it seem camcorder/Blair witch footage, which raised the thriller/horror stakes.
A pretty curious aspect of this scene (7:39) is how strangely relevant is the fact that the green apples look fine after a month. Since the movie is about the consequences of experimenting in biology, is curious how they show transgenics, a benefit of experiments, in the context of a biochem leak
The only soldier i felt sorry for in the third act was the wimpy little cook. I mean he was going down the hall, screaming like ninny, and was so easily picked on by the others before the whole thing happened.
He still wanted Selena and Hannah as sex slaves to himself and the other soldiers tho, I could never feel bad for someone who wanted to subject people to that horror.
Watching this film, fairly recently, I absolutely loved it. It feels so grand for its low budget parts. Not to mention the emotional beats of the film still hit. Cillian is also a welcome surprise with him giving a solid performance at the start of his career. Overall, I love the way it builds the world and tension. That opening sequence is iconic and the showdown at the end is still pretty creative for a zombie flick. I love that the whole film you see Jim as the naive and uniformed, yet moments peak through to show a rage filled man. For him to go feral at the end, but not because he is evil or cause he is infected. Rather to fight for what he has grown to love and not take for granted
That tunnel scene, with the rats running from the infected and the manic shadows coupled with the screaming of the infected is such an incredible scene.
28 days later is definitely my number 1 for favorite zombie movies, I like how it’s one of the few zombie movies that show how the outbreak started but also gives a happy ending even though there was a sequel which I also enjoyed. I do like the theme music in the first one more though because it’s slightly slowed down and sounds creepier whereas the one in 28 weeks later sounds very action packed and intense
these are one of my favorite zombie movies, thank you for making a good essay about it, onetime I just randomly found one of your videos and I must say im quite hooked, keep up the good work :}
Just want you to know that I really love your vids. Showed you to my brother the other day. So glad that you're gaining traction. Keep kicking ass. He heard me listening to one of your vids and asked, I went, "Oh, it's a smaller channel that goes over movies and stuff," then immediately realized that you're no longer a smaller channel.
that scene with robert carlisle (forget the charecters name) looking back to see his wife dragged back away from the window always stuck with me, its so quick and theres no blood or gore, but you can only imagine the horror happening behind the wall.
Great video, this is one of my favorite movies of all time. Not to be that guy but one important detail of these movies that sets them apart from other zombie media is that these aren't your typical zombies, they're just sick people. That being said you're right about this movie's influence on the genre being very influential and I'd say we're lucky to have them. 🙂
Weird that they call it "28 Years Later" instead of the one that makes more sense, 28 Months Later. What are they gonna show? The aftermath when everything is back to normal and people are living their best lives? Will we get Grandpa Rogers telling war stories about the Isle of Man? 😭😭
Tbh they could do something similar to the wwz novel where they have a reporter going around asking survivors of the outbreak about their experiences they could have a 3 act movie, with each one following a different survivor they could even vary between genres with one being a soldier going into the infected zone, one being a survivor living day to day in an undead world, another being a criminal and how he saw an empty world and took his time to enjoy it only for his world to be ripped away from him as he realizes the world is overrun with the dead
The main Actor Cillian is much older now and this is possibly the final film, I think they're trying to bring the films to a proper end. There's also the way of how British people measure time... We don't say '28 Months', we are much more likely to say '2 years and 4 months', which wouldn't make much sense, title-wise. 28 years makes more sense, in terms of the age of the main character, the British measure of time and the makes for a much bigger scope of story... Much more lore and world-building.
I Haven't thought of this movie in a while, but the scene in the cement bunker is fucking haunting. Being trapped with no escape and no idea what's going on is terrifying. Incredibld concept
Two things I really loved about this movie compared to every other zombie movie I’ve seen: 1: The infection isn’t just some bioweapon or space spore. It is literally the Rage of humanity realized in a physical manner in the blood of the infected and reflecting how infectious Rage can be and the scientist in the beginning had only good intentions to cure the rage of humanity and try to bring peace to his planet. The infected themselves continue to reflect this by not always going for the bite to spread it like other zombie types. Half the time they literally just beat the crap out of their victims in pure Rage. Easily this is my most favorite zombie type ever because it’s not just a zombie at all but a pure emotion made into physical reality. Another thing about the infected I like is that they aren’t even dead, they’re still living creatures just out of complete control of their bodies and emotions, this is proven at the end as they literally starve to death. 2: They only introduced characters they needed to, even if it meant killing one of them off for character growth. For Selena it was her moment that she would not hesitate to kill anyone who was infected no matter how long she knew them. For Hannah she had to watch her own father get gunned down and that scene is what began tearing her apart and made her feel 100x more hopeless than she already did when we first met her. On top of that they didn’t kill off practically every main character like most zombie movies do. The trio at the end managed to live a happy quiet life while waiting for rescue from the military until the apocalypse literally ended itself. I’m glad I was lucky enough to grow up on this movie and it will always be one of those gems that I will forever love even more than The Walking Dead & even the comedic Zombieland
Hey man! I highly recommend ''Dead Set''. its a British zombie mini series not many people know about. Would love to hear your take on it, its very good.
You should read the comic which serves as a direct sequel to 28 days later. It also brings a bleak ending to Jim's character where he gets executed via firing squad due to getting apprehended/rescued by the military.
I didn’t realize how hard it was to get ahold of 28 weeks later! Now I’m really glad I was a dvd addict in my youth and kept my copy in mint condition. lol it’s one of my favs as far as zombie/infected movies!
I actually think the piece of music you're referencing was also used in "The Walling Dead" , the episode where Daryl, rick, TDog and Glenn came back for Merle and only found his hand still attached to the pipe via the handcuffs. That piece of music plays as Daryl cries "NO.... NO!... NAAAHO!" ETC.
Nope, they do sound similar though! I just listened to the scene to make sure and they are different but it’s clearly inspired by In The House, In A Heartbeat.
@@thethriftytypewriter Hey you're right! My bad on that one. But it really did contribute to the overall aesthetic that 28 Days Later had, that TWD aimed for.
I just love how this movie really redefined the Zombie genre from the typical Halloween curse rise from the grave zombies to being a harmful virus that infects the human host into a rage-induced monster. Which has been used by recent zombie movies and video games.
But 28DL "franchise" could have a PREQUEL TRILOGY squeezed out of it: 28 SECONDS later, 28 MINUTES Later (May overlap with 28SL but at different perspectives) and 28 HOURS Later:)
28 Days Later definitely started / popularized the whole "Infected" thing, over regular slow-ass zombies. It's 100% in my top 3 horror movies. It was also the first movie that actually gave me the creeps, when I saw it. I was 13 at the time and boy was that late at night, 20 minute bike-ride home, from a friends house, a trip.
I love how this movie (as you point out) goes against everything we often see in American zombie/apocalypse movies. From the greed we see in the American movies, to the atmosphere and camera lens.
Speak for yourself the last battle to save the girls was terrifying to me and still is. So much chaos and unknowing and primal behavior. Not saying I didn’t enjoy the outcome but something about it just rubs me wrong watching it go down
Absolutely my fav zombie depiction. However, one HUGE logical flaw always stands out (if I'm nitpicking). The fact that the human body can't really go more than 5-7 days without water, especially if the body is burning with rage. No review I've come across mentions this
True homage has to be paid to first Halperin's White Zombie and of course Romero's Night of The Living Dead. Truly legendary catalysts for what we enjoy today in the zombie genre.
If anybody wonders why 28 days later was shot on digital and not film, it’s because they wanted to make the film feel like somebody has recorded it (found footage didn’t exist yet). Not because of the low “budget”. Dark blue world was on film for the same budget. Edit: Found footage existed at that time (The blair witch Project), but The trend didn’t start until Pranormal activity
I saw 28 days later when I was young and thought the movie was awesome and didn’t really know why and I think you explained it pretty well. I don’t watch a lot of scary movies so I didn’t realize this movie was like the beginning of many zombie like movies to come.
I LOVE how the the first 4/5s of the film is digital!!! THe fact that "that was as a good as they could make it look" is amazing. Such a happy accident! The end when they are free and are surviving and the film is finallly clearer and you can see more. It just goes together. And the fact it wasnt intentionally done like that adds to the magic!.
I was -4 years old when 28 days later came out, but i remember growing up and having a copy of it on DVD (to poor for blu ray) and never being able to get past the first 15 minutes until I was around 10 😂 I grew up watching horror, I was chucky the bride 4 years in a row from 4-8 but there was something about it that just terrified me. Sadly our copy got burned up in a house fire but it’s such an underrated movie
If you enjoy UK media and stories of rebuilding after the zombie apocalypse and dealing with its ramifications, you should really check out In The Flesh, 2013 gut wrenching tv drama series about rehabilitating zombies into the general populace. Had me in tears several times, at least the first season.
The first time i saw 28 weeks later, i was like 12 max., and this movie scared the sh*t out of me, the thought of being chased by ultra fast cannibalistic monsters terrified me I could barely sleep without nightmares for at least a week or two 10 years later, hearing the soundtrack sends chills down my spine This movie was really good
I never realized that the whole modern zombie genre started with this movie. But it's interesting how fast this genre developed. Only 2 years later we had Shaun of the dead and Zack Snyders Dawn of the dead.
I feel like this movie catches the feel of insanity so well, once they realize there is no people left they go mentally insane and do anything to feel normal again, I once spent a week in my room and not talking to anyone and after day 3 I had to stop because I felt like I was.going crazy
You forgot to mention that 28 days later wasn't just shot digitally but also on much smaller handy cam type cameras so they could maximise the shots when closing off major cities or road ways.
If you have never read the 28DL Graphic Novel you definitely should. Selena works as guide in the illegal quarantine zone and gets tangled up with the best friend of the Major West that got killed in the movie. Its awesome
I remember back in high school when my friends and I were checking what movie we might want to rent, and saw this on the shelf. As we were looking at it, some random guy comes over and tells us not to rent it because it was terrible. We shrugged, because we enjoyed watching bad movies in the basement, and rented it. We thought it was great.
Your observation that American zombie movies have more guns is due to these other Countries not having freedoms to own guns. So be fare and not so disingenuous.
28 Days Later is still the best "zombie" film that's ever been made in my opinion - when this film dropped - it was an absolutely mind-blowing gamechanger. Zombie films didn't have this style of "zombie" or this pacing, or this aesthetic/vibe, it was a totally new concept at the time & it scratched an itch in everyone's brain. 💯
I know this is a zombie movie but this movie is an actual good commentary on how violence is rooted in our society/in our history, how violence affects the way we live, how violence and sex are correlated, and how we're all potentially capable of having violence in us. It does it way better than other movies that deal with this subject, specifically one in particular that came 3 years later, which is much worse
The kids werent going to the house just to find it. They went because Andy was afraid of forgetting what their Mom looked like and therefore forgetting their Mom. So they wanted to find a picture. The motivation makes sense.
I'll admit 28 hours later showing the beginning of the chaos would be a spectacular prequel. 28 days showing the apocalypse beginning to dull down as survivors die, 28 weeks showing the humanitys fight back and the beginning of an actual world wide pandemic. 28 months later could show us how current survivors have begun to handle and adapt to the apocalypse and 28 years later could show the world either coming back from extinction or becoming a zombie wasteland
I always thought the scene with the military and the camp how the outbreak happens and then instantly there are infected on the roof. That is absolutely ridiculous.
Dude 28 weeks later still has (imo) one of the most anxiety inducing, heart racing opening scenes to ANY other movie I've ever seen. Even still to this day. The dad/husband abandoning his family and then the pure adrenaline pumping scene of him running for his literal life as +50 infected are close on his tail chasing him across the open pastures and fields... WHHHEWWWW! Saying it was intense would be a severely understated description for how it plays out
When this film came out the fact it was filmed in a British cinematic style that captures dirty realism mixed with whimsical themes like when shopping and viewing the horses. The American/Canadian reaction to this film was Dawn of the Dead and while amazing was more of a pretty people of Suburbia chilling in a Mall.
@2:57 I will never forget this scene. Scared the crap out of me when I first saw it. This and Dawn of the dead 2003 are scary just because these zombies have the potential to catch you.
i remember loving 28 days later then watching 28 weeks later immediately after and absolutely hating it, the whole outbreak is built on maximum stupidity
Msrk wasn't bit he cut himself with a machete and infected blood got into the wound, he wasn't trying to lie to save himself or anything, he was genuinely unsure if he was infected or not and wanted to see.
Loved the video, love this film. But in future could you bring the lows and highs of the volume levels closer together? You are so loud i cant handle turning the volume up any further and when you jump cut to people whispering to make a point i cant understand what theyre saying unless im ready with the volume to crank it up then then back down before it cuts back to loud. Maybe manual subtitles could solve this issue if you want your youtube audio range to be the same if not still too big of a range. Hope im making sense.
Also pls showcase the music without hiding the whole song/example via talking over it in VO. That song is so fantastic i hope youtube wasnt dinging you for showcasing it. I still cant believe how good that song is to the degree tons of ppl use the track even now a days.
My father showed me 28 Days Later when I was young. Don't do that as a parent btw as I had nightmares for a while, but I loved it regardless. It was so beautifully done and became one of, if not my absolute, favorite zombie movie.
Has anyone mentioned that the infection was nicknamed "rage", but the only way to overcome the soldiers was to become enraged. The soldiers were terrified of people filled with rage. There's just a lot of semi-subtle social commentary about people vs power
The movie isn't widely available because the people that own the rights to the movie HATE each other and would rather not make money then deal with each other so some rich people that can afford to sit on the movie. I think it was an interview with Danny Boyle and he said something like this with a smirk. "Well the various owners of the movie aren't really talking." But I've read it's been on streaming for very short periods then being pulled. So maybe somethings have changed but not much.
So, most interesting part of this great video is how hard it is to find 28 Days Later. It's a great movie that most people remember, it isn't a forgotten gem, and yet I can't find it. I'm am just shocked.
I love 28 days later but as a Londoner, i cannot understand why they wanted to go through the Blackwall Tunnel. It's always jammed with cars, traffic moves at a snails pace.
Thanks for this video! This movie absolutely blew my hair back at the time, it was so good & scary! Being from Britain, and having been to London a few times, I loved that scene in the beginning, where Jim goes over the deserted bridge - to film that, they had to close the bridge early in the morning, and in summer, as it's normally so busy and noisy all the time! I'm also a big Walking Dead fan too 😀🧟♂️❤️
I’ll never forget that scene when Jim first finds Infected, thinking they’re people. But at the distance it’s filmed, it’s a perfect moment of uncanny valley for our own minds as we first notice something “off” about them.
That part terrified me when they looked up and just stared at
28 hours later sound like an ideal prequel, given how fast things went to shit in 28 weeks
Absolutely. It can be like world war z where it's complete chaos and only focuses on how the outbreak spread
I never thought of 28hours tbf I think that would be class
28 Years Later is on the way. 28 Hours Later would be a nice lil bow to tie it all up.
Still waiting for 28 months later before 28 years later.
@@kzh2313more like "Contagion"
Thank you for making me realize I need to sell my copy of 28 Days Later on Blu-ray
Jk it’s one of my all time favs. But if I ever need the money 👀👀
I was about to be like message me I’ll buy it!! But I understand keeping it 😂
I lost my normal copy of the film a few years ago and seeing how inaccessible it is makes me so annoyed 😂😂
@@TheultimategingerI just watched this movie like 2 days ago on Sling TV!!
@@tmclaug90 well thank god 😂😂 I don’t mind taking to the high seas but I’d rather pay for something if it’s good 😂
I would like a 28 hours later movie, showing how the world looked one day after the infection started
There is allegedly a sequel being planned that will pick up from the ending of 28 Weeks Later so hopefully that might include some more early days action!
The ‘28 series’ isn’t necessary a world movie. 28 weeks mentions that most of what happens only really happened in Britain. So the world should be fine. At least America definitely is. But an early movie wouldn’t be a bad idea…for some reason people want to see those lol…
@@michaelpowers6551 fine how “the British isles” looked one day later
@@michaelpowers6551 Honestly I think people would much prefer a sequel that was set in the run up to 28 Days Later rather than a sequel to 28 Weeks Later. I think most zombie movies/apocalypse movies are set in America now (which isn't necessarily a bad thing) but I'd love to see a different take where it's set in a different country and how they have to adapt and survive! Probably why I loved Train to Busan so much!
That would be great kind of how the crazies was or Cloverfield
28 Days is undoubtedly the better film overall, but the opening to 28 Weeks is one of the best openings I’ve seen to a horror film.
To any film*
When this film came out, my mom was so scared she refused to go to the bathroom by herself for about 6 months even though she was like 40 at the time, it is a terrifying film would definitely recommend
Your mums a scaredy-cat
My mum saw it in her 40s too, she went to the cinema. She said the walk back to the carpark was terrifying. 😂 I watched this film when I was 12 years old, absolutely loved it but I've always enjoyed creepy or scary things.
I walked in on my parents watch 28 Weeks Later on DVD when I was 5, right at the opening scene. Deadass one of the most traumatising momenta of my childhood.
@@sonchik6324 yeah that opening scene always makes me realise how important cardio is 😂😂
I felt like zombies are the most unterifying “ghost” ever. Because they are “human” & are not real… rather than some demonic entity that lurking in the dark.
i cant lie, the poor quality makes this movie so much better.
Very true. It's one of the things I don't like about new movies now, it looks way too sharp
This! I've watched it yesterday for the very first time and it feels so... "fresh". I would love to see more movies made like that, it gives it so much originality compared to crystal-clean blockbuster hits.
this is probably because it sort of "grounds" the movie by being imperfect, the lower quality gives a found footage feeling that the camera actually exists in the world and is not a idealized spectator
We also saw the wake up in a hospital scene to discover the world has changed around them in resident evil apocalypse
Surprising that nobody has mentioned The Day of the Triffids. As far as I’m aware, that’s the first hospital awakening scene, and it’s very well done. Even worse because the protagonist is there for an eye surgery to fix his sight, and the majority of the world is now blind.
@@RosinaEmilyW that sounds really interesting and I’ve never heard of it.
There is also a film from New Zealand thaat came out before all of this, with the main character waking in the hospital, to find the world has ended: I just can't for the life of me, remember what it's called ....
As the writer of 28 Days Later, Alex Garland, said in an interview "In fact, the start of 28 Days Later wasn’t a homage, it was a steal, really. The start of 28 Days Later is pretty much the start of Day of the Triffids."
In turn, The Walking Dead stole it from 28 Days Later. Kirkland won't admit it and pretends it was an accident, but the dates for the US movie release and issue 1 line up very nicely.
A lot of OG zombie fans hated this film when it came out, and for a long time I couldn't figure out why. After all, the concept of the disease in the film, aside from some physics limitations (there's no way for a virus to course through anyone that quickly simply because The thermal energies involved would make you explode instead according to a biologist friend of mine anyway), it's us really good look at what a modified version of rabies would be if it caused humans to rage out and commit senseless acts of self-destructive violence like it does in other animals.
It was at that point that I realized that one of the things that the old-school fan of zombie films enjoyed was the whole planning for a zombie apocalypse thing. This sense that it was some thing that if you were really smart and capable and daring, you'd come out ahead in a drastically depopulated world, and you'd suddenly be a much more important person simply because you survived.
But of course, 28 days later leaves no room for such fantasies. The protagonists survive through sheer luck and a couple very desperate moments of heroism. But even then, they can't stop most of the people we see from getting killed, like that kids's parents who took them in for example.
There is such desperation and helplessness and a realism to 28 days later that suddenly you can't enjoy the zombie apocalypse anymore, and I think that's what those OG fans of zombie movies were really pissed about.
It's an important film because it shows much more accurately what the real fear amongst world leaders and military planners is. I believe that's why they try so desperately to quash any uprisings of protest, because they understand that when millions of people start moving as one, there is no force on earth that can stop them.
I'd argue Return of the Living Dead's original zombies present an even more dangerous threat than the 28 Days Later ones.
(Also a huge point in early Zombie movies is the people being more dangerous than the zombies. The entire cast of NOTLD dies one by one due to a refusal to cooperate, trust eachother, make the right choices until it's way too late, and wasting time arguing, with the one survivor being killed by an armed mob the next day who mistook him for a zombie)
@@kalkuttadrop6371 Well that seems to be way more of a social commentary, whereas 28DL is more about "what happens if the zombies (or any big emergency event that affects all of society) are so fast and dangerous that we don't even have time to make those bigger slower mistakes."
For example - when they go to Jim's parent's house in 28DL, they're all cooperating and working well together. One bite meant they had to murder him on the spot.
I agree that the older zombie films still hold a lot of intellectual juice for looking at big human problems through an interesting lens.
But yeah, if someone ever figured out how to gain-of-function edit rabies to virulent strain that was able to wipe everything from a human's frontal cortex besides rage, we could only *hope* to have enough time to deal with those bigger issues. When one zombie plus one human antagonist can realistically wipe an entire platoon of 20 soldiers, the bigger more strategic social issues just aren't even a thing any more.
@@klpaah Yeah. NOTLD is similar to Shaun in that it admits the military and armed civilians would have the situation under control in a day or two. And NOTLD zombies aren’t really contagious to the same degree(you need a pretty significant wound and it takes a while l, a little scratch or nip wouldn’t do it). Both films are about groups of people utterly failing to handle that initial 24 hour period though. In many ways it mirrors stuff like natural disasters actually
@@klpaah a massive difference here is the setting. England being what it is and their stance on guns is why the group our friends run into are the way they are. It would have been a very different film if it were set in america, even as a 'shit hits the fan' and lots of people are unprepared, a larger population would have been able to defend themselves without the military
the problem with this is that this movie, fast zombies in general, especially fast conversion, are totally unrealistic. so if you are looking to this as some sort of model for real life social disorder you are going to be way off. in fact slow zombies are a more realistic model for social protest movements: they build slowly from seemingly innocuous beginnings, only have force from overwhelming numbers (whereas a single fast zombie can infect the world) and can easily be crushed by a military with the will to use overwhelming force (see tienanmen).
I will never get tired of zombie media.
Facts
28 days isn't a zombie movie
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7:52 to me that moment that moment always felt like a "Dad to son" moment, with Jim knowing nothing about booze in general and Frank comes in like "Here son don't take that crappy stuff, if you take anything take the good stuff !"
What's interesting is the aspect that London has fallen, and most of the UK, but not the rest of the world. NATO kept the borders in check and closed everything off. For me at least, the idea that the rest of the world has not gone to shit and knowing that escaping could mean survival is even better.
Especially as people have literally swam the English channel before in real life so the idea of being able to escape to safety is way more interesting concept than a typical apocalyptic world where there’s less reason to survive
@@tbow6719 so you're assuming the zombies can't swim
@@AwakenedAvocado they’re not typical zombies but humans infected with the rage virus & as 28 weeks later confirmed the virus was only ever contained in Great Britain so it’s safe to assume they can’t altho some can jump into shallow water as seen at the start of the sequel
The craziest part about the opening to me was him looking at the memorial, with all of the photos and letters posted. Makes me think about when they were written/the initial shock of everything. Small detail but that was my favorite part.
most people don't know but there is 2 comics books about 28 days later franchise, one is called 28 days later the aftermath, and tells the backstory to why and who created the rage virus, and the other comic is called 28 days later, and is a sequel to the first movie, selena is in it, and the story connect itself with the second movie and happens at the same time with the second movie. both comics are pretty good. you can read online.
Train to Busan analysis would be great
28 Day Later has an unshakeable position in my all-time Top 10 ... I still remember being so psyched to see this and being absolutely floored in the cinema by it. Since then I must have watched it at least another 50 times and it never gets old.
I'm not big on horror but 28 days is amazing
28 million years later would be great
A rage filled interdimensional species shaping the universe in the capacity of chaotic gods. The whole initial infection arc and everything is a mere splinter in the lore and doesn't even get mentioned.
Billions and billions. Bing bing bong.
honestly i could see 28 seconds later being a prequel for literally how it started and how the virus got to the chimps by scientists experimenting with them
It would be better if it was 28 hours later showing the first 28 hours after the first person got infected and how it started to become a shit show
@@saulcervantes2287 Yeah, I like that one better. I’d rather see one start at 28 hours or at the very least 28 minutes.
Or … have it start out with 28 seconds to show the virus going to the chimps, then 28 minutes later to give us a bit of a backstory on what happens in the first movie showing the beginning with the scientists and how it escapes the lab, it could then build up to show how it begins to spread within that first 28 hours, and then have the movie go on from there with full on breakdown up until the 28th day. 3-in-1 type of thing.
Whichever, I just want more of these movies. Absolutely love the first one.
Hey bud I think you’d be interested in the comic book series that they have that follows a few stories before and right after the outbreak, check it out!
The fact that the time jump is utilised though, and our imagination fills in the horrific gaps make it thematically work so much better though. Its of course because of this that we want to see a prequel or a play by play of things going wrong but as stated in this video, it's the tension and build of NOT seeing something that allows you and your brain to truly fill the gaps and get the best horror experience out of it. The fast and frantic intro and the uncontrollable panic, fear, and confusion in it is so perfectly terrifying that I don't think anything else is needed beyond literally just that. A 28 seconds/ minutes/ hours prequel would just be wasteful and unnecessary exposition in my opinion. And when that time early time period is ever actually explored in zombie media, it always falls short and is extremely unconvincing , and just ruins the magic a little
Short movie!
As a Londoner, when this movie dropped, it was Dope!!
Seeing London Bridge and Central London Absolutely Abandoned and silent you could hear a 50p coin drop was eerie to say the least.
The ONLY time I've Ever seen London Bridge look That empty was the 1st couple of weeks of the infamous lockdowns (I used to take a night bus there to smoke a couple zoots and drink some rum and enjoy the peace and quiet).
Plus, the grainy cinematography made it seem camcorder/Blair witch footage, which raised the thriller/horror stakes.
You had me at "Even the Doctor apologizes."😂
A pretty curious aspect of this scene (7:39) is how strangely relevant is the fact that the green apples look fine after a month. Since the movie is about the consequences of experimenting in biology, is curious how they show transgenics, a benefit of experiments, in the context of a biochem leak
The only soldier i felt sorry for in the third act was the wimpy little cook. I mean he was going down the hall, screaming like ninny, and was so easily picked on by the others before the whole thing happened.
He still wanted Selena and Hannah as sex slaves to himself and the other soldiers tho, I could never feel bad for someone who wanted to subject people to that horror.
Watching this film, fairly recently, I absolutely loved it. It feels so grand for its low budget parts. Not to mention the emotional beats of the film still hit. Cillian is also a welcome surprise with him giving a solid performance at the start of his career. Overall, I love the way it builds the world and tension. That opening sequence is iconic and the showdown at the end is still pretty creative for a zombie flick. I love that the whole film you see Jim as the naive and uniformed, yet moments peak through to show a rage filled man. For him to go feral at the end, but not because he is evil or cause he is infected. Rather to fight for what he has grown to love and not take for granted
That tunnel scene, with the rats running from the infected and the manic shadows coupled with the screaming of the infected is such an incredible scene.
28 days later is definitely my number 1 for favorite zombie movies, I like how it’s one of the few zombie movies that show how the outbreak started but also gives a happy ending even though there was a sequel which I also enjoyed. I do like the theme music in the first one more though because it’s slightly slowed down and sounds creepier whereas the one in 28 weeks later sounds very action packed and intense
Yes! 28DL is the GOLD STANDARD upon which I compare all zombie films against! 😎🤘🍻
these are one of my favorite zombie movies, thank you for making a good essay about it, onetime I just randomly found one of your videos and I must say im quite hooked, keep up the good work :}
Just want you to know that I really love your vids. Showed you to my brother the other day. So glad that you're gaining traction. Keep kicking ass. He heard me listening to one of your vids and asked, I went, "Oh, it's a smaller channel that goes over movies and stuff," then immediately realized that you're no longer a smaller channel.
In the grand scheme of TH-cam I’m still a small channel 😂 but yes the growth of the channel has blown my mind recently.
28 days later: 1st movie
28 weeks later: 2nd movie (sequel)
28 months later: maybe 3rd movie?
28 years later: 4th movie
28 hours later: 5th movie, 1st prequal
28 minutes later: 6th (short) movie, 2nd prequal
28 seconds later: prequel trailer for everything
It’s 28 years later as the third film. I think it’s been confirmed
@@andu1854 yeah, I'm kinda excited ngl
that scene with robert carlisle (forget the charecters name) looking back to see his wife dragged back away from the window always stuck with me, its so quick and theres no blood or gore, but you can only imagine the horror happening behind the wall.
Great video, this is one of my favorite movies of all time. Not to be that guy but one important detail of these movies that sets them apart from other zombie media is that these aren't your typical zombies, they're just sick people. That being said you're right about this movie's influence on the genre being very influential and I'd say we're lucky to have them. 🙂
Weird that they call it "28 Years Later" instead of the one that makes more sense, 28 Months Later. What are they gonna show? The aftermath when everything is back to normal and people are living their best lives? Will we get Grandpa Rogers telling war stories about the Isle of Man? 😭😭
Tbh they could do something similar to the wwz novel where they have a reporter going around asking survivors of the outbreak about their experiences they could have a 3 act movie, with each one following a different survivor they could even vary between genres with one being a soldier going into the infected zone, one being a survivor living day to day in an undead world, another being a criminal and how he saw an empty world and took his time to enjoy it only for his world to be ripped away from him as he realizes the world is overrun with the dead
The main Actor Cillian is much older now and this is possibly the final film, I think they're trying to bring the films to a proper end.
There's also the way of how British people measure time... We don't say '28 Months', we are much more likely to say '2 years and 4 months', which wouldn't make much sense, title-wise.
28 years makes more sense, in terms of the age of the main character, the British measure of time and the makes for a much bigger scope of story... Much more lore and world-building.
I Haven't thought of this movie in a while, but the scene in the cement bunker is fucking haunting. Being trapped with no escape and no idea what's going on is terrifying. Incredibld concept
This movie completely blew me away when I saw it in the theater. Thanks for shining a spotlight on it!
Truly the most terrifying outbreak, if it ever happened in real life.
WORLD WAR Z is close to topping it though
Two things I really loved about this movie compared to every other zombie movie I’ve seen:
1: The infection isn’t just some bioweapon or space spore. It is literally the Rage of humanity realized in a physical manner in the blood of the infected and reflecting how infectious Rage can be and the scientist in the beginning had only good intentions to cure the rage of humanity and try to bring peace to his planet. The infected themselves continue to reflect this by not always going for the bite to spread it like other zombie types. Half the time they literally just beat the crap out of their victims in pure Rage. Easily this is my most favorite zombie type ever because it’s not just a zombie at all but a pure emotion made into physical reality. Another thing about the infected I like is that they aren’t even dead, they’re still living creatures just out of complete control of their bodies and emotions, this is proven at the end as they literally starve to death.
2: They only introduced characters they needed to, even if it meant killing one of them off for character growth. For Selena it was her moment that she would not hesitate to kill anyone who was infected no matter how long she knew them. For Hannah she had to watch her own father get gunned down and that scene is what began tearing her apart and made her feel 100x more hopeless than she already did when we first met her. On top of that they didn’t kill off practically every main character like most zombie movies do. The trio at the end managed to live a happy quiet life while waiting for rescue from the military until the apocalypse literally ended itself.
I’m glad I was lucky enough to grow up on this movie and it will always be one of those gems that I will forever love even more than The Walking Dead & even the comedic Zombieland
Hey man! I highly recommend ''Dead Set''. its a British zombie mini series not many people know about. Would love to hear your take on it, its very good.
Did you know there is a Brazilian copy of that series? I've seen both
@@kelsey2333 I had no idea, name?
@@vintersorg5501Reality Z, it's okay not a great remake with the story being weirdly extended past where dead set ended but not a bad time
You should read the comic which serves as a direct sequel to 28 days later.
It also brings a bleak ending to Jim's character where he gets executed via firing squad due to getting apprehended/rescued by the military.
I didn’t realize how hard it was to get ahold of 28 weeks later! Now I’m really glad I was a dvd addict in my youth and kept my copy in mint condition. lol it’s one of my favs as far as zombie/infected movies!
I actually think the piece of music you're referencing was also used in "The Walling Dead" , the episode where Daryl, rick, TDog and Glenn came back for Merle and only found his hand still attached to the pipe via the handcuffs. That piece of music plays as Daryl cries "NO.... NO!... NAAAHO!" ETC.
Nope, they do sound similar though! I just listened to the scene to make sure and they are different but it’s clearly inspired by In The House, In A Heartbeat.
@@thethriftytypewriter Hey you're right! My bad on that one. But it really did contribute to the overall aesthetic that 28 Days Later had, that TWD aimed for.
I just love how this movie really redefined the Zombie genre from the typical Halloween curse rise from the grave zombies to being a harmful virus that infects the human host into a rage-induced monster. Which has been used by recent zombie movies and video games.
There is two zombie movies coming out in 2025. One of them is called "28 years later" and the other one is "Crawlers".
I laughed so hard when you explained how you “found a copy” as pirates of the Caribbean started playing in the background
when the blood drips into the guys eyes... Man watching that as a kid, wish i could rewatch it to get that same feeeling lol
Gonna have to say the product placement every show or something does it but I feel like it would make sense to have conversations about brands of food
Sorry but the intro to both movies is a 10/10. Best zombie movie intros ever
But 28DL "franchise" could have a PREQUEL TRILOGY squeezed out of it:
28 SECONDS later,
28 MINUTES Later (May overlap with 28SL but at different perspectives) and
28 HOURS Later:)
I love how he says it's not rentable on youtube while on the image there is an upload of the movie lmao.
28 Days Later definitely started / popularized the whole "Infected" thing, over regular slow-ass zombies.
It's 100% in my top 3 horror movies.
It was also the first movie that actually gave me the creeps, when I saw it. I was 13 at the time and boy was that late at night, 20 minute bike-ride home, from a friends house, a trip.
That's actually a genius point; your description of the 3rd act is spot on.
I love how this movie (as you point out) goes against everything we often see in American zombie/apocalypse movies. From the greed we see in the American movies, to the atmosphere and camera lens.
Speak for yourself the last battle to save the girls was terrifying to me and still is. So much chaos and unknowing and primal behavior. Not saying I didn’t enjoy the outcome but something about it just rubs me wrong watching it go down
Days had two different versions of the ending...
Absolutely my fav zombie depiction. However, one HUGE logical flaw always stands out (if I'm nitpicking). The fact that the human body can't really go more than 5-7 days without water, especially if the body is burning with rage. No review I've come across mentions this
True homage has to be paid to first Halperin's White Zombie and of course Romero's Night of The Living Dead. Truly legendary catalysts for what we enjoy today in the zombie genre.
If anybody wonders why 28 days later was shot on digital and not film, it’s because they wanted to make the film feel like somebody has recorded it (found footage didn’t exist yet). Not because of the low “budget”. Dark blue world was on film for the same budget.
Edit: Found footage existed at that time (The blair witch Project), but The trend didn’t start until Pranormal activity
I saw 28 days later when I was young and thought the movie was awesome and didn’t really know why and I think you explained it pretty well. I don’t watch a lot of scary movies so I didn’t realize this movie was like the beginning of many zombie like movies to come.
I LOVE how the the first 4/5s of the film is digital!!! THe fact that "that was as a good as they could make it look" is amazing. Such a happy accident! The end when they are free and are surviving and the film is finallly clearer and you can see more. It just goes together. And the fact it wasnt intentionally done like that adds to the magic!.
I was -4 years old when 28 days later came out, but i remember growing up and having a copy of it on DVD (to poor for blu ray) and never being able to get past the first 15 minutes until I was around 10 😂 I grew up watching horror, I was chucky the bride 4 years in a row from 4-8 but there was something about it that just terrified me. Sadly our copy got burned up in a house fire but it’s such an underrated movie
If you enjoy UK media and stories of rebuilding after the zombie apocalypse and dealing with its ramifications, you should really check out In The Flesh, 2013 gut wrenching tv drama series about rehabilitating zombies into the general populace. Had me in tears several times, at least the first season.
The first time i saw 28 weeks later, i was like 12 max., and this movie scared the sh*t out of me, the thought of being chased by ultra fast cannibalistic monsters terrified me
I could barely sleep without nightmares for at least a week or two
10 years later, hearing the soundtrack sends chills down my spine
This movie was really good
I never realized that the whole modern zombie genre started with this movie. But it's interesting how fast this genre developed. Only 2 years later we had Shaun of the dead and Zack Snyders Dawn of the dead.
I feel like this movie catches the feel of insanity so well, once they realize there is no people left they go mentally insane and do anything to feel normal again, I once spent a week in my room and not talking to anyone and after day 3 I had to stop because I felt like I was.going crazy
You forgot to mention that 28 days later wasn't just shot digitally but also on much smaller handy cam type cameras so they could maximise the shots when closing off major cities or road ways.
many people. myself included, get confused by the low opening scene quality. I was surprised it only existed in SD
I think the intro is totally underrated, and it's probably my favorite intro to a movie.
If you have never read the 28DL Graphic Novel you definitely should. Selena works as guide in the illegal quarantine zone and gets tangled up with the best friend of the Major West that got killed in the movie. Its awesome
28 days later, Shaun of the dead, and warm bodies are my 3 fav zombie movies all for different reasons
I remember back in high school when my friends and I were checking what movie we might want to rent, and saw this on the shelf. As we were looking at it, some random guy comes over and tells us not to rent it because it was terrible. We shrugged, because we enjoyed watching bad movies in the basement, and rented it. We thought it was great.
It changed the genre by forcing us to call them infected and not zombies.
Glad I still have my dvd and Blu-ray copy
Your observation that American zombie movies have more guns is due to these other Countries not having freedoms to own guns. So be fare and not so disingenuous.
Do you mean the freedom to send our kids to school knowing they'll come home ??
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Can't wait for the prequel 28 days earlier, with everyone living normal lives lol
28 Days Later is still the best "zombie" film that's ever been made in my opinion - when this film dropped - it was an absolutely mind-blowing gamechanger. Zombie films didn't have this style of "zombie" or this pacing, or this aesthetic/vibe, it was a totally new concept at the time & it scratched an itch in everyone's brain. 💯
The next movie in this series is being filmed in the village right next to mine, a few people I know will be extras in it
I know this is a zombie movie but this movie is an actual good commentary on how violence is rooted in our society/in our history, how violence affects the way we live, how violence and sex are correlated, and how we're all potentially capable of having violence in us. It does it way better than other movies that deal with this subject, specifically one in particular that came 3 years later, which is much worse
The kids werent going to the house just to find it. They went because Andy was afraid of forgetting what their Mom looked like and therefore forgetting their Mom. So they wanted to find a picture. The motivation makes sense.
I'm personally looking forward to the inevitable, critically acclaimed 28 Millennia Later. P.s love your work, Thrifty!
I'll admit 28 hours later showing the beginning of the chaos would be a spectacular prequel. 28 days showing the apocalypse beginning to dull down as survivors die, 28 weeks showing the humanitys fight back and the beginning of an actual world wide pandemic. 28 months later could show us how current survivors have begun to handle and adapt to the apocalypse and 28 years later could show the world either coming back from extinction or becoming a zombie wasteland
I always thought the scene with the military and the camp how the outbreak happens and then instantly there are infected on the roof. That is absolutely ridiculous.
Dude 28 weeks later still has (imo) one of the most anxiety inducing, heart racing opening scenes to ANY other movie I've ever seen. Even still to this day. The dad/husband abandoning his family and then the pure adrenaline pumping scene of him running for his literal life as +50 infected are close on his tail chasing him across the open pastures and fields... WHHHEWWWW! Saying it was intense would be a severely understated description for how it plays out
And now we're getting 28 years later
When this film came out the fact it was filmed in a British cinematic style that captures dirty realism mixed with whimsical themes like when shopping and viewing the horses. The American/Canadian reaction to this film was Dawn of the Dead and while amazing was more of a pretty people of Suburbia chilling in a Mall.
@2:57 I will never forget this scene. Scared the crap out of me when I first saw it. This and Dawn of the dead 2003 are scary just because these zombies have the potential to catch you.
i remember loving 28 days later then watching 28 weeks later immediately after and absolutely hating it, the whole outbreak is built on maximum stupidity
Mate a video on Quarantine (2008) would be good!
Msrk wasn't bit he cut himself with a machete and infected blood got into the wound, he wasn't trying to lie to save himself or anything, he was genuinely unsure if he was infected or not and wanted to see.
Loved the video, love this film. But in future could you bring the lows and highs of the volume levels closer together? You are so loud i cant handle turning the volume up any further and when you jump cut to people whispering to make a point i cant understand what theyre saying unless im ready with the volume to crank it up then then back down before it cuts back to loud. Maybe manual subtitles could solve this issue if you want your youtube audio range to be the same if not still too big of a range. Hope im making sense.
Also pls showcase the music without hiding the whole song/example via talking over it in VO. That song is so fantastic i hope youtube wasnt dinging you for showcasing it. I still cant believe how good that song is to the degree tons of ppl use the track even now a days.
Alex Garland is a treasure and I’m sad he doesn’t wanna direct movies anymore cause man Civil War is a ride.
I remember watching this waaay too young when my parents rented the DVD. I think this is as close to a childhood trauma movie as you could get 😅😂
The blurry shot of the flowers is on purpose, it almost look like a painting and I think it adds to the sometimes « surreal » aspects of the movie
My father showed me 28 Days Later when I was young. Don't do that as a parent btw as I had nightmares for a while, but I loved it regardless. It was so beautifully done and became one of, if not my absolute, favorite zombie movie.
i watched it at 1am in my living room with a glass slide windoe and its behind me i cannot tell u how badly i was sharting myself
Has anyone mentioned that the infection was nicknamed "rage", but the only way to overcome the soldiers was to become enraged. The soldiers were terrified of people filled with rage. There's just a lot of semi-subtle social commentary about people vs power
What a great analysis, and your humor shining through makes the video even better! Love your videos, keep going!
The movie isn't widely available because the people that own the rights to the movie HATE each other and would rather not make money then deal with each other so some rich people that can afford to sit on the movie. I think it was an interview with Danny Boyle and he said something like this with a smirk. "Well the various owners of the movie aren't really talking." But I've read it's been on streaming for very short periods then being pulled. So maybe somethings have changed but not much.
So, most interesting part of this great video is how hard it is to find 28 Days Later. It's a great movie that most people remember, it isn't a forgotten gem, and yet I can't find it. I'm am just shocked.
I love 28 days later but as a Londoner, i cannot understand why they wanted to go through the Blackwall Tunnel. It's always jammed with cars, traffic moves at a snails pace.
28 weeks later wasn't too bad, that being said, another settlement needs your help, I'll mark it on your map
Quest? But I'm already on a quest!!!!
Robert Carlyle, when I see him I can only think of him as Rumplestilskin in Once Upon a Time
Thanks for this video! This movie absolutely blew my hair back at the time, it was so good & scary! Being from Britain, and having been to London a few times, I loved that scene in the beginning, where Jim goes over the deserted bridge - to film that, they had to close the bridge early in the morning, and in summer, as it's normally so busy and noisy all the time! I'm also a big Walking Dead fan too 😀🧟♂️❤️
I went to the library to rent 28 Days Later on blu-ray