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So not sure if you guys knew this but Selena had a husband and kids prior to infection and the cannon ending had Jim died and Selena goes back into quarantine zone for a mission
Absolute BS. STOP lying. The comic book and 28 weeks are NON CANON. The new 28 YEARS LATER TRILOGY. is currently in production ( DANNY BOYLE/ALEX GARLAND AND CILLIAN MURPHY all returning) SONY won the bidding war and first movie will be released next summer with 2nd installment right behind it.
Shout out to the soldier that stood up for them. Seriously underrated character. Like you said, “only guy with a conscious”. Dude even said during their execution “do me first”. Bless that man.
The opening scene of Cillian wandering the REAL LIFE empty streets of London is one of the greatest opening scenes in horror movie history. You can see why it has been copied so many times in shows like The Walking Dead or spoofed like in the first paintball episode of Community.
Similar to the scene in Vanilla Sky with the empty Times Square, it's mind-boggling that they managed to get such an important area completely empty. I haven't actually seen VS so I don't know what the weight of that scene is like, but here it's really just such a perfect indicator of how fucked Britain is because of this infection, and it REALLY hammers home the weight of what's happened.
I’m not a zombie genre fan but this movie is absolutely iconic for that opening (and for exploring the theme of “we are the real monsters” before TWD and TLoU did)
The scene at the very beginning of the movie inside of the church where he says "Hello" and the two zombies just spring up out of nowhere is to this day one of the best jump scares and chilling scenes I've ever seen. Probably one of the best in film history. It's so effective!
28 days later is one of the few “zombie” movies that actually pioneered the fast running “zombies” genre. U could imagine how scared people were watching it for the first time.
41:13 Selena has a very neat, subtle character arc. Since she's not the main protag it's in the background, but I still love it, and this is essentially the conclusion of that arc. Selena goes from having of "better them than me" to putting Hannah first. Both girls are about to be gang r*ped and she knows this. The Selena from the start of the movie would have been chugging those pills to numb herself, but the Selena now instead gives them to Hannah to numb her. Again, it's a small moment, but I love Selena's little background character arc.
This is my favourite “Zombie” movie. And the fact that this is directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland shows the quality behind its filmmaking.
@@abhicricketand there’s a chance Cillian will come back. He said on interview he’d be very open to it or again written by Garland and directed by Boyle. Let’s hope it happens 🔥🔥
But there are no zombies in this movie , they are infected with a rage virus and are not dead, like when Jim kills the kid in the store if you listened in that scene the kid is talking and repeating i hate i hate i hate and the fact that the infected strave to death because they are not dead
At the beginning he woke up from some sort of brain surgery. That’s why half of his head is shaved. And his parents offed themselves because they thought he was going to stay sleeping because they knew it went bad during his surgery.
Great reaction! RE: the dialogue you missed: the Sergeant said that the entire UK is just one big island, and the infection converts people too rapidly to ever cross the oceans (since a plane or boat full of infected people would be completely overrun and crash long before reaching the destination). So the rest of the world has literally just quarantined the entire UK, and carried on without them.
28 Days Later is better. The sequel is actually pretty good despite what some people say but it’s a different director, bigger budget and definitely feels more like a generic Hollywood movie. The first one had that low budget charm to it.
At the very least these guys know how to pronounce Cillian Murphy's name lol 2:54 Even if the chimps weren't infected, I'd be really cautious to let them out. Those fckers can rip your face and balls off. Them being infected is just bonus.
the "waking up in the hospital" scene is a homage to the first one to start like that. many zombie movies, series and video games do that homage, like resident evil and obviously the walking dead. i need my coffee to remember what zombie movie did it first, but is a classic.
I think one of the first to use this type of opening wasn’t a zombie story, but the various adaptations of John Wyndham’s “The Day of the Triffids”. Off the top of my head, that may have been written in the 1950s.
What a movie, First time I'd seen zombies /infected (whatever) run so quickly. Proper scary at the time 😱 The second movie opening is even more frightening. I look forward to your watch reel rejects
4:50: they may have been in the middle of bathing or changing him, then they were in the crisis--but definitely shout out to that one person who gave him the key, while lock him in… act of human kindness and mercy.
I think what makes this movie special is the glimpses of hope and wholesomeness throughout. Showing a life beyond surviving but truly living with purpose and togetherness. The grocery store scene, the ending and Brendon Gleeson’s character as a whole are so sweet
I saw this movie when it first came out and it's still my favorite "zombie" film because it's about society more than anything else. I love how it explores the idea of rage and how tenuous morality can be. Jim's character development from desperate survivor to ruthless killer is so visceral, a literal loss of innocence since the moment he had to kill the infected child. Selene and Hannah briefly thinking he was infected when he killed the soldier further hammers home that you don't have to be infected to be filled with uncontrollable rage. Ultimately, the infected had no control of their destructive actions, meanwhile the military survivors had a moral breakdown in their own little isolated group in less than a month. It really makes you think about who are the real monsters, and how quicky someone can devolve into one.
There are a couple of alternate endings to the film. The shorter of the two was after the escape from the military household, Seleena and Hannah find a medical facility in which they attempt to fix Jim's gunshot wound. We actually see a brief cut to this in Jim's flashback during the film's ending with Seleena drawing a syringe. Their attempt fails however and Jim dies on the table leaving Selena and Hannah a moment to grieve before taking up guns and walking out of the facility together just before the credits roll. Its an ending that leaves the fates of the two remaining heroines ambiguous and uncertain, and it didn't test well. The other ending was actually more like an entirely different third act to the film. At the rescue station when Frank gets infected, rather than killing him the group manages to knock him unconscious instead. Wanting to try and save him they bind him and continue to travel until they happen upon a medical research facility. Hoping for answers inside they attempt to enter but are stopped by a lone scientist who is hiding out within a bunker deeper in the facility. Jim pleads with him to help find a cure for the infection and the scientist tells him that there is already a cure, but that the cost is so high it doesn't even matter. They enter a stalemate and wind up in the facility for several days with Selena learning how to properly shoot using infected wandering around the facility as target practice, and Hannah taking care of her dead while Jim continues to plead with the man for help. Eventually, Jim wears the scientist down, and he agrees to tell them the cure to the infection. The proposed treatment is a complete blood transfusion for the infected individual. A decision is made to do it using one of the three survivor's as the donor with the understanding that whoever winds up giving their blood will become infected themselves during the procedure. The scientist takes blood samples from the group and its discovered that of all of them Jim has a compatible blood type and so he agrees to do it. In the end Frank is saved, and the film ends with an infected Jim thrashing and strapped down to a medical table as the group seals the door and locks him away. It was decided that this ending proved to have a lot of issues with the established continuity of the film and how bloodborn illness works on a basic level. Not to mention it was again, a very bleak and dire ending to the film. After some debate it was decided that the third act could use some revision, and the idea of the soldiers being brought in as the penultimate antagonists to the film's conclusion was adopted. On a final note, nobody in the process of production referred to or hinted at the infected being zombies or anything akin to undead. Though the film certainly hits many of those major points and stylized beats, and has become inspiration for many films that would follow, the director and writer have insisted many times that the infected are just that, Infected, and that the symptoms of their disease are paramount to the namesake of the virus afflicting them causing immense anger and mindless rage that lashes out at anything around them.
Ah, yes, the track meet zombies a.k.a. the Usain Bolt zombies. This movie freaked me out because the one advantage we had is we could outrun zombies. But now they sprint? Unfair. Lol
My assumption about the death of frank (the father ) is that they were waiting to seen the group and decided frank was biggest threat ,since is daughter will be involve in the "plan" . They let him died instead of killing him and shown their real nature .
It's weird that most people forget that Selena is a chemist, so she has at least some medical training. LOVE this movie. I agree 100%; Cillian Murphy has such range, and is very good. Insane Batman villain to trans person during the Troubles to scientist trying to save the earth, etc.
One of the best outbreak movies ever. I love the dreamy, church sounding score throughout. It makes it feel like we've stepped into a dream instead of waking from one.
The saddest part for me was Selena giving Hanna something to make her emotionally numb. It’s hinted that she’s had it happen to her before so she’s trying to help Hanna feel less traumatized
This movie was literally the best experience to see via reactionary officiandos such as you guys part of the Reel Rejects Family. This channel’s awesome! I’m glad I watched you guys years ago!
This is such a perfect blend of classic and new zombie tropes. Love the running zombies and the evils of other survivalist. The music and walking around is almost a surrealist piece; love it. Also also, love how Shaun of the Dead gave this movie a tiny shout out at the end. Also there's an alternate ending where Jim does die and it's just the ladies that survive.
Jim's character arc is about searching for a father. In the beginning he's lost and goes to church for guidance and he finds a monster, then he goes home to his parents and they're dead, then he finds a fatherly figure in Frank, he dies. His last hope for a protective father figure is the military guy who is evil making Jim to turn into the father figure he's been looking for himself.
Krieger from Archer said it best “ZOMBIE implies they’re risen from the dead”, the infected in this movie are still alive, they’re just completely taken over by the rage virus. Like rabies only if rabies also did PCP, drank nothing but Monster Energy, and was fueled by the rage of all the people of the January 6th insurrection.
so sort of similar to how nazis functioned as methamphetamine was actually laced into their food and drink plus given to them " to give them strength and energy." So you end up with an army of rage filled junkies whose leader was exactly the same but worse.
The literal definition of a zombie (in fiction not folklore) is - a person or reanimated corpse that has been turned into a creature capable of movement but not of rational thought, which feeds on human flesh. Key word being PERSON. Some fictional zombies are just mind controlled people, nothing dead about them. Virally infected human beings are literally just a zombie sub-genre. Keep in mind fictional zombies and folklore zombies have two different definitions, as in folklore you become a zombie by committing suicide. Infected people are zombies whether you like it or not. This is fiction not folklore the zombies don't have to be dead. This is why frankenstein isn't considered a zombie despite being an animated corpse bought to life.
I have seen this movie dozens of times, and there are still moments in this film to this day that make me jump and winces. I know every goddamn minute of it but the tunnel scene still freaks me to this day
This movie is unbeatable! Some fun facts about this movie: the scenes in the city at night were actually filmed during the day and the darkened them so the Christmas lights were more clear. This was filmed using a digital camera, to make it feel like a documentary. Also there are laundry baskets because they had to get more baskets for the scene.
I'd recommend watching all of Danny Boyle's films, starting with "Shallow Grave", and definitely don't overlook "Sunshine". A lot of the same actors show up, the soundtracks (Murphy, Underworld, and the use of Brian Eno in 28DL).
I knew I wanted to have Cillian Murphy’s babies when he gouged the guy’s eyes out. Ever since, I have proudly called him my name twin (Lillian, Cillian, closest I’ll get in Hollywood lol) As for the movie - it’s one of the rare horror films rich enough in character development and existential drama that it transcends any genre. Also, really awesome watching the birth of an action hero in Cillian’s character throughout it.
As I said on the reaction to the Oppenheimer trailer, this is when I first saw Cillian Murphy's work. I still remember going to the theater for this one like it was yesterday.
All the people dead in the church in the beginning was especially sad when you realize the infected dont die off on their own very easily. So everyone went there to commit mass suicide. Was also the first "zombie" movie I can recall where they arent undead, just infected with a rabies like virus.
Oh i remember when i watched this years ago when there are only lazy walking zombies and this movie made me literally scream when they usain bolt-ed lol😂
Very fine reaction. The opening scene where the protagonist wakes up in the hospital and the city is empty, which also happens in The Walking Dead, originally happens in the novel The Day of The Triffids which was published in 1951 and was later adapted into a film and a TV show.
I always love Jim going into the diner alone - he needed to prove to himself that he could manage this situation, and I think it’s why he knows he can save the girls later, go all caveman on those tapes soldiers
Hell yeah! This is easily my favorite zombie movie of all time, and probably in my top 5 favorite movies of all time as well! So glad you guys reacted to this! Also absolutely loved your reactions to the "eye" scene 😂
Finishing film the last phrase on fighter pilot "lähetätkö helikopterin" means "send a helicopter" in Finnish :) I was like WTF when watching this one first time? Did i heard wrong or then Finland is non Zombie Zone in this universe...
This movie inspired so much, even outside the zombie genre. Remember that scene at the end of Punisher season 1 where he killed Rawlings? Guess where they got that from. They even remixed the song In the House, In a Heartbeat for that scene.
Just a note: despite people calling this a zombie film, it's not. They aren't zombies, they aren't walking corpses. They're still alive, hence why they move so fast and why they're able to be killed without a headshot.
I know they’re technically not zombies but its better than almost every zombie movie I’ve seen and that’s the reason I’m not a huge zombie person… but this one is simple, very immersive, different take, flavour… love it. Technically not zombies but close enough for me.
@@Valentin_126it is considered a disease because it doesn’t kill them. It simply causes them to revert to a primitive state of mind that can’t be reasoned with and is only interested in violence.
I dont see the big deal about referring to this as a Zombie film. Yes the definition isnt entirely accurate, but the Infected are wholly subordinate to an overwhelming desire outside of their control much like a traditional zombie, its the same generic principle to a zombie film and it rolls off the tongue a lot easier than "Its a Zombie but theyre not really zombies"
That Pandora song you mentioned during the mayhem scene is actually called "In the house - in a heart beat" by John Murphy =) bc of Selena's comment. It's so good!
I love the theory that Mailer was the previous leader of the soldiers and Ecclestone’s character got him killed and kept him chained up, then when Mailer kills him it’s kinda like revenge
It gets even sadder when you realize there was no way Hannas dad was gonna make it, even without the blood in his eye. He wouldve just been killed by the soldiers cuz hed never let them have Hanna, and he wouldnt have been able to sneak away like Jim did.
I saw this in theaters when I was 8 with my parents. It's the only Horror movie they actually liked, I was shocked. It's really good. There's like, 4 alternate endings you need to watch too. It's crazy how many they had. Great film and I can't wait for 28 weeks later
5:42 Just imagine how terrifying it would be to see the once bustling streets of London look so empty,silent and basically dead during the day,you would feel the desolation and unsettling silence instantly as soon as you stepped outside
Andrew I think you missed the dialogue when Jim is explaining to Selena and Mark that he was a bike courier, he was hit by a car and the next thing he knew he woke up in a hospital bed and everyone is gone. So basically he has been in a coma for 28 days, hence the films title, and also the reason he's so "skinny and drawn" although I think thats just Cillian's natural body type and part of the reason he was cast.
I totally agree with the comments about last of us. At times it felt more of like a nuclear apocalypse where its mainly people as a threat vs infected. Its totally fine because the pay off was worth it. 28 days later is just such an incredible movie! Its so re watchable and so many things you can take from it. That last shot of Jim is one of my fav closing shots ever. Its wild to me too I visited london like 10 years ago now and I got celebrate new years in front of big ben. Its so crazy to realize the contrast lol
Another great Danny Boyle/Cillian Murphy collaboration is a film called "Sunshine." I won't say too much to spoil it, but it's more of a science fiction film with an all star cast--Chris Evans, Michelle Yeoh, Rose Byrne, Benedict Wong, etc. Highly recommend.
My favorite horror of all time for the music alone. One of the very few film scores I own along with Blade Runner, October Sky, Braveheart, and The Dark Knight.
I love how this is one of the only movies I've ever seen that incorporated fixed camera angles so perfectly, it's a huge reason why resident evil blew up as a franchise there's something so eerie about the only thing moving in the shot is the character or characters, I just now noticed that!
This is one of my favorite movies of all time and dare I say one of the most influential movies of the 21st Century so far. It was the blueprint for the “fast zombie” concept. Every single piece of zombie/post apocalyptic media that came out after 2002 was inspired by this movie in some way and modern zombie horror directors sprinkle 28 Days Later references in their work all the time. I’m so glad y’all enjoyed it! Please react to the sequel, 28 Weeks Later. It’s not as good as the first one but still a solid film overall. Danny Boyle has been teasing a third film (28 Months/Years Later) for ages and I’m still waiting on it 🙌🏽🧟♂️🩸
Our hero waking up in a hospital bed after something of this nature happening is a specific reference to Day of the Triffids, (Walking Dead’s first issue was published a couple months after 28 Days Later.)
So this movie currently finds itself in some legal bullshit that I really hope gets sorted out cause this is currently unavailable digitally pretty much everywhere. Glad you got a chance to see it right now.
If you think the opening to the first film is good you boys gotta react to the second film!! One of the best openings to a film i've seen!! love your work guys!!
The bulletin board of people looking for their loved ones from the beginning of the movie actually has a tragic real world inspiration. There was such a board up in New York City after 9/11. It spontaneously grew from the family’s who still had family memebers missing in wreckage and it stood for at least all of the early weeks of the rescue efforts if I remember correctly.
I thought the director clarified that he did not take inspiration from that recent tragedy but that he took it from an incident in China before 9/11 actually occurred. It just was released after 9/11 and so a lot of people thought it was insensitive.
I'm from Ireland so I've been to London a few times and see it in the news and tv in general a fair bit so seeing all those massively populated places in England's capital being completely empty is crazy every time I see it!!
My dad was in the army back in the 80s, and when he left, he kept us close to the base. I was in middle school when this movie came out. He told me and my stepbrothers that there’s scientists at the army base who were trying to create a virus like the one in this movie. He described it as rabies and Ebola mixed with “bath salts”. The infected would suffer psychosis and pretty much turn animalistic and kill each other before dying of exhaustion or internal bleeding within a week. One day at school, an alert was played over the intercom. There was a biological attack on the army base and our school was in the affected area. Our school went into lockdown. We were a rural school that had every grade in one building. The elementary school kids had to go to the elementary library, the junior high kids had to come down to the basement with us middle schoolers, and the high schoolers had to go into the lower level locker rooms and stairwell. Parents were calling the office, coming to the school and banging on the doors to get their kids, all us kids were freaking out. Turned out, it was a readiness test for the base that had been accidentally broadcast to local radio stations.
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So not sure if you guys knew this but Selena had a husband and kids prior to infection and the cannon ending had Jim died and Selena goes back into quarantine zone for a mission
Absolute BS. STOP lying.
The comic book and 28 weeks are NON CANON.
The new 28 YEARS LATER TRILOGY. is currently in production ( DANNY BOYLE/ALEX GARLAND AND CILLIAN MURPHY all returning)
SONY won the bidding war and first movie will be released next summer with 2nd installment right behind it.
Oh n considering 28 Years Later just wrapped... Might wanna do a react with others.
Shout out to the soldier that stood up for them. Seriously underrated character. Like you said, “only guy with a conscious”. Dude even said during their execution “do me first”. Bless that man.
Underrated character. Wish he survived with Jim and the others but at least he died with his humanity still intact.
RIP Farrell.
The opening scene of Cillian wandering the REAL LIFE empty streets of London is one of the greatest opening scenes in horror movie history. You can see why it has been copied so many times in shows like The Walking Dead or spoofed like in the first paintball episode of Community.
Similar to the scene in Vanilla Sky with the empty Times Square, it's mind-boggling that they managed to get such an important area completely empty. I haven't actually seen VS so I don't know what the weight of that scene is like, but here it's really just such a perfect indicator of how fucked Britain is because of this infection, and it REALLY hammers home the weight of what's happened.
Well actually Robert kirkman wrote the opening scene in his comic book before this came out this released a month later after the twd comic
I’m not a zombie genre fan but this movie is absolutely iconic for that opening (and for exploring the theme of “we are the real monsters” before TWD and TLoU did)
@@itzbp9949yeah that was just a coincidence, but this movie def impacted the TV show later on
Yeah I'm sure there was inspiration for it
The scene at the very beginning of the movie inside of the church where he says "Hello" and the two zombies just spring up out of nowhere is to this day one of the best jump scares and chilling scenes I've ever seen. Probably one of the best in film history. It's so effective!
Yes
, the way the second guy looks is very uncanny
I think it's because of the camera movement. The camera moves not like it's supposed to be scary. It's as confused as the main character is.
@@Theroadtoawe it’s not just that but the stunt actors who are playing the infected do a really good job to sell it
That’s the scene that got me too. The theater experience with this was top notch.
28 days later is one of the few “zombie” movies that actually pioneered the fast running “zombies” genre. U could imagine how scared people were watching it for the first time.
It was insane, and a huge breakthrough on the genre
this and return of the living dead pretty much
Saw it in theaters when it came out and yeah it hit hard.
Yup that was me, I couldn't believe it when I first saw how fast they moved. I imagined myself getting run down in 30 seconds flat
Dawn of the Dead 2004 happened because 28 Days Later happened
41:13 Selena has a very neat, subtle character arc. Since she's not the main protag it's in the background, but I still love it, and this is essentially the conclusion of that arc. Selena goes from having of "better them than me" to putting Hannah first. Both girls are about to be gang r*ped and she knows this. The Selena from the start of the movie would have been chugging those pills to numb herself, but the Selena now instead gives them to Hannah to numb her. Again, it's a small moment, but I love Selena's little background character arc.
Agreed. I love Naomie's character in this.
Selena was my favourite character she literally said she’d leave them in a heart beat to this woman that seems like she would die for Hannah
This is my favourite “Zombie” movie. And the fact that this is directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland shows the quality behind its filmmaking.
Yea one of the greatest zombie movies definitely top 3 for me with 28 weeks later and world war z
@@For8ignBoiNateApparently there’s going to be a ‘28 Years Later’.
@@abhicricketand there’s a chance Cillian will come back. He said on interview he’d be very open to it or again written by Garland and directed by Boyle. Let’s hope it happens 🔥🔥
But there are no zombies in this movie , they are infected with a rage virus and are not dead, like when Jim kills the kid in the store if you listened in that scene the kid is talking and repeating i hate i hate i hate and the fact that the infected strave to death because they are not dead
@@abhicricketIt’s going to be 28 months later. The script is complete. I imagine the biggest issue now is just scheduling issues.
“Does it rain a lot in England?”
*immediately looks out the window and its raining*
Yep.
Looks out the window, to the flooding river racing towards your house
Just a little
At the beginning he woke up from some sort of brain surgery. That’s why half of his head is shaved. And his parents offed themselves because they thought he was going to stay sleeping because they knew it went bad during his surgery.
Definitely one of my favorite horror films. The sequence where Jim goes after the soldiers is superbly executed. Cillian is outstanding in everything
Great reaction! RE: the dialogue you missed: the Sergeant said that the entire UK is just one big island, and the infection converts people too rapidly to ever cross the oceans (since a plane or boat full of infected people would be completely overrun and crash long before reaching the destination). So the rest of the world has literally just quarantined the entire UK, and carried on without them.
An island in chaos, with or without the virus 😉
You mean England not the UK
@@NihilisticcretinNo? England is just one part of the UK. Scotland and Wales are on the same island are most certainly not a part of England.
@@Nihilisticcretiner…no?
Btw didn’t the radio broadcast say their were cases in Paris and New York, so it must have been global
The opening really does feel like someones vivid nightmare.
The way the infected stand up and look at Jim in the church is so unsettling.
I've seen this move 10+times and that Church scene still gets me every dang time 😂
Which do you prefer? 28 Days Later or 28 Weeks Later??
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First one was a classic, sequel was good too! If the worlds end with this virus, we are foocked 😅😂
28 Days Later is better. The sequel is actually pretty good despite what some people say but it’s a different director, bigger budget and definitely feels more like a generic Hollywood movie. The first one had that low budget charm to it.
@@MoonageDaydream. Couldnt be more on point ! 💯 those haunting shots of empty London are burned in my brain forever haha 😱
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Who’s Rewatching this after seeing the 28 years later trailer
never seen it but no where to stream it for some reason so this works
Word up 🙏
they really need to get with it with 28 Weeks Later
At the very least these guys know how to pronounce Cillian Murphy's name lol
2:54 Even if the chimps weren't infected, I'd be really cautious to let them out. Those fckers can rip your face and balls off. Them being infected is just bonus.
the "waking up in the hospital" scene is a homage to the first one to start like that. many zombie movies, series and video games do that homage, like resident evil and obviously the walking dead. i need my coffee to remember what zombie movie did it first, but is a classic.
I think one of the first to use this type of opening wasn’t a zombie story, but the various adaptations of John Wyndham’s “The Day of the Triffids”. Off the top of my head, that may have been written in the 1950s.
@@aitchessanon4312 it's noon and I still can remember xD but sounds right to me.
Jim is so skinny because he was a hospital patient who was abandoned in a coma, so no one was feeding him.
What a movie, First time I'd seen zombies /infected (whatever) run so quickly. Proper scary at the time 😱
The second movie opening is even more frightening. I look forward to your watch reel rejects
4:50: they may have been in the middle of bathing or changing him, then they were in the crisis--but definitely shout out to that one person who gave him the key, while lock him in… act of human kindness and mercy.
I think what makes this movie special is the glimpses of hope and wholesomeness throughout. Showing a life beyond surviving but truly living with purpose and togetherness. The grocery store scene, the ending and Brendon Gleeson’s character as a whole are so sweet
I saw this movie when it first came out and it's still my favorite "zombie" film because it's about society more than anything else. I love how it explores the idea of rage and how tenuous morality can be. Jim's character development from desperate survivor to ruthless killer is so visceral, a literal loss of innocence since the moment he had to kill the infected child. Selene and Hannah briefly thinking he was infected when he killed the soldier further hammers home that you don't have to be infected to be filled with uncontrollable rage.
Ultimately, the infected had no control of their destructive actions, meanwhile the military survivors had a moral breakdown in their own little isolated group in less than a month. It really makes you think about who are the real monsters, and how quicky someone can devolve into one.
There are a couple of alternate endings to the film. The shorter of the two was after the escape from the military household, Seleena and Hannah find a medical facility in which they attempt to fix Jim's gunshot wound. We actually see a brief cut to this in Jim's flashback during the film's ending with Seleena drawing a syringe. Their attempt fails however and Jim dies on the table leaving Selena and Hannah a moment to grieve before taking up guns and walking out of the facility together just before the credits roll. Its an ending that leaves the fates of the two remaining heroines ambiguous and uncertain, and it didn't test well.
The other ending was actually more like an entirely different third act to the film. At the rescue station when Frank gets infected, rather than killing him the group manages to knock him unconscious instead. Wanting to try and save him they bind him and continue to travel until they happen upon a medical research facility. Hoping for answers inside they attempt to enter but are stopped by a lone scientist who is hiding out within a bunker deeper in the facility. Jim pleads with him to help find a cure for the infection and the scientist tells him that there is already a cure, but that the cost is so high it doesn't even matter. They enter a stalemate and wind up in the facility for several days with Selena learning how to properly shoot using infected wandering around the facility as target practice, and Hannah taking care of her dead while Jim continues to plead with the man for help. Eventually, Jim wears the scientist down, and he agrees to tell them the cure to the infection. The proposed treatment is a complete blood transfusion for the infected individual. A decision is made to do it using one of the three survivor's as the donor with the understanding that whoever winds up giving their blood will become infected themselves during the procedure. The scientist takes blood samples from the group and its discovered that of all of them Jim has a compatible blood type and so he agrees to do it. In the end Frank is saved, and the film ends with an infected Jim thrashing and strapped down to a medical table as the group seals the door and locks him away.
It was decided that this ending proved to have a lot of issues with the established continuity of the film and how bloodborn illness works on a basic level. Not to mention it was again, a very bleak and dire ending to the film. After some debate it was decided that the third act could use some revision, and the idea of the soldiers being brought in as the penultimate antagonists to the film's conclusion was adopted.
On a final note, nobody in the process of production referred to or hinted at the infected being zombies or anything akin to undead. Though the film certainly hits many of those major points and stylized beats, and has become inspiration for many films that would follow, the director and writer have insisted many times that the infected are just that, Infected, and that the symptoms of their disease are paramount to the namesake of the virus afflicting them causing immense anger and mindless rage that lashes out at anything around them.
Ah, yes, the track meet zombies a.k.a. the Usain Bolt zombies. This movie freaked me out because the one advantage we had is we could outrun zombies. But now they sprint? Unfair. Lol
They aren't zombies. Just infected humans.
Aggression can give you adrenaline
My assumption about the death of frank (the father ) is that they were waiting to seen the group and decided frank was biggest threat ,since is daughter will be involve in the "plan" . They let him died instead of killing him and shown their real nature .
I think they were just checking the group out but once Frank got infected they had to reveal themselves.
Yup. That's exactly it. They wanted the women and were deciding if Frank could pose a threat.
This and 28 Weeks are so good, I love both of them and hope the rumors of Cillian and Danny teaming up for Months comes to fruition.
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It's weird that most people forget that Selena is a chemist, so she has at least some medical training. LOVE this movie.
I agree 100%; Cillian Murphy has such range, and is very good. Insane Batman villain to trans person during the Troubles to scientist trying to save the earth, etc.
Cillian's played a trans person?
One of the best outbreak movies ever. I love the dreamy, church sounding score throughout. It makes it feel like we've stepped into a dream instead of waking from one.
The film's visual choice is so special. The blurry/underquality lens somehow gives the whole thing the feeling of a nightmare.
Notice how he asked how many did you kill . And that's something Rick Grimes said in walking dead whenever they ran into a new group or person
I'm pretty sure this was the first time we got fast "zombies." I'd be so done. 🤣🤣
The saddest part for me was Selena giving Hanna something to make her emotionally numb. It’s hinted that she’s had it happen to her before so she’s trying to help Hanna feel less traumatized
This movie was literally the best experience to see via reactionary officiandos such as you guys part of the Reel Rejects Family. This channel’s awesome! I’m glad I watched you guys years ago!
This is such a perfect blend of classic and new zombie tropes. Love the running zombies and the evils of other survivalist. The music and walking around is almost a surrealist piece; love it.
Also also, love how Shaun of the Dead gave this movie a tiny shout out at the end.
Also there's an alternate ending where Jim does die and it's just the ladies that survive.
Ah yes .. the filmed that made "fast zombies" a thing ... THANKS MOVIE! 😡
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LETS GOOOOOO!!! 💪😎💪
Jim's character arc is about searching for a father. In the beginning he's lost and goes to church for guidance and he finds a monster, then he goes home to his parents and they're dead, then he finds a fatherly figure in Frank, he dies. His last hope for a protective father figure is the military guy who is evil making Jim to turn into the father figure he's been looking for himself.
Krieger from Archer said it best “ZOMBIE implies they’re risen from the dead”, the infected in this movie are still alive, they’re just completely taken over by the rage virus. Like rabies only if rabies also did PCP, drank nothing but Monster Energy, and was fueled by the rage of all the people of the January 6th insurrection.
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I was scrolling through the comments looking to see if someone
would say this, Thanks so much!!
Or the people calling a man "sir" 🤣
so sort of similar to how nazis functioned as methamphetamine was actually laced into their food and drink plus given to them " to give them strength and energy." So you end up with an army of rage filled junkies whose leader was exactly the same but worse.
The literal definition of a zombie (in fiction not folklore) is - a person or reanimated corpse that has been turned into a creature capable of movement but not of rational thought, which feeds on human flesh. Key word being PERSON. Some fictional zombies are just mind controlled people, nothing dead about them. Virally infected human beings are literally just a zombie sub-genre. Keep in mind fictional zombies and folklore zombies have two different definitions, as in folklore you become a zombie by committing suicide. Infected people are zombies whether you like it or not. This is fiction not folklore the zombies don't have to be dead. This is why frankenstein isn't considered a zombie despite being an animated corpse bought to life.
I have seen this movie dozens of times, and there are still moments in this film to this day that make me jump and winces. I know every goddamn minute of it but the tunnel scene still freaks me to this day
28 Days Later is a great film. Y'all seemed to have a good time.
This is in my top 10 favorite movies of all time. It’s gorgeous.
"Just sucks that the dad died before he could learn that they were saved."
Oh my sweet, summer child...
One reason he looks so thin is he was in a coma for almost a month, so low calories and atrophy.
Also, "Chemist" in UK is the term for Pharmacist.
28 weeks later is one of the most terrifying movies😭
This movie is unbeatable! Some fun facts about this movie: the scenes in the city at night were actually filmed during the day and the darkened them so the Christmas lights were more clear. This was filmed using a digital camera, to make it feel like a documentary. Also there are laundry baskets because they had to get more baskets for the scene.
I'd recommend watching all of Danny Boyle's films, starting with "Shallow Grave", and definitely don't overlook "Sunshine". A lot of the same actors show up, the soundtracks (Murphy, Underworld, and the use of Brian Eno in 28DL).
I don't like horror movies at all, but this movie and The Thing are two of my favorite movies of all time.
Danny Boyle and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle, a veteran of low-tech Dogme films, work wonders with a digital camera.
I knew I wanted to have Cillian Murphy’s babies when he gouged the guy’s eyes out. Ever since, I have proudly called him my name twin (Lillian, Cillian, closest I’ll get in Hollywood lol)
As for the movie - it’s one of the rare horror films rich enough in character development and existential drama that it transcends any genre. Also, really awesome watching the birth of an action hero in Cillian’s character throughout it.
As I said on the reaction to the Oppenheimer trailer, this is when I first saw Cillian Murphy's work. I still remember going to the theater for this one like it was yesterday.
All the people dead in the church in the beginning was especially sad when you realize the infected dont die off on their own very easily. So everyone went there to commit mass suicide. Was also the first "zombie" movie I can recall where they arent undead, just infected with a rabies like virus.
That dude that sits up in the church will always freak me the hell out.
“Is that a Cillian eye” - “definitely a Cillian eye” 😂😂
Oh i remember when i watched this years ago when there are only lazy walking zombies and this movie made me literally scream when they usain bolt-ed lol😂
I watched it with a friend in the theaters we were both sooo scared. 😂 NOT expecting fast zombies.
Very fine reaction. The opening scene where the protagonist wakes up in the hospital and the city is empty, which also happens in The Walking Dead, originally happens in the novel The Day of The Triffids which was published in 1951 and was later adapted into a film and a TV show.
I always love Jim going into the diner alone - he needed to prove to himself that he could manage this situation, and I think it’s why he knows he can save the girls later, go all caveman on those tapes soldiers
So excited to see Aaron and Andrew react to this movie! This movie is so great! 👍
Hell yeah! This is easily my favorite zombie movie of all time, and probably in my top 5 favorite movies of all time as well! So glad you guys reacted to this! Also absolutely loved your reactions to the "eye" scene 😂
This, Train to Busan, Return of the Living Dead, OG Dawn of the Dead and remake Dawn of the Dead are my top 5.
Finishing film the last phrase on fighter pilot "lähetätkö helikopterin" means "send a helicopter" in Finnish :) I was like WTF when watching this one first time? Did i heard wrong or then Finland is non Zombie Zone in this universe...
If anyone hasn’t and wants to see more Cillian, Peaky Blinders also shows his acting ability and has Tom Hardy in it as well
This movie inspired so much, even outside the zombie genre. Remember that scene at the end of Punisher season 1 where he killed Rawlings? Guess where they got that from. They even remixed the song In the House, In a Heartbeat for that scene.
Just a note: despite people calling this a zombie film, it's not. They aren't zombies, they aren't walking corpses. They're still alive, hence why they move so fast and why they're able to be killed without a headshot.
I know they’re technically not zombies but its better than almost every zombie movie I’ve seen and that’s the reason I’m not a huge zombie person… but this one is simple, very immersive, different take, flavour… love it. Technically not zombies but close enough for me.
Any movie with violent mindless humanoids is a zombie movie, what else would you call the genre? Infected movies? That just sounds stupid.
@@Valentin_126 it's literally called an outbreak genre instead of zombie genre. Google is free instead of acting like a moron
@@Valentin_126it is considered a disease because it doesn’t kill them. It simply causes them to revert to a primitive state of mind that can’t be reasoned with and is only interested in violence.
@@Valentin_126the genre is known as "Outbreak Movie"
For this movie it’s either filled with moments of “NOOOOPE!” Or “HELL NAH… to the NAH NAH NAH!” 😂
Definitely my favorite horror movie. Great reaction guys, keep up the awesome work.
4:35 literally every reactor says this, but few ever notice the blanket at his feet that he's kicked off during his coma.
15:10 one of the best jump scares of all time
I dont see the big deal about referring to this as a Zombie film.
Yes the definition isnt entirely accurate, but the Infected are wholly subordinate to an overwhelming desire outside of their control much like a traditional zombie, its the same generic principle to a zombie film and it rolls off the tongue a lot easier than "Its a Zombie but theyre not really zombies"
As I recall this was the first of the fast zombie films.
That Pandora song you mentioned during the mayhem scene is actually called "In the house - in a heart beat" by John Murphy =) bc of Selena's comment. It's so good!
One of my favorite zombie movies . Loved it . Happy Halloween 🎃👻
I love the theory that Mailer was the previous leader of the soldiers and Ecclestone’s character got him killed and kept him chained up, then when Mailer kills him it’s kinda like revenge
I'm still waiting for 28 months later
I got good news and bad news😂
if only that one scientist at the beginning just straight up told them Rabies or something other then rage...
It gets even sadder when you realize there was no way Hannas dad was gonna make it, even without the blood in his eye. He wouldve just been killed by the soldiers cuz hed never let them have Hanna, and he wouldnt have been able to sneak away like Jim did.
I feel so bad they left the goldfish behind 😢
I saw this in theaters when I was 8 with my parents. It's the only Horror movie they actually liked, I was shocked. It's really good. There's like, 4 alternate endings you need to watch too. It's crazy how many they had. Great film and I can't wait for 28 weeks later
These are the zombies of nightmares infinite stamina no chill . No thank u lol
finally, a good spooky zombie movie.
5:42 Just imagine how terrifying it would be to see the once bustling streets of London look so empty,silent and basically dead during the day,you would feel the desolation and unsettling silence instantly as soon as you stepped outside
Andrew I think you missed the dialogue when Jim is explaining to Selena and Mark that he was a bike courier, he was hit by a car and the next thing he knew he woke up in a hospital bed and everyone is gone. So basically he has been in a coma for 28 days, hence the films title, and also the reason he's so "skinny and drawn" although I think thats just Cillian's natural body type and part of the reason he was cast.
I totally agree with the comments about last of us. At times it felt more of like a nuclear apocalypse where its mainly people as a threat vs infected. Its totally fine because the pay off was worth it.
28 days later is just such an incredible movie! Its so re watchable and so many things you can take from it. That last shot of Jim is one of my fav closing shots ever. Its wild to me too I visited london like 10 years ago now and I got celebrate new years in front of big ben. Its so crazy to realize the contrast lol
You guys should watch peaky blinders with Murphy
One of the best zombie movies imo.
Another great Danny Boyle/Cillian Murphy collaboration is a film called "Sunshine." I won't say too much to spoil it, but it's more of a science fiction film with an all star cast--Chris Evans, Michelle Yeoh, Rose Byrne, Benedict Wong, etc. Highly recommend.
Most convincing "zombie type" movie ever made.
My favorite horror of all time for the music alone. One of the very few film scores I own along with Blade Runner, October Sky, Braveheart, and The Dark Knight.
Time to react to 28 weeks later and the new trailer for 28 years later!!!
I love how this is one of the only movies I've ever seen that incorporated fixed camera angles so perfectly, it's a huge reason why resident evil blew up as a franchise there's something so eerie about the only thing moving in the shot is the character or characters, I just now noticed that!
As someone who has to drive around the city as a part of my job, I miss the early days of covid.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time and dare I say one of the most influential movies of the 21st Century so far. It was the blueprint for the “fast zombie” concept. Every single piece of zombie/post apocalyptic media that came out after 2002 was inspired by this movie in some way and modern zombie horror directors sprinkle 28 Days Later references in their work all the time. I’m so glad y’all enjoyed it! Please react to the sequel, 28 Weeks Later. It’s not as good as the first one but still a solid film overall. Danny Boyle has been teasing a third film (28 Months/Years Later) for ages and I’m still waiting on it 🙌🏽🧟♂️🩸
you would think the Dad would've utilized that riot gear more than that one time ...
4:08 I died at "It's his Oppenheimer" comment lol
Same
Our hero waking up in a hospital bed after something of this nature happening is a specific reference to Day of the Triffids, (Walking Dead’s first issue was published a couple months after 28 Days Later.)
I read somewhere that they placed strippers at street junctions to stop people to get a deserted London look! 😆
So this movie currently finds itself in some legal bullshit that I really hope gets sorted out cause this is currently unavailable digitally pretty much everywhere. Glad you got a chance to see it right now.
"Imagine walking in a city and there is NOTHING going on." Welcome to any city in Finland on midsummer :D
If you think the opening to the first film is good you boys gotta react to the second film!! One of the best openings to a film i've seen!! love your work guys!!
The bulletin board of people looking for their loved ones from the beginning of the movie actually has a tragic real world inspiration. There was such a board up in New York City after 9/11. It spontaneously grew from the family’s who still had family memebers missing in wreckage and it stood for at least all of the early weeks of the rescue efforts if I remember correctly.
I thought the director clarified that he did not take inspiration from that recent tragedy but that he took it from an incident in China before 9/11 actually occurred. It just was released after 9/11 and so a lot of people thought it was insensitive.
Yeah this movie was showing us what covid lockdowns would look like long before covid... exchange covid for Zombie virus and it's pretty accurate.
I'm from Ireland so I've been to London a few times and see it in the news and tv in general a fair bit so seeing all those massively populated places in England's capital being completely empty is crazy every time I see it!!
One of the best not just zombie or horror movies, but just one of the best movies I’ve ever seen period
"Is that a Cillian eye?"
Sure is
My dad was in the army back in the 80s, and when he left, he kept us close to the base.
I was in middle school when this movie came out. He told me and my stepbrothers that there’s scientists at the army base who were trying to create a virus like the one in this movie. He described it as rabies and Ebola mixed with “bath salts”. The infected would suffer psychosis and pretty much turn animalistic and kill each other before dying of exhaustion or internal bleeding within a week.
One day at school, an alert was played over the intercom. There was a biological attack on the army base and our school was in the affected area. Our school went into lockdown.
We were a rural school that had every grade in one building. The elementary school kids had to go to the elementary library, the junior high kids had to come down to the basement with us middle schoolers, and the high schoolers had to go into the lower level locker rooms and stairwell.
Parents were calling the office, coming to the school and banging on the doors to get their kids, all us kids were freaking out.
Turned out, it was a readiness test for the base that had been accidentally broadcast to local radio stations.