The scene in the church where he says “Hello” and they suddenly turn around and stare at him fish-eyed with their mouths open is 100x more terrifying than any jumpscares other horror movies can offer us.
I always thought the reason why the message at the end was "HELLO" was a thematic choice, because the first time we hear Jim speak is a desperate "Hello!" repeated over and over with no one to answer.
One thing i like about these movies is, the "zombies" arent really undead people. they are infected and once they die they are dead. like people arent dying and coming back to life. its just an infection that takes over. so it really gives this movie a sense of feeling real.
Dude that scene in the church when he goes "Hello?" and a couple of them turn around and just stares at him is so freaky, literally goosebumps every time
What I love is how the term “zombie” or “undead” is not mentioned once. That’s why this seems more realistic in a portrayal of humans surviving and adapting to an outbreak of a virus named rage
That's kind of bcus the zombies aren't 'zombies' in the sense we're used to. It's essentially rabies if it hit the gym, and as we see in 28 weeks later the infected do starve to death. This is my take, I'm not a zombie guru, don't come after me.
@@MariaElena-ch3td I need citation for that because they don’t own the term zombie. They copyrighted the term “marvel zombie” for a time in the early to mid 70s and that’s the extent. There is no way that movie companies/small creators who use zombie are paying marvel for it. They didn’t use the term because they are not zombies. It first came about from Greek mythology then was adapted to hatian folklore..
@@JonSebring they owned the term “zombie” for 23 yrs, only loosing it bc they didn’t create more material and deemed too broad a word to copyright. In 2006 is when the got approved for “marvel zombie.” I know they aren’t zombies bc they never died just got infected with a virus.
Jim's revenge is my favourite scene! 🖤🤟🏻 The sad part about it tho is that something in his brain switched when he saw that plane in the sky. His entire personality changed in that moment and he's reacting to the situation with extreme emotions, he's never going to be the same again after this. Even for a justified reasoning the guilt of what he's done will never leave him.
So many amazing shots in this movie though, my favorite was always the shot where Hannah gets separated from the rest of the group as the soldiers begin to fall one by one. I just found it so beautiful in its simplicity. Her in the red dress, zonked out of her head, disappearing into the shadows as Selina screams her name.
One of my favourite films ever. A very creepy twist that floored me the first time I saw it. Cillian Murphy who played Jim is an incredible actor with great versatility!
What it comes down to is it's not the infected or zombies that are your worst enemy. Your worst enemy will most often be another human being. Great reaction as always.
James is correct in the films budget. 28 days later was intentionally filmed with a low budget for no real particular reason except to be a creative choice by Danny Boyle. He deliberately went so low budget that he even filmed it with a $500 camera. Boyle himself has made an entire career making daring, experimental and heavily stylized movies. This movie not just brought the Zombie genre back to mainstream audiences, but also reinvented the "Zombie-Horror" genre and paved ground for a following decade of Zombie/Infected/Apocalyptic movies including Resident Evil, I am Legend, WWZ, etc.
In short, he somehow reinvented the regular walking-kind of zombies into a much more realistic take on a virus and probably make running zombies scary.
Apparently, they didn't even have to shut down central London to film the opening scene. They simply filmed it at 4AM on Sunday morning, and turned the gamma up to make it look like during the day! It's a revolutionary "zombie" movie - because these zombies can actually run after you with super-human strength. That's because they are filled with "rage" which is an extreme level of adrenaline. Technically, they're not "zombies" in the traditional sense. They are not "undead" and have no craving for "brains". They are basically just EXTREMELY angry people who have lost all control of themselves - and been given the superpowers that adrenaline gives you! Danny Boyle also made one of my favourite movies, "Trainspotting" - a disgusting (and extremely entertaining) exploration of drug abuse in Edinburgh, Scotland - it was Ewan McGregor's star-making role. Its soundtrack is legendary, one for the history books!
@@whitenoisereacts According to the comics I believe the doctors were trying to make a medicine to aid with anger issues but because of the compounds it was made of it mutated and had the opposite effect. So once infected the virus literally turned you in a rage monster just looking for other hosts or just maul you to death. Thats just horrifying the 2nd one though not as good quality wise did a good job of showing them in action a bit more.
You need to check out Shallow Grave. It’s the first Danny Boyle film and Ewan McGregor’s first big role. It also has the lieutenant from this movie in it. Christopher ecclestan.
I can still remember summer of '03, my brother whipped the door to my room open, told me to grab my shoes, we're going to the movies. We both went in completely blind as to who was in it, what it was about, etc. That's one of those nights I won't forget. I paid the favor back to him when we saw Shaun of the Dead a couple of years later.
the main charm of this movie is it really focuses on the people while the zombies are very much a side thing, its evident The Walking Dead got inspired by this :)
Actually, if I remember correctly the original Walking Dead comic came out within the same month. So the similarities between the two are actually just complete coincidence.
@@themindfulmoron3790 The TV series definitely took their opening from this movie. I remember reading an interview where Frank Darabont the director of the walking dead series one and two said it was a homage to 28 days later.
@@murdershe......7378 They should’ve left that beautiful unharmed story with maximum 3-4 seasons. The walking dead would’ve still been in everyone’s mouth as one of the best zombie series in the world.. sadly they really ruined it, especially after the Negan arc.
The CDC said that an infection like Rabies would be the closest to a "Zombie" apocalypse that could actually happen. I think this movie is a lot like that.
James was correct when he was wondering if there would have been time to spread across the world. The infection happens so fast that there's no method of transport that would be able to leave the UK fast enough to reach another country before everyone who was infected had either been killed or had infected everyone on that transport so it would have been easy to quarantine the UK just by destroying the Channel Tunnel. The speed of infection is one of the problems with the World War Z movie. That also has people turning into zombie really fast but it's spread worldwide. They don't address that in the movie although in the book people don't turn so quickly and it's suggested that people worldwide were infected via organ transplants using organs that had been harvested in China from their prison population and sold on the black market.
But what about the virus carriers? you know, the ones with heterochromia that don’t turn into mindless infected but still have the virus inside them, those kind of people can actually enter a plane or a boat and bring the disease anywhere
Really? I completely skipped 28 Weeks because it looked like a bad cheesy sequel. I love some good vintage cheese, but the trailer looked like bad cheese. I'll check it out.
I'll add my voice to the liT of people who think the film is kinda 'meh' but the opening is great. It has reached a sort of legendary cult status at this point.
@39:08 "Is it a drone". Wow, that made me feel old, knowing this was well before drones were popular yet these guys, who aren't that young, immediately think it's a drone.
You mentioned that the film was "low budget." The director Danny Boyle shot the entire film with a digital camera. It was kind of a big deal when the movie came out that he had made that decision plus it proved that given the right vision and direction a film could look good using that equipment. That look/feel may give it a "low budget" sensibility to modern audiences. Granted it did have a modest budget. But I think Boyle could have spent a lot more if he wanted. I think he was interested in telling a story that didn't rely on using a lot of money.
Digital? Wow... They definitely did it right because digital usually looks like crap. IMO. Collateral is another great example, but, the sharpness still bugs me. I always just assumed this movie had that "low budget look" because of the framerate.
When I watched this movie Frank’s death really freaked me out because it was such a strange and unpredictable accident. Made me think that if I was in that situation that I would be powerless.
The entire second half of the movie with the soldiers was actually completely changed from the original script. The story first went that they wound up back in the lab where the virus came from, and a lone surviving scientist reveals that infected people can be cured, by replacing every single drop of their blood. The crew quickly realized how ridiculous this was (as Danny Boyle puts it on the DVD, "What do you do, clean out every capillary and vein with bleach?"), and we got the soldiers instead.
Yes! Also another ending that test audiences saw was Jim died and they couldn't bring him back, so the last shot was of Selena and Hannah walking out of the hospital doors together with their guns. Test audiences were depressed by the implication that they were going to their deaths so it was changed.
Yes, this is a Zombie movie....but.....it deals more with the morals of society when the chips are down. How low will humanity sink when the world's gone to shit? It's a very different take on the Zombie franchises but it's certainly a unique take and a well executed movie.
I agree. And I think it also comments on how low will humanity sink even when the world’s not gone to shit. We’re left to believe there was normalcy and safety no more than a plane ride away; we even see that the soldiers had the resources to create a reasonable level of normalcy and safety right on their compound…but we see what they chose instead. Contrast that to the road trip. Our main characters chose to create a loving family in the middle of danger and chaos.
It's not a zombie movie, it can't be in any sense of the word, because the infected *never die and then come back*, they just turn from normal to infected within seconds. There is no death and then reanimation that occurs, and the definition of a zombie is the living dead, a walking corpse. No death, no revival, no zombies. It's a horror movie for sure, but not a zombie movie in any sense of the word. It's as much of a zombie movie as Aliens is a zombie movie, both of them feature 0 zombies
The director specifically filmed it on a type of camera to give it that gritty feeling. Totally forget what kind but I did here it in an interview one time. Give the movie a whole different dream state like feel. Great reaction fellas.
I'm a month late, and while i agree this is the most realistic "zombie" outbreak that could happen, you have to remember, they are NOT undead, they are still very much alive, meaning they still need food and water to survive, so all you would really need to do is hole up for atleast a week since the human body can't survive for more than 3 days without water.
The "Hello" is arbitrary, it could have been any word. They needed to get the pilot's attention and demonstrate that they were uninfected, clear-minded and able-bodied. It also probably helped reassure the pilot that it was reasonably safe to land, since the trio were able to form the whole word without getting attacked by infected. While my personal opinion is that this movie is superior to it's sequel, I'd still be keen to see your opinions if you both wanted to watch 28 Weeks Later
The last three minutes of this were filmed at my childhood home (in Ennerdale in the western Lake District). Got to meet all the cast and crew. It was very exciting.
@@kylewood5607 The land around the house all belongs to the Forestry Commission (government agency). But the house itself was definitely a lovely place to grow up.
Absolutely one of the best zombie movies out there, and I highly recommend the sequel even though it's got a few flaws - it otherwise is really fucking scary and intriguing, too. This movie used to give me so much anxiety, it was the first zombie anything I watched where they can fucking book it and tackle you. Also, fun fact, I'm pretty sure the comic for The Walking Dead came out within months of this and they both coincidentally started out with a protagonist waking from a coma in the middle of a zombie outbreak lmao!
This was the first time I ever saw Cillian Murphy and he was mesmerizing on screen. Since then he's been in some really good movies and shows... Loved him in Nolan's Batman Trilogy and Inception. Also main lead in The Peaky Blinders. Ahh...he's just so charismatic and charming in everything he does. ❤❤❤ 28 Days Later is one of the better zombie movies on my list.
When the boy says "I hate you", the director was originally going to have the infected yell obscenities and angry things. But he realized it ruined the infected and the primal rage aspect. So that is the only time you would ever hear one speak. And he cut the idea.🤓☝
@@Martin-88 nope english (British)is hes citizenship not what he is.i have been living in russia my whole life doesnt mean im russian im always georgian.i can become British..or u can born in lebanon becouse your parents are there for holiday …my point is being born somewhere doesnt change your blood.
@@ilqar887 Absolutely ridiculous logic. So Denzel Washington isn't American then? And what if someone was born in Russia to a Turkish father and Japanese mother? What would you class them as?
It was Westminister bridge right across from the London Eye, (London Bridge is the BIG one with towers and it folds up for boats.) It's soo freaky that there weren't even cars piled up or the distant sound to traffic just empty. I've been there so many times it's always busy.
Tower Bridge is the big landmark with the towers (it's a bascule bridge). London Bridge is fairly plain and has no towers (it's a box girder bridge). It's probably about 10min from Tower B. to London B. (on foot) and then approx. another 50min or so to Westminster Bridge. They filmed early in the morning on the weekend and kept early morning strollers out of shot - tourists probably aren't up that early/not much to do that early in Westminster ;) Those are some eerie shots! Make me want to explore London at dawn.
I love this movie, and really love the soundtrack. Just something very bleak and terrible but also encouraging. "The Dead Don't Die" is a fabulous zombie horror/comedy with Adam Driver. I can't recommend it enough.
Slumdog Millionaire is another great Danny Boyle movie. As is Trainspotting, 127 Hours, Shallow Grave, Sunshine etc. Check out any Danny Boyle movie, he's a great English director. 28 Weeks Later is definitely another great movie!! I've never seen two people so confused after watching a movie... At one point neither of you really knew what to say and were both looking into space totally perplexed!!! Lol That's when you know a movie is good when you are unsure of what you've just watched and are desperately trying to make sense of it...
26:25 one of cinema's most heartbreaking scenes. Say what you want about Frank's human rage sealing his fate - when I saw this in the cinema I was devastated.
if a zombie attack happens and errybody dead i'm driving on the left side of the road, yellin' "hey look at me, i'm 28 days later" to nobody because i'm alone but still wanna make jokes
So when this movie came out it was not a “zombie” movie. They never actually say “zombie” in the movie. It’s more a biological weapon that makes you go “berserk”. So the rules of a zombie movie don’t really apply. This came out before the whole “zombie” craze hit. I use the term “zombie” in quotes because what we call zombies aren’t actually that, people just call any undead thing a zombie.
I once read a customer's review (I guess on amazon) where the guy gave a strong warning to not watch it with younger children and my first thought was, why would I watch it with children as neither the topic nor the presentation (in terms of suspense/thrill & violence) seems suitable for that kind of an audience, but then I realized the reviewer was an American as he complained about the three seconds at the hospital when they show Jim in full glory.
Jim repeatedly says "Hello" throughout the entire movie as though looking for human life, but not once is it answered (at least by uninfected). At the end, we're left knowing that his Hello will finally have a response
@@urmyglob that's great! Thanks for sharing! It's interesting how "hello" is used throughout. First to call out when he's seemingly alone in London. Then he uses it and it draws the rage infected people in the church. Then he uses it in that gas station, almost expecting danger and violence. And finally, it comes around to the positive end as you point out.
14:19: I’m actually surprised he recognized this man from Harry Potter. I have seen this movie many times and just realized it was Mad Eye, like, last year. Kind of ironic the blood hits the same eye as the ‘mad’ one in HP. That being said…I think I found “28 Weeks Later” to be the scarier movie of the two.
Sorry to break it to you but it did NOT infect the same eye as his character Moody. Moody's right eye was the bad one, and in this movie the blood falls into his left eye.
Yeah, this is a masterpiece, second part is amazing too and has the best opening sequence ever. As many paople said, this kind of zombie isn't undead, they're living humans infected with Rage, a kind of rabies on sterioids, pretty cool to watch during an actual global pandemic. All right guys, I think you're ready to watch REC (2007)
@@protovision2010 I get it homie these movies are more of a take on a more realistic version of a zombie a more realistic scenario even though there's nothing realistic about it I get it I'm not here to argue about it
As for the sheets, I think they probably had time on their hands to make all the letters for Hello, yes sos or whatever would have worked as well, but hey why not make Hello.
Have you seen 30 days of night (2007), it's about vampires that are not romanticized or watered down but shown as the blood thirsty creatures that they are. I can't promise you'll like the end, and it doesn't shy away from gore and blood.
In regards to ‘hello’ - through out the movie Cillian Murphy uses the word a few times in the movie: at the beginning he says hello is in a fear/confusion tone, halfway through(when he enters the building with the bat the tone of hello is more cocky while at the end the bed sheet hello is more about hope or at least that’s how i perceived it lol
Best zombie movie of all time. The way the movie is filmed with the color grading and the realism, it's mindblowing to watch and I have seen it over 20 times. Being a photographer, this film is a beauty.
Paranormal movies doesn’t get to me as bad as zombies, what a way to die being ripped apart by one, you guys should react to Dawn of the dead and 28 weeks later
Yeah, I’ve never understood this current generation’s predilection for the paranormal horror movies. I just don’t find them troubling at all. 28 Weeks & Dawn of the Dead are both great. I’d also recommend to them one of the classic zombie films, Return of the Living Dead.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 A movie doe well is done well, whether a paranormal one or a zombie one-it's all in the execution. There are good and bad versions of both types.
Danny Boyle has great style and memorable movies. Trainspotting is highly recommended as well as Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours; and for something more lighthearted Yesterday (although editing out the soundtrack might be a nightmare 😆)
"They shut down some big thing in London." No, they practically shut down London itself. That early scene of Cillian Murphy walking about a deserted London was done for real. They had to prepare the locations and shoot that sequence first thing in the AM before the morning work rush, and then quickly break everything down and leave so they wouldn't obstruct traffic.
I love this movie because it is so different. The low budget makes the film makers creative. I feel like a lot of cool set pices (empty London, gas station blow up, Jims home, the tower where they met the fater and his daughter, the tunnel and the base). Nothing original but very well used. The camera is close to the people and the action. It is gritty and dirty. I love the father daughter relationship. What really stuck with me, is the music. I listen to the soundtrack at least once a year.
Great reaction & commentary! To address confusion about the ending “HELLO” message- keep in mind this is a British production & setting. One of the most important British personality traits is not wanting to be a bother, meaning that since they were safe/not in need of immediate aid they seemed to agree that “Hello” was more appropriate than “Help”
I'd also add that "hello" recurs throughout the film. Jim is constantly searching for human life/some light in this dark situation and says "hello" (in the church, seeing the mother/baby corpses). We know that nobody will say hello back. But that final hello leaves us hopeful as somebody has seen them and will come to save them
Yes, this movie is indeed worth studying. I'd love for you to watch more stuff directed by Danny Boyle; Trainspotting is a cult classic you DO NOT want to miss.
I love that the house scene was about Jim realizing that given a choice between the infected and humanity, he'd rather embrace the infected. Hence why he's filmed almost like a monster, because he had to become one to fight the true monsters. The important thing to realize is, this is 28 days later. It's been one month, and the soldiers are ready to unalive themselves and turn to SA. This is even while knowing that they've in quarantine and the infected will eventually die out. They didn't give up, they were always corrupt, this just gave them an excuse.
If You are doing zombie movies You should check this classics: -Night of the living Dead (1968/ or the 90's remake) -Return of the living Dead -Brain Dead (Dead Alive) Not zombie, but you have to watch Evil Dead (1981). It's a must.
I love that you are reacting to zombie movies, one of my favorite genres! May I suggest Dawn of the Dead (2004)? Good action, entertaining and great chemistry between the actors.
The bit where he wakes up in the hospital was guerrilla film making, no permits they just went out in the early morning and filmed. The empty streets hark back to the Romero classic Day of the dead, where they are shouting hello and nobody answers, just attracting a few zombies, and animals. Same with keeping the zombie Mailer too to see what happens, just like collecting zombies in Day of the dead, and keeping Bub. This one was by Danny Boyle, but strangely the second one 28 weeks later wasnt, but featured Robert Carlysle who featured in Danny Boyle films lol
Danny Boyle great director, The dad is Brendan Gleason who has been in a ton of classic movies, Troy , Braveheart, Gangs of New York , Kingdom of Heaven, Mission Impossible 2, The Village, the younger generation only seems to know him from Harry Potter. Watch these movies and you’ll appreciate his body of work.
@@forgetmenotjimmy I don’t blame you! The way they just jolt up when he speaks. Also, the scene where Jim’s watching the video of his parents and the camera is shaking towards the window. Silence then, BAM. Pretty spine-chilling stuff
Yes exactly... Not our traditional type of zombie that we think of. And I think since it was a virus from Chimps or primates that's why it was able to infect humans because we share like 98% DNA so it was a virus compatible with humans and why when we see the rats running or that Crow eating one they aren't infected.
@@julesb1970 it's always interested me because it seems the scientists induced the virus by forcing the chimps to watch video footage of uninfected humans doing human stuff on the news
@@funsalmon Ya it's not exactly clarified, my thought was they had them watch disturbing footage of a lot of stuff and in turn that releases certain chemicals in the body or the brain from experiencing that stuff in which the scientists extracted and made some serum or virus and then injected the monkeys with it and that's how it caused the rage by effecting the brain and that's why he said they are infected. Because any animal/ human can exibit rage because of abuse, torture etc.. but that's not contagious. So they invented something that makes rage and that is why it infected humans, also it didn't affect other animals as we see with the rats and that crow that eating that dead zombie guy.
Yes: Humanity are "the infected", and that's what makes this movie so unsettling. Once our protagonists reach their supposed safe spot the horror unfolds. Also, Chistopher Ecclestone is such a phenomenal actor. "We promised them women" in that tone, with that expression is so chilling.
I love this movie! It's so great, and I love the main characters. I also really like that the movie does not shy away from the fact that, in a situation like this, what you have to be most wary/fearful of are people, not the zombies. It's people who are going to be looking for any way to use you or hurt you or manipulate you or whatever. The zombies just want to eat, so you know where you stand with them.
Careful now lads, the actor behind Mad-Eye Moody, Brendan Gleeson, is an Irish actor. His son Domhnall is in such hits as Ex machine and Star Wars Force Awakens. For more introspective Brendan Gleeson films try 'In Bruges' and 'Calvary'.
It is hard to overstate how important this movie was to the genre when it came out. Before in films it was all slow, living-dead zombies. And they were usually either cheap, dumb horror or B-Movie schlock. 28 Days however was very different in tone and how it treated zombies. This brought the infected fast zombie to the film masses. Now every movie and show seems to have some form or combination of those two things: infection via virus and speed. Yes, some of it had been done before in video games and comics but not like this in theatres. Also, 28 Days also took a subgenre of horror that had been totally irrelevant for a long time. Since then there have been a billion zombie films, and now seeing something like Train to Busan is very commonplace and when watching it everyone knows the tropes and that all started with 28 Days. Also, Cillian Murphy is awesome; his best film is The Wind that Shakes the Barley, go see it
Idk how I’ve never seen you guys but so glad I found y’all. Danny Boyle is a great director. If y’all haven’t, I highly recommend you watch his film “Trainspotting”.
Boyle straight up couldnt get permits to film in places so they snuck into areas at night to film and had to do it quickly. Amazing filmaking, and all on the budget of a price of wonderbread
So happy you guys are doing this! It's such a great film, very different from the typical zombie rubbish out there. The sequel is not bad either. You'll love the cinematography and music.
"Maybe nature has a plan to control the way of man..."-Supernature by Cerrone. "Here we come, walking down your street..."-The Monkees. The sequel '28 Weeks Later' has already been mentioned but a very good one was 'The Girl with all the Gifts' with Paddy (The World's End/Hot Fuzz) Considine Check out the Hammer 'Plague of the Zombies', too!
It’s ok to enjoy this film for how different it feels. It’s in my top 10 of all time because it’s a zombie movie that gives you a road trip and beautiful family story with an amazing soundtrack added in. This is one of the most overall beautiful films I’ve had the pleasure to enjoy
Hello at the end is like saying The threat is gone it is safe to make contact. SOS or HELP tell you that danger is still present. In a zombie situation anyway.
This to me is the overall best zombie style movie. The “zombies” are infected with rage, something akin to rabies or something. They don’t necessarily attack to kill. If you pay attention they infect and move on. The infection happens quick. Other zombie movies typically have you turn slowly. Danny Boyle is a fantastic director. This movie completely revitalized the zombie genre when it released backed in 2003. If you’ve seen The Walking Dead the opening directly mirrors this with Rick Grimes waking up in an abandoned hospital.
What makes this movie so brilliant is that they’re not technically facing zombies: they’re facing human people infected with an aggression-inducing virus. They have now limited control over their rage and savageness and quickly revert back to their primal animal instincts (so cleverly shown with the chimps at the beginning). Even better, the movie isn’t even focusing on that: it’s basically telling us that un-infected people are able to have the exact same rage and aggressiveness as the infected and we unconsciously end up becoming the real threat. Hello, Selena killing Mark for assuming he’s infected, soldiers willing to rape a woman and a child just to recreate population, Jim killing all the soldiers in possibly the most savage ways you can think of? The ideal good person would be the one who has the most control over his rage. This movie has a really clever to show that.
there's a slight difference... the non-infected are simply surviving (trying to), kill or be killed, and even with the soldiers and the females, if they were the last humans on the planet, they must reproduce, or humanity goes extinct whereas, with the infected, it's just pure rage, violence for the sake of violence, they don't care that they drop dead from starvation, or anything else, all they seek is destruction, due to their rage (infecting others before killing them, is often pure happenstance/luck, they're not trying to spread their infection: "continuing their species", they're just trying to kill, but sometimes they infect those before they're able to kill them, and once infected, then they're no longer interested in tearing them apart) interestingly, their rage is only towards the non-infected... they don't turn on each other... as for zombies, they act on base instincts: kill and feed/eat, along with being dead, brought back to life (with those basic instincts only), so the infected in this movie are different from zombies ----------- the "Rage Virus": World War Z movie 28 Days Later and sequel 28 Weeks Later movies Serenity (the 'firefly tv series' conclusion/finale movie) (the reavers, there's more details but don't want to spoil it) Triage X (manga/anime) (this also involves a rage virus, causing rage/aggression and heightened strength) Doom movie ---------- the "T virus" (and Los Plagas Virus) (zombies, and mutation causing superhuman and inhuman enhancements): Resident Evil movie franchise ------------ the "Corvinus Strain" (corvinus' DNA/bloodline/lineage + some unknown plague (immortal/vampirism/lycanthropy) Underworld movie franchise ----------- zombies: shawn of the dead movie dawn of the dead movie pride prejudice and zombies highschool of the dead (manga/anime) (and probably more) ----------- vampirism: daybreakers movie blade movie series queen of the damned movie abraham lincoln: vampire hunter, movie Hellsing Ultimate (manga/anime) Hellsing (manga/anime) cirque du freak: the vampire's assistant, movie Van Helsing movie (and probably more) --------- The Yoma Virus: Claymore (manga/anime) --------- mitochondria: Parasite Eve (JP novel, JP movie, and PS1 video game) star wars ("midi-chlorians" is mitochondria) ------- I Am Legend movie (I can't remember it that well unfortunately, and am unsure what classification it falls under from reading the summary of its plot, if it's zombies, vampirism, mutation, or some combination of them)
@@elijahchavez5847 Not in every case, moron. I know what a zombie is, and they don't HAVE to be dead and brought back to life to be a zombie. If that were the case then explain the zombies in Train to Busan for instance. People get one bite and within minutes or seconds have turned into zombies. You look like a fool.
The scene in the church where he says “Hello” and they suddenly turn around and stare at him fish-eyed with their mouths open is 100x more terrifying than any jumpscares other horror movies can offer us.
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That's my favourite moment! So chilling
Hollywood needs to go back and do horror like this. Get rid of screaming and jumpscares.
That’s what I’ve always said, that moment, where the infected person acted so primally and animalistic has always been so freaky to me
Thats when I knew I would love this movie - still sooo good!
I always thought the reason why the message at the end was "HELLO" was a thematic choice, because the first time we hear Jim speak is a desperate "Hello!" repeated over and over with no one to answer.
OHHHHH UR RIGHT!!!
One thing i like about these movies is, the "zombies" arent really undead people. they are infected and once they die they are dead. like people arent dying and coming back to life. its just an infection that takes over. so it really gives this movie a sense of feeling real.
Yeah, they are just rabid crazy people. :)
Not to mention how quick the fucking thing takes over. That's what scares me most.
It's why I also like Quarantine, more realistic
Not to mention the disease is rabies the same thing that infects racoon humans and other animals in real life
@@lucianaromulus1408 Which is also why I prefer Quarantine over Rec, the ultra rabies is scarier to me than the paranormal explanation.
Dude that scene in the church when he goes "Hello?" and a couple of them turn around and just stares at him is so freaky, literally goosebumps every time
What I love is how the term “zombie” or “undead” is not mentioned once. That’s why this seems more realistic in a portrayal of humans surviving and adapting to an outbreak of a virus named rage
That's kind of bcus the zombies aren't 'zombies' in the sense we're used to. It's essentially rabies if it hit the gym, and as we see in 28 weeks later the infected do starve to death.
This is my take, I'm not a zombie guru, don't come after me.
They didnt use the word “Zombie” bc it is copyrighted by Marvel in the 70’s, no one is allowed to use that word. Hence undead, infected, whites, etc
@@MariaElena-ch3td I need citation for that because they don’t own the term zombie. They copyrighted the term “marvel zombie” for a time in the early to mid 70s and that’s the extent. There is no way that movie companies/small creators who use zombie are paying marvel for it. They didn’t use the term because they are not zombies. It first came about from Greek mythology then was adapted to hatian folklore..
@@MariaElena-ch3td Stop spreading bullshit
@@JonSebring they owned the term “zombie” for 23 yrs, only loosing it bc they didn’t create more material and deemed too broad a word to copyright. In 2006 is when the got approved for “marvel zombie.” I know they aren’t zombies bc they never died just got infected with a virus.
Jim's revenge is my favourite scene!
🖤🤟🏻
The sad part about it tho is that something in his brain switched when he saw that plane in the sky.
His entire personality changed in that moment and he's reacting to the situation with extreme emotions, he's never going to be the same again after this. Even for a justified reasoning the guilt of what he's done will never leave him.
That shot of Jim hiding behind the truck in the rain looking like an infected is the best shot of the whole film
I've always thought that shot is cool and terrifying.
imo one of the best shots in any movie, its so quick most people probably miss it
So many amazing shots in this movie though, my favorite was always the shot where Hannah gets separated from the rest of the group as the soldiers begin to fall one by one.
I just found it so beautiful in its simplicity. Her in the red dress, zonked out of her head, disappearing into the shadows as Selina screams her name.
A lot of people knock on the second one called 28 Weeks Later but I still like it they give you quite a few moments of straight anxiety
Ok!!
I liked 28 weeks later too. It's worth watching
@@whitenoisereacts It has one of the most intense and nail biting openings EVER in a film!
It has best OPENING ❤️❤️❤️
@@whitenoisereacts 28 weeks later is definitely a little more big budget Hollywood but overall a decent sequel imo.
One of my favourite films ever. A very creepy twist that floored me the first time I saw it. Cillian Murphy who played Jim is an incredible actor with great versatility!
This is like.. one of the "realest" zombie movies out there.
Yeah, it feels like exactly what would happen
What it comes down to is it's not the infected or zombies that are your worst enemy. Your worst enemy will most often be another human being. Great reaction as always.
James is correct in the films budget. 28 days later was intentionally filmed with a low budget for no real particular reason except to be a creative choice by Danny Boyle. He deliberately went so low budget that he even filmed it with a $500 camera. Boyle himself has made an entire career making daring, experimental and heavily stylized movies.
This movie not just brought the Zombie genre back to mainstream audiences, but also reinvented the "Zombie-Horror" genre and paved ground for a following decade of Zombie/Infected/Apocalyptic movies including Resident Evil, I am Legend, WWZ, etc.
Yeah it’s super well done
In short, he somehow reinvented the regular walking-kind of zombies into a much more realistic take on a virus and probably make running zombies scary.
Apparently, they didn't even have to shut down central London to film the opening scene.
They simply filmed it at 4AM on Sunday morning, and turned the gamma up to make it look like during the day!
It's a revolutionary "zombie" movie - because these zombies can actually run after you with super-human strength.
That's because they are filled with "rage" which is an extreme level of adrenaline. Technically, they're not "zombies" in the traditional sense. They are not "undead" and have no craving for "brains".
They are basically just EXTREMELY angry people who have lost all control of themselves - and been given the superpowers that adrenaline gives you!
Danny Boyle also made one of my favourite movies, "Trainspotting" - a disgusting (and extremely entertaining) exploration of drug abuse in Edinburgh, Scotland - it was Ewan McGregor's star-making role. Its soundtrack is legendary, one for the history books!
Wow, that’s crazy!! Yeah it was a much more realistic take on the whole genre.
@@whitenoisereacts Definitely check out trainspotting if you liked this film.
You could call them Nerfed Hulks😂
@@whitenoisereacts According to the comics I believe the doctors were trying to make a medicine to aid with anger issues but because of the compounds it was made of it mutated and had the opposite effect. So once infected the virus literally turned you in a rage monster just looking for other hosts or just maul you to death. Thats just horrifying the 2nd one though not as good quality wise did a good job of showing them in action a bit more.
You need to check out Shallow Grave. It’s the first Danny Boyle film and Ewan McGregor’s first big role. It also has the lieutenant from this movie in it. Christopher ecclestan.
I can still remember summer of '03, my brother whipped the door to my room open, told me to grab my shoes, we're going to the movies.
We both went in completely blind as to who was in it, what it was about, etc. That's one of those nights I won't forget.
I paid the favor back to him when we saw Shaun of the Dead a couple of years later.
the main charm of this movie is it really focuses on the people while the zombies are very much a side thing, its evident The Walking Dead got inspired by this :)
Actually, if I remember correctly the original Walking Dead comic came out within the same month. So the similarities between the two are actually just complete coincidence.
@@themindfulmoron3790 The TV series definitely took their opening from this movie. I remember reading an interview where Frank Darabont the director of the walking dead series one and two said it was a homage to 28 days later.
@@murdershe......7378 They should’ve left that beautiful unharmed story with maximum 3-4 seasons. The walking dead would’ve still been in everyone’s mouth as one of the best zombie series in the world.. sadly they really ruined it, especially after the Negan arc.
@@murdershe......7378 He was not talking about the series but the comics book that came out way before the serie
The CDC said that an infection like Rabies would be the closest to a "Zombie" apocalypse that could actually happen. I think this movie is a lot like that.
James was correct when he was wondering if there would have been time to spread across the world. The infection happens so fast that there's no method of transport that would be able to leave the UK fast enough to reach another country before everyone who was infected had either been killed or had infected everyone on that transport so it would have been easy to quarantine the UK just by destroying the Channel Tunnel.
The speed of infection is one of the problems with the World War Z movie. That also has people turning into zombie really fast but it's spread worldwide. They don't address that in the movie although in the book people don't turn so quickly and it's suggested that people worldwide were infected via organ transplants using organs that had been harvested in China from their prison population and sold on the black market.
But what about the virus carriers? you know, the ones with heterochromia that don’t turn into mindless infected but still have the virus inside them, those kind of people can actually enter a plane or a boat and bring the disease anywhere
Yo… I knew the world war Z movie was a cash grab trash script..
straight up disrespectful to its highly praised book atleast how I’ve heard.
Definitely think “28 Weeks Later” and “One Cut of The Dead” should be at the top of a “must see” zombie movie watchlist.
Agreed especially 28 weeks later, opening is so dope!
Really? I completely skipped 28 Weeks because it looked like a bad cheesy sequel. I love some good vintage cheese, but the trailer looked like bad cheese. I'll check it out.
@@st0n3p0ny It's worth a watch. It isn't as groundbreaking as the original, but it stands on its own. Plus the intro scene is top tier.
I'll add my voice to the liT of people who think the film is kinda 'meh' but the opening is great. It has reached a sort of legendary cult status at this point.
I’ve seen 28 weeks later...just not one cut of the dead 🤔
@39:08 "Is it a drone". Wow, that made me feel old, knowing this was well before drones were popular yet these guys, who aren't that young, immediately think it's a drone.
This was such a groundbreaker - the first movie to have "fast zombies".
And all those crazy locked off shots - as if someone just left a video camera sitting there. So great.
No, that was Nightmare City and then Return of the Living Dead.
You mentioned that the film was "low budget." The director Danny Boyle shot the entire film with a digital camera. It was kind of a big deal when the movie came out that he had made that decision plus it proved that given the right vision and direction a film could look good using that equipment. That look/feel may give it a "low budget" sensibility to modern audiences. Granted it did have a modest budget. But I think Boyle could have spent a lot more if he wanted. I think he was interested in telling a story that didn't rely on using a lot of money.
Digital? Wow... They definitely did it right because digital usually looks like crap. IMO. Collateral is another great example, but, the sharpness still bugs me. I always just assumed this movie had that "low budget look" because of the framerate.
When I watched this movie Frank’s death really freaked me out because it was such a strange and unpredictable accident. Made me think that if I was in that situation that I would be powerless.
This movie is great but the beginning scene from 28 Weeks later is FRIGGIN INSANE
The entire second half of the movie with the soldiers was actually completely changed from the original script. The story first went that they wound up back in the lab where the virus came from, and a lone surviving scientist reveals that infected people can be cured, by replacing every single drop of their blood. The crew quickly realized how ridiculous this was (as Danny Boyle puts it on the DVD, "What do you do, clean out every capillary and vein with bleach?"), and we got the soldiers instead.
Yes! Also another ending that test audiences saw was Jim died and they couldn't bring him back, so the last shot was of Selena and Hannah walking out of the hospital doors together with their guns. Test audiences were depressed by the implication that they were going to their deaths so it was changed.
the end is fantastic, glad they changed it, that original idea is so stupid lol
Yes, this is a Zombie movie....but.....it deals more with the morals of society when the chips are down. How low will humanity sink when the world's gone to shit? It's a very different take on the Zombie franchises but it's certainly a unique take and a well executed movie.
It’s freaky to watch stufff like this post Covid because I think they get so much right
I agree. And I think it also comments on how low will humanity sink even when the world’s not gone to shit. We’re left to believe there was normalcy and safety no more than a plane ride away; we even see that the soldiers had the resources to create a reasonable level of normalcy and safety right on their compound…but we see what they chose instead. Contrast that to the road trip. Our main characters chose to create a loving family in the middle of danger and chaos.
Running zombies is a new thing this movie really pioneered
not zombies.....what the fuck is everyone watching here that they think the infected are zombies!!!!????
It's not a zombie movie, it can't be in any sense of the word, because the infected *never die and then come back*, they just turn from normal to infected within seconds.
There is no death and then reanimation that occurs, and the definition of a zombie is the living dead, a walking corpse. No death, no revival, no zombies.
It's a horror movie for sure, but not a zombie movie in any sense of the word. It's as much of a zombie movie as Aliens is a zombie movie, both of them feature 0 zombies
The director specifically filmed it on a type of camera to give it that gritty feeling. Totally forget what kind but I did here it in an interview one time. Give the movie a whole different dream state like feel. Great reaction fellas.
The budget for the movie was 8 million, it grossed 82 million. What's scary about this movie is it could happen. The infection was made in a lab
Lol no it couldn't. No disease in the world turns you crazy within seconds, it's fucking impossible.
I'm a month late, and while i agree this is the most realistic "zombie" outbreak that could happen, you have to remember, they are NOT undead, they are still very much alive, meaning they still need food and water to survive, so all you would really need to do is hole up for atleast a week since the human body can't survive for more than 3 days without water.
The "Hello" is arbitrary, it could have been any word. They needed to get the pilot's attention and demonstrate that they were uninfected, clear-minded and able-bodied. It also probably helped reassure the pilot that it was reasonably safe to land, since the trio were able to form the whole word without getting attacked by infected.
While my personal opinion is that this movie is superior to it's sequel, I'd still be keen to see your opinions if you both wanted to watch 28 Weeks Later
It works great, because when unfinished it's just "HELL", but with that 'O' it could symbolize that their hell is finally coming to an end
The last three minutes of this were filmed at my childhood home (in Ennerdale in the western Lake District). Got to meet all the cast and crew. It was very exciting.
Ayo that's crazy. Y'all had a beautiful estate
@@kylewood5607 The land around the house all belongs to the Forestry Commission (government agency). But the house itself was definitely a lovely place to grow up.
@@loislane7482 beautiful house either way.
@ASL 72 Is Good For Travelers-first time.? Now im interested. Greets from Spain.
@ASL 72 How was it?
Absolutely one of the best zombie movies out there, and I highly recommend the sequel even though it's got a few flaws - it otherwise is really fucking scary and intriguing, too. This movie used to give me so much anxiety, it was the first zombie anything I watched where they can fucking book it and tackle you. Also, fun fact, I'm pretty sure the comic for The Walking Dead came out within months of this and they both coincidentally started out with a protagonist waking from a coma in the middle of a zombie outbreak lmao!
That 'Hero wakes-up in deserted hospital into a ruined world' was done way back in John Wyndham's 'Day of the Triffids' though.
@ASL 72 It's a mixed bag. It has some minor flaws, a big huge flaw, and some highs really worth watching.
This was the first time I ever saw Cillian Murphy and he was mesmerizing on screen. Since then he's been in some really good movies and shows...
Loved him in Nolan's Batman Trilogy and Inception. Also main lead in The Peaky Blinders. Ahh...he's just so charismatic and charming in everything he does. ❤❤❤
28 Days Later is one of the better zombie movies on my list.
When the boy says "I hate you", the director was originally going to have the infected yell obscenities and angry things. But he realized it ruined the infected and the primal rage aspect.
So that is the only time you would ever hear one speak. And he cut the idea.🤓☝
Yeah, I think what he does is more subtle and better
Personally I always found that bit confusing. I always assumed Jim just heard it in his head.
@@kornrok1 Both possibilities (being an extremely rare case or just in Jim's head) make that scene so interesting!
12:26 "If it happens to you, I'll do it in a heartbeat". Funny. Heartbeat she said. That's the name of the 28 days later movie music theme.
Just to let you know Brendan Gleeson ( the dad in the high-rise flats ) is Irish. So is Cillian Murphy.
Was just about to comment this when he said he was an English actor lol
So is danny boyle
@@ilqar887 Ethnically he is, but technically he's English. Born and raised in England.
@@Martin-88 nope english (British)is hes citizenship not what he is.i have been living in russia my whole life doesnt mean im russian im always georgian.i can become British..or u can born in lebanon becouse your parents are there for holiday …my point is being born somewhere doesnt change your blood.
@@ilqar887 Absolutely ridiculous logic. So Denzel Washington isn't American then? And what if someone was born in Russia to a Turkish father and Japanese mother? What would you class them as?
I've seen this movie so many times and this is the first time I noticed that young infected boy in the gas station speaks
i thought it was the guy the whole time
Yeah it’s crazy
It was Westminister bridge right across from the London Eye, (London Bridge is the BIG one with towers and it folds up for boats.)
It's soo freaky that there weren't even cars piled up or the distant sound to traffic just empty. I've been there so many times it's always busy.
Tower Bridge is the big landmark with the towers (it's a bascule bridge). London Bridge is fairly plain and has no towers (it's a box girder bridge). It's probably about 10min from Tower B. to London B. (on foot) and then approx. another 50min or so to Westminster Bridge. They filmed early in the morning on the weekend and kept early morning strollers out of shot - tourists probably aren't up that early/not much to do that early in Westminster ;) Those are some eerie shots! Make me want to explore London at dawn.
This movie did for zombie movies in the 2000s what Scream did for slashers in the 90s
I love this movie, and really love the soundtrack. Just something very bleak and terrible but also encouraging. "The Dead Don't Die" is a fabulous zombie horror/comedy with Adam Driver. I can't recommend it enough.
Slumdog Millionaire is another great Danny Boyle movie. As is Trainspotting, 127 Hours, Shallow Grave, Sunshine etc. Check out any Danny Boyle movie, he's a great English director.
28 Weeks Later is definitely another great movie!!
I've never seen two people so confused after watching a movie... At one point neither of you really knew what to say and were both looking into space totally perplexed!!! Lol That's when you know a movie is good when you are unsure of what you've just watched and are desperately trying to make sense of it...
i didn't know they were by the same person! that's crazy
Not enough people know about Shallow Grave! That was my introduction to Ewan McGregor. So good!
26:25 one of cinema's most heartbreaking scenes. Say what you want about Frank's human rage sealing his fate - when I saw this in the cinema I was devastated.
if a zombie attack happens and errybody dead
i'm driving on the left side of the road, yellin' "hey look at me, i'm 28 days later" to nobody because i'm alone but still wanna make jokes
And if a zombie claps to that reference then maybe there would still be hope for mankind.
So when this movie came out it was not a “zombie” movie. They never actually say “zombie” in the movie. It’s more a biological weapon that makes you go “berserk”. So the rules of a zombie movie don’t really apply. This came out before the whole “zombie” craze hit. I use the term “zombie” in quotes because what we call zombies aren’t actually that, people just call any undead thing a zombie.
3 of your "zombies" didn't have quotation marks
I once read a customer's review (I guess on amazon) where the guy gave a strong warning to not watch it with younger children and my first thought was, why would I watch it with children as neither the topic nor the presentation (in terms of suspense/thrill & violence) seems suitable for that kind of an audience, but then I realized the reviewer was an American as he complained about the three seconds at the hospital when they show Jim in full glory.
That empty city shot is so iconic.
Everytime I see movies with empty city shot, I just said it's like 28 Days Later
I have always interpreted the "Hello" as them communicating that they were okay. They didn't need to ask for help, because they were happy together :)
Jim repeatedly says "Hello" throughout the entire movie as though looking for human life, but not once is it answered (at least by uninfected). At the end, we're left knowing that his Hello will finally have a response
@@urmyglob that's great! Thanks for sharing! It's interesting how "hello" is used throughout. First to call out when he's seemingly alone in London. Then he uses it and it draws the rage infected people in the church. Then he uses it in that gas station, almost expecting danger and violence. And finally, it comes around to the positive end as you point out.
14:19: I’m actually surprised he recognized this man from Harry Potter. I have seen this movie many times and just realized it was Mad Eye, like, last year.
Kind of ironic the blood hits the same eye as the ‘mad’ one in HP.
That being said…I think I found “28 Weeks Later” to be the scarier movie of the two.
Sorry to break it to you but it did NOT infect the same eye as his character Moody. Moody's right eye was the bad one, and in this movie the blood falls into his left eye.
@@killinglonliness88 ooooh…ok, Ihen…it’s ironic both characters end up with eye trauma…lol, I dunno.
@@CMinorOp67 Close enough, I say.
John Murphy fucking kills it with his scores.
Theme song for these movies, Sunshine, Kick-Ass...dude is brilliant.
Yeah, this is a masterpiece, second part is amazing too and has the best opening sequence ever. As many paople said, this kind of zombie isn't undead, they're living humans infected with Rage, a kind of rabies on sterioids, pretty cool to watch during an actual global pandemic. All right guys, I think you're ready to watch REC (2007)
The beginning with the chimps is everything you need to know about the zombies and how it happened
So... can we add '12 Monkeys' (1995) to their list?
except ... they're not zombies? The dead are not coming back to life. It's a virus similar to rabies, but much worse.
@@protovision2010 I get it homie these movies are more of a take on a more realistic version of a zombie a more realistic scenario even though there's nothing realistic about it I get it I'm not here to argue about it
It's like a severe case of mutated rabies
@@dabegmister no prob dude, didn't mean for my comment to come across negative
As for the sheets, I think they probably had time on their hands to make all the letters for Hello, yes sos or whatever would have worked as well, but hey why not make Hello.
"HI!" would have done as well
True! It’s such a proper greeting… so civilized and completely opposite to everything surrounding them currently.
Have you seen 30 days of night (2007), it's about vampires that are not romanticized or watered down but shown as the blood thirsty creatures that they are. I can't promise you'll like the end, and it doesn't shy away from gore and blood.
The soundtrack during the walk through London is simply beautiful. It's the middle section of "Godspeed You! Black Emperor"'s track "East Hastings".
In regards to ‘hello’ - through out the movie Cillian Murphy uses the word a few times in the movie: at the beginning he says hello is in a fear/confusion tone, halfway through(when he enters the building with the bat the tone of hello is more cocky while at the end the bed sheet hello is more about hope or at least that’s how i perceived it lol
Yesss!! Thank you for reacting to this movie, best zombie movie in my opinion
Best zombie movie of all time.
The way the movie is filmed with the color grading and the realism, it's mindblowing to watch and I have seen it over 20 times.
Being a photographer, this film is a beauty.
Loved the deep breakdown of the movie. You guys are not lazy reviewers, which is great.
Paranormal movies doesn’t get to me as bad as zombies, what a way to die being ripped apart by one, you guys should react to Dawn of the dead and 28 weeks later
Yeah, I’ve never understood this current generation’s predilection for the paranormal horror movies. I just don’t find them troubling at all. 28 Weeks & Dawn of the Dead are both great. I’d also recommend to them one of the classic zombie films, Return of the Living Dead.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 A movie doe well is done well, whether a paranormal one or a zombie one-it's all in the execution. There are good and bad versions of both types.
Dawn of the Dead, sorry yall I wont be here for that one.
@@tonyantrx4753 lmao both movies are classics whatever dude
Zombies as bad as they are can only kill you once. Even if you are undead you will rot away eventually. Paranormal however could be a much worse fate.
Danny Boyle has great style and memorable movies. Trainspotting is highly recommended as well as Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours; and for something more lighthearted Yesterday (although editing out the soundtrack might be a nightmare 😆)
He did '127 hours' too?! oh my god i'm gonna have to watch more of his movies.
"They shut down some big thing in London."
No, they practically shut down London itself. That early scene of Cillian Murphy walking about a deserted London was done for real. They had to prepare the locations and shoot that sequence first thing in the AM before the morning work rush, and then quickly break everything down and leave so they wouldn't obstruct traffic.
Dang man!! That’s crazy
The sequel is great two. The intro to 28 Weeks Later is probably one of the scariest intros to a movie ever!
I love this movie because it is so different. The low budget makes the film makers creative. I feel like a lot of cool set pices (empty London, gas station blow up, Jims home, the tower where they met the fater and his daughter, the tunnel and the base). Nothing original but very well used. The camera is close to the people and the action. It is gritty and dirty. I love the father daughter relationship. What really stuck with me, is the music. I listen to the soundtrack at least once a year.
Great reaction & commentary! To address confusion about the ending “HELLO” message- keep in mind this is a British production & setting. One of the most important British personality traits is not wanting to be a bother, meaning that since they were safe/not in need of immediate aid they seemed to agree that “Hello” was more appropriate than “Help”
as a fellow Brit, this is so true lol
I'd also add that "hello" recurs throughout the film. Jim is constantly searching for human life/some light in this dark situation and says "hello" (in the church, seeing the mother/baby corpses). We know that nobody will say hello back. But that final hello leaves us hopeful as somebody has seen them and will come to save them
You should also check out Danny Boyle's 2007 Sci-Fi movie 'Sunshine' starring Cillian Murphy & Chris Evans.
Yes, this movie is indeed worth studying. I'd love for you to watch more stuff directed by Danny Boyle; Trainspotting is a cult classic you DO NOT want to miss.
Also - Shallow Grave.
this brought back the zombie genre. Boyle had the idea of fast moving zombies.
I love that the house scene was about Jim realizing that given a choice between the infected and humanity, he'd rather embrace the infected. Hence why he's filmed almost like a monster, because he had to become one to fight the true monsters.
The important thing to realize is, this is 28 days later. It's been one month, and the soldiers are ready to unalive themselves and turn to SA. This is even while knowing that they've in quarantine and the infected will eventually die out. They didn't give up, they were always corrupt, this just gave them an excuse.
Main Character: *Wakes up in desert London*
Still MC: "HELLO??"
Damn, be a bit more cautious! Isn't desert London sus as hell??
If You are doing zombie movies You should check this classics:
-Night of the living Dead (1968/ or the 90's remake)
-Return of the living Dead
-Brain Dead (Dead Alive)
Not zombie, but you have to watch Evil Dead (1981). It's a must.
I love that you are reacting to zombie movies, one of my favorite genres! May I suggest Dawn of the Dead (2004)? Good action, entertaining and great chemistry between the actors.
Ok great!!
The bit where he wakes up in the hospital was guerrilla film making, no permits they just went out in the early morning and filmed. The empty streets hark back to the Romero classic Day of the dead, where they are shouting hello and nobody answers, just attracting a few zombies, and animals. Same with keeping the zombie Mailer too to see what happens, just like collecting zombies in Day of the dead, and keeping Bub. This one was by Danny Boyle, but strangely the second one 28 weeks later wasnt, but featured Robert Carlysle who featured in Danny Boyle films lol
Danny Boyle great director, The dad is Brendan Gleason who has been in a ton of classic movies, Troy , Braveheart, Gangs of New York , Kingdom of Heaven, Mission Impossible 2, The Village, the younger generation only seems to know him from Harry Potter. Watch these movies and you’ll appreciate his body of work.
I love that man so much! I’ve seen pretty much all of those. U kissed my favorite tho…In Bruges
I saw this in theaters when I was in high school. Zero context walking in. Whoah was I in for a trip. So great.
say what you will about this movie, one thing's for sure is that the zombie scares/atmosphere are probably the scariest out of any zombie movie.
Right? The church scene gets me every time
@@forgetmenotjimmy I don’t blame you! The way they just jolt up when he speaks. Also, the scene where Jim’s watching the video of his parents and the camera is shaking towards the window. Silence then, BAM. Pretty spine-chilling stuff
I love this film
Also, technically not zombies as they're infected with 'Rage' and still very much alive
Yes exactly... Not our traditional type of zombie that we think of. And I think since it was a virus from Chimps or primates that's why it was able to infect humans because we share like 98% DNA so it was a virus compatible with humans and why when we see the rats running or that Crow eating one they aren't infected.
@@julesb1970 it's always interested me because it seems the scientists induced the virus by forcing the chimps to watch video footage of uninfected humans doing human stuff on the news
@@funsalmon Ya it's not exactly clarified, my thought was they had them watch disturbing footage of a lot of stuff and in turn that releases certain chemicals in the body or the brain from experiencing that stuff in which the scientists extracted and made some serum or virus and then injected the monkeys with it and that's how it caused the rage by effecting the brain and that's why he said they are infected. Because any animal/ human can exibit rage because of abuse, torture etc.. but that's not contagious. So they invented something that makes rage and that is why it infected humans, also it didn't affect other animals as we see with the rats and that crow that eating that dead zombie guy.
I remember this movie won a horror movie festival here in Portugal that year. MotelX. I never forgot Cillian Murphy's face after that!
Yes: Humanity are "the infected", and that's what makes this movie so unsettling. Once our protagonists reach their supposed safe spot the horror unfolds.
Also, Chistopher Ecclestone is such a phenomenal actor. "We promised them women" in that tone, with that expression is so chilling.
I love this movie! It's so great, and I love the main characters. I also really like that the movie does not shy away from the fact that, in a situation like this, what you have to be most wary/fearful of are people, not the zombies. It's people who are going to be looking for any way to use you or hurt you or manipulate you or whatever. The zombies just want to eat, so you know where you stand with them.
Careful now lads, the actor behind Mad-Eye Moody, Brendan Gleeson, is an Irish actor. His son Domhnall is in such hits as Ex machine and Star Wars Force Awakens. For more introspective Brendan Gleeson films try 'In Bruges' and 'Calvary'.
It is hard to overstate how important this movie was to the genre when it came out. Before in films it was all slow, living-dead zombies. And they were usually either cheap, dumb horror or B-Movie schlock. 28 Days however was very different in tone and how it treated zombies. This brought the infected fast zombie to the film masses. Now every movie and show seems to have some form or combination of those two things: infection via virus and speed. Yes, some of it had been done before in video games and comics but not like this in theatres.
Also, 28 Days also took a subgenre of horror that had been totally irrelevant for a long time. Since then there have been a billion zombie films, and now seeing something like Train to Busan is very commonplace and when watching it everyone knows the tropes and that all started with 28 Days.
Also, Cillian Murphy is awesome; his best film is The Wind that Shakes the Barley, go see it
Idk how I’ve never seen you guys but so glad I found y’all. Danny Boyle is a great director. If y’all haven’t, I highly recommend you watch his film “Trainspotting”.
There’s a really cool alternate ending where they cure frank. It was in the blu-ray bonus features as a voiced over storyboard. Really neat.
Now we need a more updated version called "Just 2 Weeks - Flatten the Curve"
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Honestly this has got to be my favourite film, huge fan of the sequel 28 weeks later too
Boyle straight up couldnt get permits to film in places so they snuck into areas at night to film and had to do it quickly. Amazing filmaking, and all on the budget of a price of wonderbread
That’s hilarious and so inspiring!!
So happy you guys are doing this! It's such a great film, very different from the typical zombie rubbish out there. The sequel is not bad either. You'll love the cinematography and music.
"Maybe nature has a plan to control the way of man..."-Supernature by Cerrone. "Here we come, walking down your street..."-The Monkees.
The sequel '28 Weeks Later' has already been mentioned but a very good one was 'The Girl with all the Gifts' with Paddy (The World's End/Hot Fuzz) Considine Check out the Hammer 'Plague of the Zombies', too!
The sequel has one hell of an opening . Pity it falls short of it’s own strong start .
It’s ok to enjoy this film for how different it feels. It’s in my top 10 of all time because it’s a zombie movie that gives you a road trip and beautiful family story with an amazing soundtrack added in. This is one of the most overall beautiful films I’ve had the pleasure to enjoy
This might be my favorite zombie movie. The ending and that song amazing
You have to react to Dawn of the Dead (2004) if you haven't already, one of the best zombie movies ever!!
it's not an exaggeration to say that this movie utterly changed zombie mythos in film and other media.
I echo the requests of people asking for 28 Weeks Later! Some of the questions/thoughts from your follow up comments are explored in it!
Finally you did 3 of my favourite zombie movie train to Busan,28 weeks later and world war z
Hello at the end is like saying The threat is gone it is safe to make contact. SOS or HELP tell you that danger is still present. In a zombie situation anyway.
28 weeks later has 1 of the best opening scenes ever for a Zombie film... nothing will beat Train to Busan for a zombie film however EVER!!
The final scene I think is filmed in the lake district, in the North of England. It is beautiful there you're right!
This to me is the overall best zombie style movie. The “zombies” are infected with rage, something akin to rabies or something. They don’t necessarily attack to kill. If you pay attention they infect and move on. The infection happens quick. Other zombie movies typically have you turn slowly. Danny Boyle is a fantastic director. This movie completely revitalized the zombie genre when it released backed in 2003. If you’ve seen The Walking Dead the opening directly mirrors this with Rick Grimes waking up in an abandoned hospital.
What makes this movie so brilliant is that they’re not technically facing zombies: they’re facing human people infected with an aggression-inducing virus. They have now limited control over their rage and savageness and quickly revert back to their primal animal instincts (so cleverly shown with the chimps at the beginning).
Even better, the movie isn’t even focusing on that: it’s basically telling us that un-infected people are able to have the exact same rage and aggressiveness as the infected and we unconsciously end up becoming the real threat. Hello, Selena killing Mark for assuming he’s infected, soldiers willing to rape a woman and a child just to recreate population, Jim killing all the soldiers in possibly the most savage ways you can think of? The ideal good person would be the one who has the most control over his rage. This movie has a really clever to show that.
Literally what zombies are, you just described zombies.
Zombies are UNDEAD people brought back to life so you obviously don't know what a zombie is
there's a slight difference...
the non-infected are simply surviving (trying to), kill or be killed, and even with the soldiers and the females, if they were the last humans on the planet, they must reproduce, or humanity goes extinct
whereas, with the infected, it's just pure rage, violence for the sake of violence, they don't care that they drop dead from starvation, or anything else, all they seek is destruction, due to their rage
(infecting others before killing them, is often pure happenstance/luck, they're not trying to spread their infection: "continuing their species", they're just trying to kill, but sometimes they infect those before they're able to kill them, and once infected, then they're no longer interested in tearing them apart)
interestingly, their rage is only towards the non-infected... they don't turn on each other...
as for zombies, they act on base instincts: kill and feed/eat, along with being dead, brought back to life (with those basic instincts only), so the infected in this movie are different from zombies
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the "Rage Virus":
World War Z movie
28 Days Later and sequel 28 Weeks Later movies
Serenity (the 'firefly tv series' conclusion/finale movie) (the reavers, there's more details but don't want to spoil it)
Triage X (manga/anime) (this also involves a rage virus, causing rage/aggression and heightened strength)
Doom movie
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the "T virus" (and Los Plagas Virus) (zombies, and mutation causing superhuman and inhuman enhancements):
Resident Evil movie franchise
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the "Corvinus Strain" (corvinus' DNA/bloodline/lineage + some unknown plague (immortal/vampirism/lycanthropy)
Underworld movie franchise
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zombies:
shawn of the dead movie
dawn of the dead movie
pride prejudice and zombies
highschool of the dead (manga/anime)
(and probably more)
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vampirism:
daybreakers movie
blade movie series
queen of the damned movie
abraham lincoln: vampire hunter, movie
Hellsing Ultimate (manga/anime)
Hellsing (manga/anime)
cirque du freak: the vampire's assistant, movie
Van Helsing movie
(and probably more)
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The Yoma Virus:
Claymore (manga/anime)
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mitochondria:
Parasite Eve (JP novel, JP movie, and PS1 video game)
star wars ("midi-chlorians" is mitochondria)
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I Am Legend movie (I can't remember it that well unfortunately, and am unsure what classification it falls under from reading the summary of its plot, if it's zombies, vampirism, mutation, or some combination of them)
@@elijahchavez5847 Not in every case, moron. I know what a zombie is, and they don't HAVE to be dead and brought back to life to be a zombie. If that were the case then explain the zombies in Train to Busan for instance. People get one bite and within minutes or seconds have turned into zombies. You look like a fool.
this movie most of all makes me think about what we live with covid
this is why movies are considered art