*The opening farm scene is definitely an metaphor for social distancing... right?* DISCLAIMER FOR THE VIDEO: twitter.com/ryanhollinger/status/1279868976227659790
At 12:33 I can't understand what you're saying, "...this is pre-" BLANK" Renner.... The autocaption can't figure it out either.... It sounds like you're saying "theme", my best guess is you're saying "fame"... Are you saying "fame"?
The reason why the opening sequence is masterpiece and iconic, it is because ... It's terrifyingly real... No heroes, no one-man army, just a man trying to survive.
I guess the only good thing about 28 weeks later for me it is the opening sequence. It's raw and stressful. The moment you see the kid knocking on the door, you know the bomb has been armed and shit will hit the fan. You just don't know when.
Yeah. I remember thinking “what a coward this guy is.” But if a lot of us were in the situation, we’d probably bolt just as fast. I mean he probably figured there was nothing he could do anyway. Plus remember that while he was abandoning his wife, he had children to think of. You can interpret his actions as selfish or noble. It’s good characterization.
I never really viewed Don as cowardly, just calculating. Rewatch the opening and look at everything he does. There are multiple occasions in which he deliberately puts himself at risk to help the others when the drive for self-preservation would demand the opposite. He helps everyone he actually can. When he abandons his wife, he's unarmed, there's already 1 zombie in the room (with many more on the way), she is in the worst possible position, and there's a kid who she won't leave that will with 100% certainty slow them down sufficiently to get everyone killed. You can practically see the gears grinding in his head when he makes the choice. Q: "Can I save her life without getting myself killed?" A: "No." Q: "Could I save her by sacrificing myself?" A: "No." Q: "Could I save myself- preventing my children (assuming they're alive) from becoming orphans- by sacrificing her?" A: "Yes." Decision made. And of course he lied to the kids. Who wouldn't? Their world was practically on fire. They didn't need some coward that let their mother die. They needed their heroic father who did everything he could to save her. The fact that he doesn't believe that is utterly immaterial. The only thing Don did wrong was letting his emotions get the better of his sense when he saw her again. His fate isn't comeuppance. It's tragedy, pure and simple.
He told her to leave the kid.... They both werr home free but no she had to have a Mother Theresa moment... That kid doomed them all. In the end, even Don.....
John Murphy is incredibly underrated. The score for Sunshine is excellent and he's got some killer tracks on the Kick-Ass soundtrack too. (Edit: well I say underrated in that most peoole don't know the name. The themes to 28 Days Later and Sunshine are both actually used pretty frequently to be fsir)
Oh god I’ll never forget the field scene where he’s being chased by like 3 or 4 infected across the field and just when things couldn’t get worse we look up to the hill and there is like 10 or 20 coming down to join in the bloodbath whilst that great piece of music is playing so scary...
There's a lot I genuinely like about this film (the sniper scene is a huge standout) but for something with such a grounded tone, the main zombie seeming to conveniently teleport to where the main characters are like a slasher villain bugged me.
You have to remember that the infected arent zombies. Zombies are risen read. The rage virus merely infects and turns the victims into rabid creatures. So the infected dad may have just been attracted to his children in an odd way.
@@vincentvalentin5412 I typed something saying the actions in the film apart from that was pretty competent but I just remembered the way they delt with civilians.
My loving mother decided to show me the opening scene as a child. I was traumatised, and my mother then said "the rest is too scary so you can't watch it". Parent logic.
It is scary, your mother saved you from the rest of the movie which are shit. I think the opening is the only good part of the entire thing. The first movie is a masterpiece though
That scene impacted me the most. That lady survived abandonment, infection, and discovery by non-infected; so much hope left, and then that happens. That scene is like 3 agonizing minutes of her getting wrecked
28 Days Later is one of the best horror movies of all time, hands down. You don't need to be a zombie or infection fan to truly appreciate the levels of psychological depth and despair at work in it.
@@danielengel4593 imo it's overrated. Came out in 2002 but the graphic is like the early 90's. Xmen which came out literally earlier look perfectly good. The first half of this movie is really intense. But after they get to the military it became stupidly insane. Took me off entirely
The scene where everyone is locked in the tunnel in the dark when the virus breaks out is STILL one of the scariest scenes that I’ve ever sat through. That’s why to this day I’m not here for doomsday bunkers. I need to have an appointment scape route.
i watched this movie when i was far too young, and still to this day, OVER 10 YEARS LATER, vividly remember the awful nightmares i had for weeks of that particular scene. i had to get a nightlight and everything, god it rlly fucked me up LMAO
I loved the sniper scene where they couldn’t tell infected from normal people and eventually start taking everyone down. It shows you how quickly things spiral out of control and how you have to take desperate actions to prevent a greater evil.
Then how do you feel about the guys story at the beginning of 28 days later of how he lost his family trying to escape and trampling people to death in a huge crowd with infected among them? That was out in the open skies lol
@@mercenaryknight5419 yep. But it's moreto show how his directorial style influences that specific scene in relation to the video topic. I feel the whole film is very under rated and appreciated.
If anything this pandemic has taught us a lot about how humans would actually respond to a "zombie" virus (I know it's not actually zombies, but the Rage Virus basically is zombies except worse.) Like NATO repopulating London doesn't seem far-fetched at all now. Also one guy breaking protocol and spreading the virus again is just *too* realistic now.
I'm in melbourne aus where we literally went back into covid lockdown because a security guard fucked one of the quarantined travelers in their hotel. So it is quite easy to believe that 1 person can so quickly ruin everything.
I would like to see 28 seconds later. I want to see the collapse of society, the fear, the panic, the mistrust, I want to see the scene described in the first movie at Paddington station.
28 Seconds - the first few moments of the infection. Just like Don's transformation, but with less cuts. Shows the POV of a Rage infected losing their humanity. 28 Minutes - we can show a family (or any tightly-knitted unit) that have to choose the fate of an infected loved one: kill it or let it kill them. Your concept will be perfect under 28 Hours Later.
@@RyanHollinger alright folks, I found the source where it all began. Somebody dial up the british equivalent to the FBI. We might still be able to stop this.
28 Weeks Later is fantastic. The concept of the asymptomatic carriers is cool. But therein lies the problem. Why the hell was Alice who was still infected with the Rage Virus and could infect others not under a 24 hour guard detail of like a squad of U.S troops that would just gun down Don when they hear the commotion of him killing his wife.
To be honest, government incompetence allowing another outbreak to happen kinda seems like the point of the film to me. They should have done more to keep her from spreading the virus, but they didn't because they were overconfident and reckless. This is the same movie where the feds are repopulating London just 6 months after the events of the first film, and where soldiers are ordered to kill thousands of civilians to stop the infection from spreading. The soldiers in the first movie weren't much help either -- it's a consistent theme.
@@njgman Man the COVID lockdowns were bad writing from the government. If there's anything we learned from the past three years is that no one, no matter who or of what authority, really knows wtf they're doing.
The opening is one of my most favorite zombie/infected moments of all time. This movie was the first time I recognized Jeremy Renner and after watching it, I said "I hope he's in more movies." He's in THE HURT LOCKER a year later. He's awesome.
Something that I like about the movie as well is that even when Robert Carlyle's character becomes infected, his rage manifests develops the character we've seen in the first third of the movie. His guilt over his wife turns into sadistic pleasure as he kills her in a more premeditated way than other infected seem to do. Then he spends the rest of the movie essentially stalking his own children.
The way you ended the video about hoping to find out that everything will be okay is something I want to know too. It's great to hear someone else wants to know that too and the way you edited everything with your commentary and the clips of the video was awesome.
10:35 - OMG, thank you! I am sick to death of characters being framed as villains for fleeing in a life or death situation. Your fear and adrenaline levels are so high that you're no longer in control of your own mind and body and it's like your a marionette being pulled away from the perceived danger; I know this from having certain phobias that give me a similar reaction. It's only afterward when you come down off that kind of high and come back to your senses that your sense of morality comes back; if you have one that is and not a sociopath. That moment where Robert Carlyle is on that boat going 'Ah shit! Ah shit!' over and over again is him coming down from that high and then processing what just happened. His mind is reeling with 'What have I done?!' among other various thoughts and emotions speeding through his head. Condemning those actions is on par with demonizing predatory animals in media just for doing what they need to in order to survive. Nature and instincts don't care about the finer points of morality and I'd honestly like to see this topic done with a bit more nuance. P.S. - I love Robert Carlyle and if you could get around to reviewing Ravenous, I'd love you too. Just, uh... Try your best to looks past the Jeffery Jones elephant in the room there. For my money, it's one of the best black comedies I've ever seen and I love how they wove in some supernatural elements into it but leaving it a bit ambiguous. Also a very great and fun performance from Carlyle.
Not just that, when the first infected breaking through the window of that house and almost kills one of the survivors there, he came in with the crowbar and kill said infected saving that guy's life. That's not an action a coward would do, he's very brave from the beginning but his moral break when a bunch of infected just keep pouring in non-stop and he started to get tired from the fight.
Its perfectly normal to risk your life to save a loved one. Hell its weird to save a complete stranger yet people do that. If they didn't want him to seem like a coward, then maybe not make him someone who abandons their wife and lies to their kids.
Awesome breakdown Ryan. 28 Weeks Later may have its flaws with plot and characters, but it's still a worthy sequel. The film is absolutely relentless in its intensity, the opening in particular still being brutally effective. Shame we didn't get a 28 Months Later, the franchise seems rather relevant at the moment.
It would be such a missed opportunity to not capitalize off of the concept 28 months later when we’ve been in quarantined for months longer than anyone expected in real life
remember when I was about 7, watching an unnamed VHS tape I thought was Scooby doo. It started rolling at the scene when Doyle is pushing the car. Precious memories 💞
28 weeks later was actually my favorite of the two. Because of Robert Carlyle and how humanity can both save itself and destroy itself. Human love, guilt and incompetence leads to the virus coming back. The first part of the movie is just slow.
28 Weeks Later really shows that no matter how much you plan, how many backups you prepare, how many resources you have at your disposal, enough rules, orders and soldiers you have, the decision of a single person can fuck everything up Edit: Also Idris Elba in an army uniform is a stroke of genius and makes this a masterpiece
nope, 28 weeks later show how not avoid another fucking outbreak and how to make a containt outbreak to a global outbreak/ the end of the humanity for one fucking choice, NOT CHECK FOR BITES IF YOU ARE GOING TO ESCAPE TO OTHER COUNTRY BY FUCKING HELI TO AVOID SPEEDING THE VIRUS FOR FUCK SAKE
DUDE! your 28 days later video is 4 years ago!? I remember stumbling across that video when it was new like it was yesterday. Still one of my favourite written pieces about my favourite horror film.
I think he was sincere when he talked to his kids. There was really nothing he could do to save the mother. Even the part about going back, how do we know that he didn't come back looking for her, but she was already gone?
I agree.He did look back. She couldn't be saved. She may have been immune to transformation, but that didn't mean he was. I would not have expected him to come back for me ESPECIALLY when I'm the reason the zombies got into the house in the first place. Had he just told her no to letting the boy in, she'd of treated him like the villain. I understand that everyone would want to help the kid, but that kid was making a lot of noise and drawing a lot of unwanted attention. Don's guilt is what caused him to be infected.
@@5wheels178 Do you actually think he had a chance to save her and the kid? I find it hard to believe they all will had a chance to survive. Looking at the situations if he had tried to help I don’t see how what difference he would have made and I’m sure he knew that. But hey if you think he should have still tried saving them anyways no matter if it would have led them to their death because as you say it’s it the “heroic “and “moral” think to do then fine. Also it seems like you are forgetting that they as well had kids. What good will it had made if they both would have died. Wouldn’t you say the he as well had the right to think about his kids and wanting survive and live for them. Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying the mother making her decision wasn’t thinking of her kids, I’m sure she was, but she made her decisions and it unfortunately led to her being left behind. He on the other hand choose a different path, you many not agree with it but I and other can see why he did it, he had kids to go back to and wanted to survive by any means necessary to see them again.
@@5wheels178 it wasn't his child, it was really just another stranger...there are a lot of orphans in the world, go donate your bank account (not even your life) to them lol...guess not 😂
Another detail I love is how Carlyle and Murphy look like generally placid, conventionally non-threatening guys who convincingly turn into frightening and formidable creatures of rage. Both are on the opposite site of the spectrum that meets in the middle. By the way, I absolutely agree with you on being sympathetic to Don's survival instincts. I think why some people bag him SO hard is because deep down, they know they would most likely do the same in that situation. Sometimes the reflection of our souls are the ones we want to conceal.
@@harry_ord I mean, the infected are now in Europe. So after that one it is either turkish highlands or russian winter so they can pass into Asia or Africa. If no other "carrier", that is able to be infected without being visually identifiable, comes up, the chances for this infection to leave Europe is actually somewhat slim.
its covered in the first movie, its mostly brushed off at rioting and slowly spreads (over a week i think?) then society collapses entirely. youd need a pretty compelling set up to make that movie work given we know by 28 days later majority of the country died.
I heard recently that 28 months later is apparently closer than ever to getting made. Danny Boyle who is expected to return as director & Alex Garland who may also return as writer, have apparently recently discussed ideas for a plot to 28 months later and stated they came up with something new and fresh, and are now excited to return to the trilogy although presently job contract obligations are preventing the film from going into official production (I think now it's only Alex Garland where waiting for). As well as this rumors of multiple actors from both 28 days & 28 weeks later have showed interest to return for the sequel (although these do come from unreliable sources), however Imogen Poots has publicly announced that she would love to return for the sequel. I don't know but I'm hoping with all the recent hype and Danny Boyle actually being interested and enthusiastic about the movie which I believe is the reason this film wasn't made 10+ years ago, we might finally get it made sometime in the next 2 to 5 years. But if it doesn't get the go-ahead soon I expect it to mean the film will never get made.
@@joshwilliams6517 the first film was a reinvention of the zombie genre and commented on the social rage people were seeing more of. What I mean by that is the growing discourse amongst the general population, with people being more polarized by news and media into a rage fueled by growing hate over political views. You sorta saw it more through word of mouth or through televised debates, but with the media capitalizing on growing ratings in the late/early 90/00's with wars and scandals. We see it now reflected heavily today in online forums and blogs where people can become polarized into extreme views quickly through constant exposure and isolation amongst others in these online echo chambers. I can see how they'd have a lot of material to draw from with COVID and social rage now being a norm.
I didn't know what movie I was watching when the opening scene came on but I was spellbound, all my adrenaline and stress systems were pumping in concert to the frenetic pace and then that sudden-stop calm and peace of the boat escape - first the absolute animal joy of having evaded predation . . . but then the absolute human regret of what he had done. I didn't much like the rest of the movie, but that scene is still like nothing else in the genre, and many other types of movies.
When I watched 28 Days Later, I saw the "good" ending where the gang is in the little village signalling to the plane and thought that it was an ok ending but after the credits finished, the "bad" ending played with Jim dying in the hospital which made me think the "good" ending was a dream Jim had in his last moments. This made the ending stick out to me more
Regarding Don's character, I actually remember watching the movie for the first time and seeing the events of the prologue and thought to myself "I'm not sure there's anything else he could have done." I still don't think, realistically, he could have helped his wife. It's important to remember how easily the virus is transmitted and how quickly in infects people. One scratch and you're done. It only takes a few minutes for the infection to run its course, and that's it. Honestly, I think I'd feel better if the character wasn't the harbinger of doom and that the larger part of the movie had him dealing with his survivor's guilt and how he told his kids about what happened.
14:52 - not only that, Ryan. I see that film's theme as no matter how good things could seem to be, people could still fuc.ed it up. Chaos... Pure chaos. When we started it we couldn't even understand it. Then we're trying to contain it and fail. And then we're trying to escape and save ourselves, not knowing that we might be spreading the chaos with our actions. And that is why the ending was terrifying as well. Cause this chaos is now spreading through most of the world... And the fear that we cannot even comprehend.
Thank you for the "survival instinct" input, I totally agree! I watch a lot of true crime and in many videos you'll get comments on why did nobody intervene if a crime was taking place in front of them. They don't seem to understand that if you are really there and helping someone will 99% means your own death - unless you are maybe specifically trained you will not risk your own life. It's very easy to sit comfortably in front of a computer and pass judgment, but I want to see these people actually going into a burning building to save people.
I watched 28 weeks later 3 times in a row in the cinema.. The soundtrack just got me like crazy! The story.. the scenes.. dialogue and everything is amazing
I still remember seeing this for the first time on TV and thinking “oh they made a sequel? Meh ok I’m bored let’s watch this” then seeing the intro and that field running scene to the boat and then saying “oh…OH SHIT let’s go!” While it isn’t as great as the first movie, I felt like this one was more relatable to more people. Everyone condemns him as a villain but there is no way anyone could possibly process having to make a decision like that in a split second. Self preservation is literally the drive that has kept humanity going since we first showed up.
I watched 28 weeks later right after seeing 28 days later for the first time. I was so in love with the first movie that the flaws in the second movie just made me feel so much disappointment that i found a reason to hate absolutely everything in that movie. In hindsight, i can appreciate some of the creativity such as that scene being filmed through the night vision scope, great idea, not the best execution, and some of the terrifying moments were great too. I couldn't find those scenes scary though because i was so focused on hating the main characters. Edit: i don't agree with your comment on it being the more realistic version of the two movies because of the ridiculousness that two children could escape from the city and the guard who saw them leave didn't stop them until it was too late, because the plot decided that they needed to find the mom. Also, the mom in quarantine was completely unguarded and the father was just able to go in there completely on his own even though he is only a janitor or something? That stupid inconsistency ruins a lot of this movie for me. Also, the helicopter scene looks really cool but is unrealistic as hell. Despite my disagreement, i really like your take on this movie. Thinking about it from the perspective you used made me hate the movie slightly less.
I'm right with you there and had the same reaction, though with the brilliant opening scene, the scene with wife's reappearance being the sort of shark jumping moment and so much after that just snowballed into me hating the movie. I still wonder if my more mature, cynical 2020 eyes would have a different opinion on the movie though and have been meaning to do a rewatch.
I thought 28 days later were awesome so i had high expectation. And when i watched it.... i was like, really?? It's that it? The most fascinating zombie movie ever ?? So frustrated. It's just the same as every other mediocre zombie apocalypse movie
28 days/weeks are the only movies that have truly terrified me. Especially that opening scene in 28 weeks. And the camera work in both movies are absolutely phenomenal
so 28 days later is tied for my favorite horror movie, and i had been reluctant to see 28 weeks later. saw this video. went and rented it online. watched it with my mom and sister. while it's not nearly as good as 28 days, it's still an absolutely fantastic movie, and one i'm glad i watched. thanks ryan. now i'll watch the video.
Sadly in this world everything won't eventually be ok... ...but what nihilists fail to appreciate is it's the contrast between the inevitability of our ultimate fate and living in the hope of today that we find the beauty of what it means to be alive. Life is made more precious in the knowing that it's fleeting.
While I still enjoyed 28 weeks later, overall I wasnt nearly as invested as I was with the first film. I think 28 days later had a lot stronger characters and visuals overall.
@Dilligent Yeoman No, aside from the opening, I say no, I'm not the least bit disturbed. The first movie on the other hand brought up some disturbing themes.
I love 28 days later, yet I could never get into 28 weeks later. I don't know what it is. I think I got very attached to Jim and the other characters, and I loved the atmosphere and being introduced to this very welcome breath of fresh air. Don't get me wrong, 28 weeks later is well-made. But the original stays with me, and I still revisit it, all these years later.
I always thought of 28 weeks as an 'otherside of the coin' type deal, 28 days starts fucked and gets brighter at the end and 28 weeks starts hopeful and bright and hits with the realistic hopelessness that would come from a no win situation like this, ending with the world burning, like it was a miracle that rage didn't spread farther than england the first time but it got em in the second half, to sum up its like the 28 Days "but what if" ending where Jim dies, this is heads and now here is tails and yeah Doyle's death fucked me up the first time I saw it, I think I had to actually bite my tongue to stop form shouting aloud at like 1am when I saw this for the first time, like holy shit a bullet would have sufficed you didn't have to flame the man
i really like how your point about preservation here lines up with multiple comments about movies like Green Room. we really don't know how we would act in these situations because it's all so beyond anything we could comprehend without the experience. great essay my dude
That opening... i don't remember much about this film but the beginning haunted me in my sleep for years afterwards. Something about seeing all those people running over the hills without getting tired at all or slowing down, then cutting back to see the despair on his face as he realises he can't keep going for much longer. Fantastic! Also ridiculously relevant right now, what with all the 'smart' decisions made about the corona that everyone is collectively shaking their heads about.
The napalm bombing scene and the scene with the poison gas were fucking brilliant. It might be meh to someone who doesnt understand how fucking terrifying that is in its own right. The infected in 28 days and weeks are one thing but having to escape them and the might of the US military trying to cover up their mess and sterilize all signs of life with napalm, chemical weapons and fucking Apache gunships adds a whole other level of terror. The infected are mindless things. Humans with modern weapons are a much deadlier foe. I think the second half of the movie with the main characters trying to flee from the infected and the military took the movie to another level of desperation and its not that far disconnected from the first film. In 28 days there are a few scenes of military personnel mowing down zombies with high powered weapons. I dont see adding elements of the military fighting the infected as americanizing the movie since the first one had plenty of that kind of thing. People who haven't seen what modern weapons of mass destruction can do to other people might not appreciate the rest of the film but I did. I'd take on fighting a horde of hundreds of infected any day over fighting a modern military force using everything at its disposal. Napalm and nerve gas is fucking scarier then a horde of stupid infected feral freaks that can be outsmarted, forced into a bottleneck and gunned down.
Having served in the military, I always viewed the scene where the city was burned differently. It's common to be stuck between two or more terrible decisions, but you HAVE to make it and quickly. You're not afforded the time or ability to agonize over how terrible it all is. Burning the city if things got out of hand was the protocol. When that sort of thing is decided in advance you're won't see any hesitance or emotion over it, especially from someone so high-ranked, because peace has already been made with it.
@@paigeproffitt1830 definitely, he always brings new perspectives to movies and something like The Lighthouse would be fascinating to see his interpretations
Great video Ryan. I still remember how 28 Weeks Later freaked me out when I first saw it in the movie theatre when it came out. As you pointed out, it was so frightening at the time, that I couldn't help but hope for a third movie to bring back the hopeful tone of the first film because seeing how bleak & scary things got in 28 Weeks Later truly scared the hell out of me.
there are some truly amazing horror scenes in this movie. The opening is of course. but that scene when the first infection happens and he kills his wife is so brutal and visceral, top notch horror.
Hearing you voice my exact thoughts on 28 Days Later was some snazzy, vindicating shit. That movie really needs to get more credit - without that film and the Resident Evil video games (which the writer of 28 Days cited as an inspiration) there would be no zombie renaissance - for good or for ill. It's not just a horror film, it becomes a coming of age piece and looking back it comes off very much like a period-piece while its themes still resonate today and the catharsis of Jim going fucking ham in the mansion at the end is probably my favorite horror catharsis sequence of any I've seen - y'know the part in the movie where the hunted becomes the hunter. Love that shit. I know you do shorter videos usually - please give 28 Days the longform treatment if you ever cover it.
@@brightestlight9462 I know but that was a while ago and I think he could do a better job of it these days with those years of experience under his belt.
I LOVE what you said about cowardice being an evil trait. Society has sold us so hard on the Hero troupe that we forget that most of us have never and probably never will be in the type of life or death situation where you have to somehow lose all sense of self preservation during the scariest moment of your life to be seen as a "good" person
I mean I can see why people dont like that he left his wife. And I understand why it makes sense that he did. But some people wouldve stayed and fought, not everyone reacts the same in the same situation. Some people could have an overwhelming need to protect others especially someone they love, and also some people might just go into fight mode, i dont remember the details exactly but i dont think its impossible to win a one on one fight against the infected.
Too bad the infected rarely fight one on one and if they did for some inane reason they still outnumber him 10 to 1, had he stayed he would’ve been torn to shreds and he still had kids to take care of.
The infected have the same amount of strength that someone hopped up with adrenaline has so it's possible though it's likely the infected would get blood in you somehow and you would be infected
Plus, he knew he had one chance to actually escape. He had to get the boat before any other survivors left in it, or he'd have been stranded and killed. I'm not excusing him or attacking him for it, but he had seconds to make a choice.
I LOVED 28 weeks later! It was such a contrast to the first film. As you said, there is an underlying feeling of hope in the first film that carries throughout the film. Even at the end, you have hope the three will find a way to overcome the corrupt soldiers. The second film is a completely different journey and as you said, there is a serious underlying feeling of tension and hopelessness. It was awful after the second outbreak occurred and you start to realize the military is losing control of the situation and then to have to watch soldiers carry out their awful orders was hard to watch. I think the hopelessness of the second film is what makes it so great. You are desperately rooting for these characters to survive but it feels hopeless. I think it was a great choice to go the completely opposite direction from the first movie
Thinking about it in context with this year really makes you realise just how true it is. People are put in and out of the danger zone until it’s far too late.
both 28 days and 28 weeks are so great imo. probably two of the best zombie movies there is... man, i still remember the opening scene of 28 weeks later and it still gives me goosebumps
Always felt this film was quite an underrated sequel, it's genuinely brilliant (especially the opening farm scene! Incredibly thrilling!) and deserves the same attention as 28 Days Later.
My recurring anxiety nightmare is being chased by the infected from these films, the last few months I have unsurprisingly had quite a few of these. I’ve just been getting over them..... :) a reminder that it’s a given perhaps? Especially that these films scare the bejesus out of me, but can’t help but love them!
This is one of the best horror sequels ever I think, felt different from the first movie but was executed so well. Had so many amazing sequences (the opening house invasion scene, the night vision tunnel scene, sniper scenes, helicopter scene, firebombing the city, etc). Also holy shit it’s crazy how fast the infection spreads because all it takes is one drop of blood hitting the eyes or mouth, and the infected often vomit it all over the place.
I went it the movies to see this with my grandma when I was like 12, she's a horror buff. We were a minute late walking the pitch black theater, just as I sat down, the infected busted through that wooden wall and I was hooked. Love this film and the first. It feels like the proper Aliens style sequel the original deserved
I have a memory of a "zombie" movie that I do not remember the name of or if it was even a full length feature or a short. I still don't know if I made this movie up or if it is real. It was about a guy that is at a party or something, waiting for his girlfriend who he isn't sure is going to show up, because they had a fight. Then all hell breaks loose (I think it is a virus style zombie film). The main character is across the city from his girlfriend and spends the movie trying to get to her to make sure she is alright. When he gets to her she is afraid of him and kills him. After that they show the interaction from her point of view and he is totally a zombie and you have no idea how long he has been one.
Man, that series will always be one of my favorites because of how well they tackled not just existential horror but the human condition during days of crisis. I still can't decide between a sequel in 28 Months Later that covers a World War Z-type attempt to return the world to normalcy post-apocalypse, or a prequel in 28 Hours Later where we get to see life in the UK being literally torn to pieces as the outbreak hits fever pitch(pun certainly intended). Good work as usual, man.
Last month Danny Boyle mentioned in an interview that Alex Garland had completed a script for 28 Months Later, that he would want to direct it AND that Cillian Murphy expressed an interest in returning to the role so hey.. maybe we’ll get it at some point!
*The opening farm scene is definitely an metaphor for social distancing... right?*
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They forgot to wear their masks too.
You should do a video on Rec
Please cover Vivarium!!
It is know too close to reality that it really becomes a cautionary tale to Covid-19
At 12:33 I can't understand what you're saying, "...this is pre-" BLANK" Renner.... The autocaption can't figure it out either.... It sounds like you're saying "theme", my best guess is you're saying "fame"... Are you saying "fame"?
The reason why the opening sequence is masterpiece and iconic, it is because ... It's terrifyingly real... No heroes, no one-man army, just a man trying to survive.
I guess the only good thing about 28 weeks later for me it is the opening sequence.
It's raw and stressful. The moment you see the kid knocking on the door, you know the bomb has been armed and shit will hit the fan. You just don't know when.
Yeah. I remember thinking “what a coward this guy is.” But if a lot of us were in the situation, we’d probably bolt just as fast. I mean he probably figured there was nothing he could do anyway. Plus remember that while he was abandoning his wife, he had children to think of. You can interpret his actions as selfish or noble. It’s good characterization.
@@Garrus1995 His wife tried to play hero.
But what about the middle to end of the movie where Hawkeye is a one man army
@@purpleblah2 I mean he was a Military Sniper........well "was"
I never really viewed Don as cowardly, just calculating.
Rewatch the opening and look at everything he does. There are multiple occasions in which he deliberately puts himself at risk to help the others when the drive for self-preservation would demand the opposite. He helps everyone he actually can. When he abandons his wife, he's unarmed, there's already 1 zombie in the room (with many more on the way), she is in the worst possible position, and there's a kid who she won't leave that will with 100% certainty slow them down sufficiently to get everyone killed.
You can practically see the gears grinding in his head when he makes the choice.
Q: "Can I save her life without getting myself killed?"
A: "No."
Q: "Could I save her by sacrificing myself?"
A: "No."
Q: "Could I save myself- preventing my children (assuming they're alive) from becoming orphans- by sacrificing her?"
A: "Yes."
Decision made.
And of course he lied to the kids. Who wouldn't? Their world was practically on fire. They didn't need some coward that let their mother die. They needed their heroic father who did everything he could to save her. The fact that he doesn't believe that is utterly immaterial.
The only thing Don did wrong was letting his emotions get the better of his sense when he saw her again. His fate isn't comeuppance. It's tragedy, pure and simple.
Well said
Beautifully explained.
Say that shit! 🔥
He told her to leave the kid....
They both werr home free but no she had to have a Mother Theresa moment...
That kid doomed them all.
In the end, even Don.....
Was looking for this pure logic comment. Shocked how many people can’t work it out .. or don’t want to
Not to mention the theme is one of the best horror themes to this day, I listen to it while running and it works wonders
Not one of. The Best. It still gives me chills to this day and frightens me. That opening scene was... Terriying. And so so real
John Murphy is incredibly underrated. The score for Sunshine is excellent and he's got some killer tracks on the Kick-Ass soundtrack too.
(Edit: well I say underrated in that most peoole don't know the name. The themes to 28 Days Later and Sunshine are both actually used pretty frequently to be fsir)
Used to do the same but I noticed it made me too anxious haha
Way over used in 28 Weeks though.
@@Fragar212 I was just thinking that, jeez I would feel like I was running from the apocalypse
Oh god I’ll never forget the field scene where he’s being chased by like 3 or 4 infected across the field and just when things couldn’t get worse we look up to the hill and there is like 10 or 20 coming down to join in the bloodbath whilst that great piece of music is playing so scary...
Legendary introduction.
*EPICNESS!!!*
There's a lot I genuinely like about this film (the sniper scene is a huge standout) but for something with such a grounded tone, the main zombie seeming to conveniently teleport to where the main characters are like a slasher villain bugged me.
that and the lack of security round the important person at the start.
@@harry_ord i had an issue with that until i saw the US response to COVID and now that level of incompetence is much more relatable.
@@vincentvalentin5412 Never have i ever laughed so much as people's dismay
You have to remember that the infected arent zombies. Zombies are risen read. The rage virus merely infects and turns the victims into rabid creatures. So the infected dad may have just been attracted to his children in an odd way.
@@vincentvalentin5412 I typed something saying the actions in the film apart from that was pretty competent but I just remembered the way they delt with civilians.
My loving mother decided to show me the opening scene as a child. I was traumatised, and my mother then said "the rest is too scary so you can't watch it".
Parent logic.
It is scary, your mother saved you from the rest of the movie which are shit. I think the opening is the only good part of the entire thing. The first movie is a masterpiece though
Well, I mean you were 24 at the time so.....🤣🤣
Maybe you're just a coward.
Your mother sounds awesome
@@Qwertzalcoatl the rest of the movie ain't shit
Can’t wait for 2030 when we’ll hopefully get 28 Years Later
Damn, this comment needs more likes. I love it
28 months Later
I read your comment and thought “har har, very funny” but then realised that would actually be 28 years. My god! Where’s the time gone?! 😐
THIS COMMENT MAKES ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLELY OLD
28 years later... IT+1year?
Doyle and Scarlet's death were sad for me, but the wife's death absolutely horrified me.
That scene was so fucking scary omg
That scene impacted me the most. That lady survived abandonment, infection, and discovery by non-infected; so much hope left, and then that happens. That scene is like 3 agonizing minutes of her getting wrecked
28 Days Later is one of the best horror movies of all time, hands down. You don't need to be a zombie or infection fan to truly appreciate the levels of psychological depth and despair at work in it.
Even my mom enjoyed 28 days later, aswell as Jacobs Ladder, some movies transcend their genre
Infection fan lol
100% agreed, it will always be in my collection as the go to zombie movie, every frame is perfection, and the sound track just fits so well.
@@danielengel4593 imo it's overrated. Came out in 2002 but the graphic is like the early 90's. Xmen which came out literally earlier look perfectly good. The first half of this movie is really intense. But after they get to the military it became stupidly insane. Took me off entirely
@@Grandmaster-Kush Jacob's Ladder is a total mindfuck. I love it!
The opening farmhouse scene in this movie is absolute nightmare fuel for me, as I have had literal nighmares about this exact kind of thing.
As a kid it terrified me. The way everyone’s running away in the house and the way it’s shot was horrifying.
Had a nightmare last night of that very scene, horror at its best
@@DRaven-of2lv damn. In a way... I'd love to dream something like that. I haven't dreamed about zombies in a while!
The scene where everyone is locked in the tunnel in the dark when the virus breaks out is STILL one of the scariest scenes that I’ve ever sat through. That’s why to this day I’m not here for doomsday bunkers. I need to have an appointment scape route.
*apparent* escape route
i watched this movie when i was far too young, and still to this day, OVER 10 YEARS LATER, vividly remember the awful nightmares i had for weeks of that particular scene. i had to get a nightlight and everything, god it rlly fucked me up LMAO
I loved the sniper scene where they couldn’t tell infected from normal people and eventually start taking everyone down. It shows you how quickly things spiral out of control and how you have to take desperate actions to prevent a greater evil.
That scene seems recorded in an operational nazi gas chamber. Truly terrifying
Then how do you feel about the guys story at the beginning of 28 days later of how he lost his family trying to escape and trampling people to death in a huge crowd with infected among them? That was out in the open skies lol
Note: The opening scene is filmed by the second unit director... Danny Boyle.
Makes sense
The only really good scene
He is also the executive producer to the film too.
@@mercenaryknight5419 yep. But it's moreto show how his directorial style influences that specific scene in relation to the video topic.
I feel the whole film is very under rated and appreciated.
"I could literally write a book about 28 days later."
*Leans forward in chair*
Go on...
28 Pages Later. A short read but a good one at that.
Lettuceman2049
That’s the end to the trilogy of “28 Sentences Later” and “28 Paragraphs Later”, with the prequel being 28 Words Before.
28 Chapters Later.
Garrus1995
24 Chapters is the start of the second trilogy, followed by 28 Short Stories, and 28 Books...
28 Rejection Letters Later would be my contribution.
I always feel unconfortable after watching both movies, they don't leave me scared or sad, just this uncanny feeling.
If anything this pandemic has taught us a lot about how humans would actually respond to a "zombie" virus (I know it's not actually zombies, but the Rage Virus basically is zombies except worse.) Like NATO repopulating London doesn't seem far-fetched at all now. Also one guy breaking protocol and spreading the virus again is just *too* realistic now.
The World War Z books do an excellent depiction of how people would behave. The Great Panic and Battle Of Yonkers are highlights for me
@@pastordonkoh7692 I find that book also unrealistic.
I'm in melbourne aus where we literally went back into covid lockdown because a security guard fucked one of the quarantined travelers in their hotel. So it is quite easy to believe that 1 person can so quickly ruin everything.
@@Ben-ly6pe People are so bloody stupid and selfish these days.
Something that zombie movies couldn’t have ever predicted was people protesting For their god given right to be eaten by zombies.
I would like to see 28 seconds later. I want to see the collapse of society, the fear, the panic, the mistrust, I want to see the scene described in the first movie at Paddington station.
I don't think that could all be summed up in 28 seconds. 28 minutes later would be more fitting.
28 Seconds - the first few moments of the infection. Just like Don's transformation, but with less cuts. Shows the POV of a Rage infected losing their humanity.
28 Minutes - we can show a family (or any tightly-knitted unit) that have to choose the fate of an infected loved one: kill it or let it kill them.
Your concept will be perfect under 28 Hours Later.
Another prequel? No. We need sequels.
i like the title for it 👍🏼
Stop giving 2020 ideas
My last video of 2019 had me saying “who knows, the world might end next year!”
@@RyanHollinger Real considerate of you there, bud. Real nice.
@@RyanHollinger ha..ha..ha......fuck...
@@RyanHollinger alright folks, I found the source where it all began. Somebody dial up the british equivalent to the FBI. We might still be able to stop this.
Ryan Hollinger What was that video?
28 Weeks Later is fantastic. The concept of the asymptomatic carriers is cool. But therein lies the problem. Why the hell was Alice who was still infected with the Rage Virus and could infect others not under a 24 hour guard detail of like a squad of U.S troops that would just gun down Don when they hear the commotion of him killing his wife.
To be honest, government incompetence allowing another outbreak to happen kinda seems like the point of the film to me. They should have done more to keep her from spreading the virus, but they didn't because they were overconfident and reckless. This is the same movie where the feds are repopulating London just 6 months after the events of the first film, and where soldiers are ordered to kill thousands of civilians to stop the infection from spreading. The soldiers in the first movie weren't much help either -- it's a consistent theme.
Just bad writing in that circumstance.
@@njgman Man the COVID lockdowns were bad writing from the government. If there's anything we learned from the past three years is that no one, no matter who or of what authority, really knows wtf they're doing.
As much as I love this movie, that was the one thing that I hate about Weeks.
The opening is one of my most favorite zombie/infected moments of all time. This movie was the first time I recognized Jeremy Renner and after watching it, I said "I hope he's in more movies." He's in THE HURT LOCKER a year later. He's awesome.
*IT'S NOT A ZOMBIE MOVIE! CALL THEM INFECTED EVEN THOUGH THAT TITLE IS VAGUE AND EVEN NORMAL ZOMBIES ARE REFERRED TO AS SUCH*
One of the best openings of all time for sure. The Dark Knight and this are probably my favourites
Something that I like about the movie as well is that even when Robert Carlyle's character becomes infected, his rage manifests develops the character we've seen in the first third of the movie. His guilt over his wife turns into sadistic pleasure as he kills her in a more premeditated way than other infected seem to do. Then he spends the rest of the movie essentially stalking his own children.
The way you ended the video about hoping to find out that everything will be okay is something I want to know too. It's great to hear someone else wants to know that too and the way you edited everything with your commentary and the clips of the video was awesome.
10:35 - OMG, thank you! I am sick to death of characters being framed as villains for fleeing in a life or death situation. Your fear and adrenaline levels are so high that you're no longer in control of your own mind and body and it's like your a marionette being pulled away from the perceived danger; I know this from having certain phobias that give me a similar reaction. It's only afterward when you come down off that kind of high and come back to your senses that your sense of morality comes back; if you have one that is and not a sociopath.
That moment where Robert Carlyle is on that boat going 'Ah shit! Ah shit!' over and over again is him coming down from that high and then processing what just happened. His mind is reeling with 'What have I done?!' among other various thoughts and emotions speeding through his head. Condemning those actions is on par with demonizing predatory animals in media just for doing what they need to in order to survive. Nature and instincts don't care about the finer points of morality and I'd honestly like to see this topic done with a bit more nuance.
P.S. - I love Robert Carlyle and if you could get around to reviewing Ravenous, I'd love you too. Just, uh... Try your best to looks past the Jeffery Jones elephant in the room there. For my money, it's one of the best black comedies I've ever seen and I love how they wove in some supernatural elements into it but leaving it a bit ambiguous. Also a very great and fun performance from Carlyle.
I agree man people calling him a bitch are retarded like we all have that survival instinct to live no matter what.
Not just that, when the first infected breaking through the window of that house and almost kills one of the survivors there, he came in with the crowbar and kill said infected saving that guy's life. That's not an action a coward would do, he's very brave from the beginning but his moral break when a bunch of infected just keep pouring in non-stop and he started to get tired from the fight.
Fight or flight
Yes, a man drowning may end up pushing down the person who came to save him in struggling to breath and stay up
Its perfectly normal to risk your life to save a loved one. Hell its weird to save a complete stranger yet people do that. If they didn't want him to seem like a coward, then maybe not make him someone who abandons their wife and lies to their kids.
Awesome breakdown Ryan. 28 Weeks Later may have its flaws with plot and characters, but it's still a worthy sequel.
The film is absolutely relentless in its intensity, the opening in particular still being brutally effective. Shame we didn't get a 28 Months Later, the franchise seems rather relevant at the moment.
The Best sequel in my opinion. Ever.
It would be such a missed opportunity to not capitalize off of the concept 28 months later when we’ve been in quarantined for months longer than anyone expected in real life
they said they're working on 28 months later
remember when I was about 7, watching an unnamed VHS tape I thought was Scooby doo. It started rolling at the scene when Doyle is pushing the car. Precious memories 💞
28 weeks later was actually my favorite of the two. Because of Robert Carlyle and how humanity can both save itself and destroy itself. Human love, guilt and incompetence leads to the virus coming back. The first part of the movie is just slow.
Robert Carlyle is so good in everything.
28 Weeks Later really shows that no matter how much you plan, how many backups you prepare, how many resources you have at your disposal, enough rules, orders and soldiers you have, the decision of a single person can fuck everything up
Edit: Also Idris Elba in an army uniform is a stroke of genius and makes this a masterpiece
nope, 28 weeks later show how not avoid another fucking outbreak and how to make a containt outbreak to a global outbreak/ the end of the humanity for one fucking choice, NOT CHECK FOR BITES IF YOU ARE GOING TO ESCAPE TO OTHER COUNTRY BY FUCKING HELI TO AVOID SPEEDING THE VIRUS FOR FUCK SAKE
The musical score to this and 28 Days Later doesn't get enough love
Those movies are what got me into instrumental post-rock
8:43 I mean, everyone of us watch the scene and thought at one point "by this time I would be caught". That run was insane
DUDE! your 28 days later video is 4 years ago!? I remember stumbling across that video when it was new like it was yesterday. Still one of my favourite written pieces about my favourite horror film.
I think he was sincere when he talked to his kids. There was really nothing he could do to save the mother. Even the part about going back, how do we know that he didn't come back looking for her, but she was already gone?
I agree.He did look back. She couldn't be saved. She may have been immune to transformation, but that didn't mean he was. I would not have expected him to come back for me ESPECIALLY when I'm the reason the zombies got into the house in the first place. Had he just told her no to letting the boy in, she'd of treated him like the villain. I understand that everyone would want to help the kid, but that kid was making a lot of noise and drawing a lot of unwanted attention. Don's guilt is what caused him to be infected.
@@Crissycrisofficial You can apply logic to it all you want but at heart it's a cowardly act. What if it was his child, would you feel the same?
@@5wheels178
Do you actually think he had a chance to save her and the kid? I find it hard to believe they all will had a chance to survive. Looking at the situations if he had tried to help I don’t see how what difference he would have made and I’m sure he knew that. But hey if you think he should have still tried saving them anyways no matter if it would have led them to their death because as you say it’s it the “heroic “and “moral” think to do then fine.
Also it seems like you are forgetting that they as well had kids. What good will it had made if they both would have died. Wouldn’t you say the he as well had the right to think about his kids and wanting survive and live for them. Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying the mother making her decision wasn’t thinking of her kids, I’m sure she was, but she made her decisions and it unfortunately led to her being left behind. He on the other hand choose a different path, you many not agree with it but I and other can see why he did it, he had kids to go back to and wanted to survive by any means necessary to see them again.
@@5wheels178 it wasn't his child, it was really just another stranger...there are a lot of orphans in the world, go donate your bank account (not even your life) to them lol...guess not 😂
The best way to exercise is and remains putting on _In a House, Without a Heartbeat_ in the middle of the night while walking down the street.
Another detail I love is how Carlyle and Murphy look like generally placid, conventionally non-threatening guys who convincingly turn into frightening and formidable creatures of rage. Both are on the opposite site of the spectrum that meets in the middle. By the way, I absolutely agree with you on being sympathetic to Don's survival instincts. I think why some people bag him SO hard is because deep down, they know they would most likely do the same in that situation. Sometimes the reflection of our souls are the ones we want to conceal.
I think they should do a prequel like “28 hours later” since in the long run they’ll just die from starvation and other human natural causes
they did in the UK after 28 weeks the end of the new film is a lil different though.
@@harry_ord I mean, the infected are now in Europe. So after that one it is either turkish highlands or russian winter so they can pass into Asia or Africa. If no other "carrier", that is able to be infected without being visually identifiable, comes up, the chances for this infection to leave Europe is actually somewhat slim.
Man yes!!! I think as a pandemic staring it would be great
@@paulenan9636 You have to consider natural barriers. The Alps and the Carpathians. Italy would be aight from the North. Switzerland as well.
its covered in the first movie, its mostly brushed off at rioting and slowly spreads (over a week i think?) then society collapses entirely. youd need a pretty compelling set up to make that movie work given we know by 28 days later majority of the country died.
The fact that 28 years is now confirmed makes me so happy. Cast looks strong also, and Danny Boyle is helming it.
I have high hopes, Danny Boyl made T2 Trainspotting, 20 years later, one of the best sequels I've ever watched
I mean, it was written by Jesus, of course it would be good.
And it's much more realistic than the last story he was part of :P
is that a mf The World's End reference?
All done during his lunch breaks at the workshop. What a dude.
Shame we can read hebrew
It was written by Jesus of course the father character would lie and abandon his family
I heard recently that 28 months later is apparently closer than ever to getting made.
Danny Boyle who is expected to return as director & Alex Garland who may also return as writer, have apparently recently discussed ideas for a plot to 28 months later and stated they came up with something new and fresh, and are now excited to return to the trilogy although presently job contract obligations are preventing the film from going into official production (I think now it's only Alex Garland where waiting for).
As well as this rumors of multiple actors from both 28 days & 28 weeks later have showed interest to return for the sequel
(although these do come from unreliable sources), however Imogen Poots has publicly announced that she would love to return for the sequel.
I don't know but I'm hoping with all the recent hype and Danny Boyle actually being interested and enthusiastic about the movie
which I believe is the reason this film wasn't made 10+ years ago, we might finally get it made sometime in the next 2 to 5 years.
But if it doesn't get the go-ahead soon I expect it to mean the film will never get made.
Julia S the current times in our real world are very conducive to a third film. Let’s hope!
@@joshwilliams6517 the first film was a reinvention of the zombie genre and commented on the social rage people were seeing more of. What I mean by that is the growing discourse amongst the general population, with people being more polarized by news and media into a rage fueled by growing hate over political views.
You sorta saw it more through word of mouth or through televised debates, but with the media capitalizing on growing ratings in the late/early 90/00's with wars and scandals. We see it now reflected heavily today in online forums and blogs where people can become polarized into extreme views quickly through constant exposure and isolation amongst others in these online echo chambers.
I can see how they'd have a lot of material to draw from with COVID and social rage now being a norm.
Literally just finished a Ryan Hollinger binge when this miracle dropped 🙏
I would kill to see a “28 months later” movie :(
Karin Ling-Roos if I do that it may draw attention! Dont need my eyes goughed !
They'd be dead from starvation
Boyle says he has an idea for a 3rd installment, whether that will amount to anything well have to see.
Please do ‘The Wailing’. Just saying
I hope to...
Ryan Hollinger Just really interested in your thoughts on it!
Yes
Think you can do a overall video on Korean cinema like you did with French Extremity?
Oh, yeah! I’d love to see him do more Korean movies!
I love how successful this channel has become. It’s nice to see someone who puts so much original thought into a passion rewarded for that effort
I’ve been getting back into being obsessed with these movies again so the fact you did a vid?? Amazing.
I'll never forget when I was 12 and saw this movie in theaters. The sniper scene was one of the first times I ever got chills from a movie
This film’s first few minutes is one of the best intros in cinematic history. Definitely heart stopping.
I didn't know what movie I was watching when the opening scene came on but I was spellbound, all my adrenaline and stress systems were pumping in concert to the frenetic pace and then that sudden-stop calm and peace of the boat escape - first the absolute animal joy of having evaded predation . . . but then the absolute human regret of what he had done.
I didn't much like the rest of the movie, but that scene is still like nothing else in the genre, and many other types of movies.
Your videos really open my mind about movies and conversations I can't have with people I know
When I watched 28 Days Later, I saw the "good" ending where the gang is in the little village signalling to the plane and thought that it was an ok ending but after the credits finished, the "bad" ending played with Jim dying in the hospital which made me think the "good" ending was a dream Jim had in his last moments. This made the ending stick out to me more
Regarding Don's character, I actually remember watching the movie for the first time and seeing the events of the prologue and thought to myself "I'm not sure there's anything else he could have done." I still don't think, realistically, he could have helped his wife. It's important to remember how easily the virus is transmitted and how quickly in infects people. One scratch and you're done. It only takes a few minutes for the infection to run its course, and that's it. Honestly, I think I'd feel better if the character wasn't the harbinger of doom and that the larger part of the movie had him dealing with his survivor's guilt and how he told his kids about what happened.
Tnks for the flashing imagery warning man most people dont care about telling you... really really appreciated
14:52 - not only that, Ryan.
I see that film's theme as no matter how good things could seem to be, people could still fuc.ed it up.
Chaos... Pure chaos. When we started it we couldn't even understand it. Then we're trying to contain it and fail. And then we're trying to escape and save ourselves, not knowing that we might be spreading the chaos with our actions.
And that is why the ending was terrifying as well. Cause this chaos is now spreading through most of the world... And the fear that we cannot even comprehend.
One of the best intro ever… Don is not evil he's just human. Still imo he didn't show enough compassion or remorse.
I don't get why someone would call him a villain, selfish or dumb, sure but EVIL?
that and he pretty much had to leave them behind
Thank you for the "survival instinct" input, I totally agree! I watch a lot of true crime and in many videos you'll get comments on why did nobody intervene if a crime was taking place in front of them. They don't seem to understand that if you are really there and helping someone will 99% means your own death - unless you are maybe specifically trained you will not risk your own life. It's very easy to sit comfortably in front of a computer and pass judgment, but I want to see these people actually going into a burning building to save people.
I watched 28 weeks later 3 times in a row in the cinema.. The soundtrack just got me like crazy! The story.. the scenes.. dialogue and everything is amazing
I still remember seeing this for the first time on TV and thinking “oh they made a sequel? Meh ok I’m bored let’s watch this” then seeing the intro and that field running scene to the boat and then saying “oh…OH SHIT let’s go!”
While it isn’t as great as the first movie, I felt like this one was more relatable to more people. Everyone condemns him as a villain but there is no way anyone could possibly process having to make a decision like that in a split second. Self preservation is literally the drive that has kept humanity going since we first showed up.
I watched 28 weeks later right after seeing 28 days later for the first time. I was so in love with the first movie that the flaws in the second movie just made me feel so much disappointment that i found a reason to hate absolutely everything in that movie. In hindsight, i can appreciate some of the creativity such as that scene being filmed through the night vision scope, great idea, not the best execution, and some of the terrifying moments were great too. I couldn't find those scenes scary though because i was so focused on hating the main characters.
Edit: i don't agree with your comment on it being the more realistic version of the two movies because of the ridiculousness that two children could escape from the city and the guard who saw them leave didn't stop them until it was too late, because the plot decided that they needed to find the mom. Also, the mom in quarantine was completely unguarded and the father was just able to go in there completely on his own even though he is only a janitor or something? That stupid inconsistency ruins a lot of this movie for me. Also, the helicopter scene looks really cool but is unrealistic as hell. Despite my disagreement, i really like your take on this movie. Thinking about it from the perspective you used made me hate the movie slightly less.
I'm right with you there and had the same reaction, though with the brilliant opening scene, the scene with wife's reappearance being the sort of shark jumping moment and so much after that just snowballed into me hating the movie. I still wonder if my more mature, cynical 2020 eyes would have a different opinion on the movie though and have been meaning to do a rewatch.
I thought 28 days later were awesome so i had high expectation. And when i watched it.... i was like, really?? It's that it? The most fascinating zombie movie ever ?? So frustrated. It's just the same as every other mediocre zombie apocalypse movie
28 days/weeks are the only movies that have truly terrified me. Especially that opening scene in 28 weeks. And the camera work in both movies are absolutely phenomenal
The score and the cinematography alone make this a classic film
so 28 days later is tied for my favorite horror movie, and i had been reluctant to see 28 weeks later. saw this video. went and rented it online. watched it with my mom and sister. while it's not nearly as good as 28 days, it's still an absolutely fantastic movie, and one i'm glad i watched. thanks ryan. now i'll watch the video.
Gah this movie has one of the most terrifying openings ive ever seen in a horror film. Shout out to Hawkeye in this
Watched this as a kid and till this day this movie still scares me! A great flick for those who haven’t watched it
This is definitely my favourite horror movie. The soundtrack as well, absolutely amazing.
Sadly in this world everything won't eventually be ok...
...but what nihilists fail to appreciate is it's the contrast between the inevitability of our ultimate fate and living in the hope of today that we find the beauty of what it means to be alive. Life is made more precious in the knowing that it's fleeting.
While I still enjoyed 28 weeks later, overall I wasnt nearly as invested as I was with the first film. I think 28 days later had a lot stronger characters and visuals overall.
I love the first one too. I saw them both in 2 days. I just finished the second one, terrible film.
@Dilligent Yeoman No, aside from the opening, I say no, I'm not the least bit disturbed. The first movie on the other hand brought up some disturbing themes.
I love 28 days later, yet I could never get into 28 weeks later. I don't know what it is. I think I got very attached to Jim and the other characters, and I loved the atmosphere and being introduced to this very welcome breath of fresh air. Don't get me wrong, 28 weeks later is well-made. But the original stays with me, and I still revisit it, all these years later.
I always thought of 28 weeks as an 'otherside of the coin' type deal, 28 days starts fucked and gets brighter at the end and 28 weeks starts hopeful and bright and hits with the realistic hopelessness that would come from a no win situation like this, ending with the world burning, like it was a miracle that rage didn't spread farther than england the first time but it got em in the second half, to sum up its like the 28 Days "but what if" ending where Jim dies, this is heads and now here is tails
and yeah Doyle's death fucked me up the first time I saw it, I think I had to actually bite my tongue to stop form shouting aloud at like 1am when I saw this for the first time, like holy shit a bullet would have sufficed you didn't have to flame the man
i really like how your point about preservation here lines up with multiple comments about movies like Green Room. we really don't know how we would act in these situations because it's all so beyond anything we could comprehend without the experience. great essay my dude
I really like all of the characters in the first movie. In the second one, they felt more potential victims just waiting for their death to come.
That opening... i don't remember much about this film but the beginning haunted me in my sleep for years afterwards. Something about seeing all those people running over the hills without getting tired at all or slowing down, then cutting back to see the despair on his face as he realises he can't keep going for much longer. Fantastic! Also ridiculously relevant right now, what with all the 'smart' decisions made about the corona that everyone is collectively shaking their heads about.
I think the opening farm scene is the best part of the film. The rest is kinda meh.
I agree. It felt a bit too americanized to throw in banter and action that didn't fit the tone.
I agree, the movie was a snoozefest after the first 10 damn minutes
English Prepper exactly my opinion
The napalm bombing scene and the scene with the poison gas were fucking brilliant. It might be meh to someone who doesnt understand how fucking terrifying that is in its own right. The infected in 28 days and weeks are one thing but having to escape them and the might of the US military trying to cover up their mess and sterilize all signs of life with napalm, chemical weapons and fucking Apache gunships adds a whole other level of terror. The infected are mindless things. Humans with modern weapons are a much deadlier foe. I think the second half of the movie with the main characters trying to flee from the infected and the military took the movie to another level of desperation and its not that far disconnected from the first film. In 28 days there are a few scenes of military personnel mowing down zombies with high powered weapons. I dont see adding elements of the military fighting the infected as americanizing the movie since the first one had plenty of that kind of thing. People who haven't seen what modern weapons of mass destruction can do to other people might not appreciate the rest of the film but I did. I'd take on fighting a horde of hundreds of infected any day over fighting a modern military force using everything at its disposal. Napalm and nerve gas is fucking scarier then a horde of stupid infected feral freaks that can be outsmarted, forced into a bottleneck and gunned down.
That scene was directed by Boyle, so maybe that's why you feel that way.
Having served in the military, I always viewed the scene where the city was burned differently.
It's common to be stuck between two or more terrible decisions, but you HAVE to make it and quickly. You're not afforded the time or ability to agonize over how terrible it all is.
Burning the city if things got out of hand was the protocol. When that sort of thing is decided in advance you're won't see any hesitance or emotion over it, especially from someone so high-ranked, because peace has already been made with it.
Do The Lighthouse next please! One of my favorite movies of 2019 and I want your take on it so much!
yessss that movie was such a trip, i’d love to see his thoughts on it
@@paigeproffitt1830 definitely, he always brings new perspectives to movies and something like The Lighthouse would be fascinating to see his interpretations
That wasn't a movie, that was Dave eggers very specific nightmare, some seagull stole his chips and he had to have Willem Dafoe turn into a mermaid
@@xxxholic22 truly, a existential lovecraftian horror about the perils of seagulls
That's a great idea that movie is insane
Great video Ryan. I still remember how 28 Weeks Later freaked me out when I first saw it in the movie theatre when it came out. As you pointed out, it was so frightening at the time, that I couldn't help but hope for a third movie to bring back the hopeful tone of the first film because seeing how bleak & scary things got in 28 Weeks Later truly scared the hell out of me.
Well, look at this. I finally get a notification for your new video as soon as you upload it, as opposed to the usual 4 or 5 hours later.
there are some truly amazing horror scenes in this movie.
The opening is of course.
but that scene when the first infection happens and he kills his wife is so brutal and visceral, top notch horror.
how do people not love this movie!? it’s AMAZING
28 days later had such a huge impact on me, that this was a sequel I was actually looking forward to seeing and it’s definitely worth the watch
Hearing you voice my exact thoughts on 28 Days Later was some snazzy, vindicating shit. That movie really needs to get more credit - without that film and the Resident Evil video games (which the writer of 28 Days cited as an inspiration) there would be no zombie renaissance - for good or for ill. It's not just a horror film, it becomes a coming of age piece and looking back it comes off very much like a period-piece while its themes still resonate today and the catharsis of Jim going fucking ham in the mansion at the end is probably my favorite horror catharsis sequence of any I've seen - y'know the part in the movie where the hunted becomes the hunter. Love that shit.
I know you do shorter videos usually - please give 28 Days the longform treatment if you ever cover it.
he already covered 28 days
@@brightestlight9462 I know but that was a while ago and I think he could do a better job of it these days with those years of experience under his belt.
I LOVE what you said about cowardice being an evil trait. Society has sold us so hard on the Hero troupe that we forget that most of us have never and probably never will be in the type of life or death situation where you have to somehow lose all sense of self preservation during the scariest moment of your life to be seen as a "good" person
I mean I can see why people dont like that he left his wife. And I understand why it makes sense that he did. But some people wouldve stayed and fought, not everyone reacts the same in the same situation. Some people could have an overwhelming need to protect others especially someone they love, and also some people might just go into fight mode, i dont remember the details exactly but i dont think its impossible to win a one on one fight against the infected.
Too bad the infected rarely fight one on one and if they did for some inane reason they still outnumber him 10 to 1, had he stayed he would’ve been torn to shreds and he still had kids to take care of.
The infected have the same amount of strength that someone hopped up with adrenaline has so it's possible though it's likely the infected would get blood in you somehow and you would be infected
Plus, he knew he had one chance to actually escape. He had to get the boat before any other survivors left in it, or he'd have been stranded and killed. I'm not excusing him or attacking him for it, but he had seconds to make a choice.
I LOVED 28 weeks later! It was such a contrast to the first film. As you said, there is an underlying feeling of hope in the first film that carries throughout the film. Even at the end, you have hope the three will find a way to overcome the corrupt soldiers. The second film is a completely different journey and as you said, there is a serious underlying feeling of tension and hopelessness. It was awful after the second outbreak occurred and you start to realize the military is losing control of the situation and then to have to watch soldiers carry out their awful orders was hard to watch. I think the hopelessness of the second film is what makes it so great. You are desperately rooting for these characters to survive but it feels hopeless. I think it was a great choice to go the completely opposite direction from the first movie
I love how often Robert Carlisle gets cast as a junk dad
Thinking about it in context with this year really makes you realise just how true it is. People are put in and out of the danger zone until it’s far too late.
Days is my favorite movie ever but always felt Weeks was super underrated
both 28 days and 28 weeks are so great imo. probably two of the best zombie movies there is...
man, i still remember the opening scene of 28 weeks later and it still gives me goosebumps
28 days later will always be top tier of horror movies
Always felt this film was quite an underrated sequel, it's genuinely brilliant (especially the opening farm scene! Incredibly thrilling!) and deserves the same attention as 28 Days Later.
Please please please cover the movie "Johnny Got His Gun" it is an amazing but harrowing anti-war movie that I think would be perfect for the channel
My recurring anxiety nightmare is being chased by the infected from these films, the last few months I have unsurprisingly had quite a few of these. I’ve just been getting over them..... :) a reminder that it’s a given perhaps? Especially that these films scare the bejesus out of me, but can’t help but love them!
This is one of the best horror sequels ever I think, felt different from the first movie but was executed so well. Had so many amazing sequences (the opening house invasion scene, the night vision tunnel scene, sniper scenes, helicopter scene, firebombing the city, etc). Also holy shit it’s crazy how fast the infection spreads because all it takes is one drop of blood hitting the eyes or mouth, and the infected often vomit it all over the place.
I went it the movies to see this with my grandma when I was like 12, she's a horror buff. We were a minute late walking the pitch black theater, just as I sat down, the infected busted through that wooden wall and I was hooked. Love this film and the first. It feels like the proper Aliens style sequel the original deserved
Great movies and great video for us simps, Horror Daddy
Thanks!
I have a memory of a "zombie" movie that I do not remember the name of or if it was even a full length feature or a short. I still don't know if I made this movie up or if it is real. It was about a guy that is at a party or something, waiting for his girlfriend who he isn't sure is going to show up, because they had a fight. Then all hell breaks loose (I think it is a virus style zombie film). The main character is across the city from his girlfriend and spends the movie trying to get to her to make sure she is alright. When he gets to her she is afraid of him and kills him. After that they show the interaction from her point of view and he is totally a zombie and you have no idea how long he has been one.
Huh, an interesting plot
I actually loved Weeks and preferred it over Days. People told me I was dumb. So I'm glad it gets some love.
Man, that series will always be one of my favorites because of how well they tackled not just existential horror but the human condition during days of crisis. I still can't decide between a sequel in 28 Months Later that covers a World War Z-type attempt to return the world to normalcy post-apocalypse, or a prequel in 28 Hours Later where we get to see life in the UK being literally torn to pieces as the outbreak hits fever pitch(pun certainly intended). Good work as usual, man.
28 months is inevitable tbh. It’s more relevant than ever and they’ve been developing the idea for years now
John Murphy's Don Abandons Alice is one of the best intro scores for such a chilling movie. Also, Awesome narrative on one of my fave horror films.
him: "zombie"
the worst part of my soul: "inFEcTeD"
I'm sorry
Last month Danny Boyle mentioned in an interview that Alex Garland had completed a script for 28 Months Later, that he would want to direct it AND that Cillian Murphy expressed an interest in returning to the role so hey.. maybe we’ll get it at some point!
Your channel is great
Seeing an upload by you and then seeing it was uploaded only a couple hours earlier that day is the highlight of my quarantine