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If you watch the scene, his wife, Alice and the child run towards one room, Don runs the other way thinking she was behind him. When he turns and sees an infected in between them, it turns towards Alice. Don shuts the door and leaves her behind. This can be attributed to self-preservation kicking in and his only thought was to survive. But it could also be considered cowardice. Depending on how you interpret the decision.
Don could have tackled or otherwise attacked the infected that was in between them. He could have made some noise to draw its attention towards him in order to give Alice a chance to escape, etc. There was certainly more than "nothing" he could do. But he chose to escape and survive. So naturally he feels guilt and shame about leaving her, but also grief that he thought his wife was dead.
Don could have tackled or otherwise attacked the infected that was in between them. He could have made some noise to draw its attention towards him in order to give Alice a chance to escape, etc. There was certainly more than "nothing" he could do. But he chose to escape and survive. So naturally he feels guilt and shame about leaving her, but also grief that he thought his wife was dead.
According to the timeline shown after the opening scene in the village, this film takes place 28 weeks after the initial outbreak in 28 Days Later (2002). So this film takes place roughly 24 weeks after the main events of the last film.
The idea of what constitutes a zombie has changed over the years through various forms of entertainment, including movies, TV shows, comic books, video games and more, and the definition is hotly debated among zombie fans. Director Danny Boyle and scriptwriter Alex Garland both feel that the movie does depict zombies, but in a unique way not before seen; according to Boyle, "I feel there was respect for the genre, but I hope that we freshened it up in some way" (Production notes for 28 Weeks Later, available here). With this in mind, "The Infected" are not the traditional "zonbi" of Haitian folklore, the living-dead of old Hollywood monster movies, nor the George A. Romero-styled re-animated corpses that feed on uninfected flesh. But they are mindless drones who act in numbers, rather than individually. They do not eat, speak, rationalize, form new ideas or even determine how they will make their next move, instead acting purely on base instincts, and in this sense, they act very much like traditional zombies.
This is never specifically clarified in the film, but the most likely explanation is related to what Sergeant Farrell (Stuart McQuarrie) says in the first film. He hypothesizes that the rumors of infection outside Britain were lies to keep the population controlled. If the people thought that the rest of the world was exactly the same as Britain, they wouldn't try to escape, as it would be pointless to flee to another infected country. However, if they knew that other countries were free of infection, there would be a mass exodus of people, leading to mass panic and rioting at places like airports, docks and train stations (which Mark (Noah Huntley) encountered in the first film). By telling the populace that other countries were also infected, this situation could be kept to a minimum. Additionally, given that the infection becomes active in only a few seconds and is highly visible, the chances of infecting other areas of the globe are virtually non-existent, as no one could "unknowingly" transmit the disease from one country to another (i.e. the virus couldn't be transmitted on, say, an airplane, without the pilot realizing that there was an Infected aboard). On a more practical level, the reason for the ambiguity in relation to the first film is that Danny Boyle and Alex Garland changed their mind mid-shoot as regards the spread of the virus. Initially, they had planned for the virus to be a worldwide epidemic (hence Selena's comments), but they then decided to have it confined to just Britain (hence Farrell's theory).
Whilst never clarified in the film itself, it has been explained in the graphic novel, 28 Days Later: The Aftermath (which begins prior to the events in 28 Days Later as well as bridging the time between 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later), that the infected target their victims through smell. Uninfected individuals smell of perfume, deodorants, soap, etc., while those that are infected would reek of perspiration and dirt. One could conclude that the virus would be counter-productive if an infected individual attacked another infected individual, ergo it has evolved to exclude that possibility. On a more practical level, one could argue that this facet of the Infected is based simply upon the tradition of the earlier zombie films that influenced 28 Days Later, insofar as in such films, zombies are never seen to attack other zombies.
The boy (Jordan El-Balawi) was most likely infected with Rage. When the Infected storm the farmhouse, overwhelming the handful of survivors, Don (Robert Carlyle) and Alice (Catherine McCormack) make a final retreat upstairs and into one of the bedrooms at the end of the hallway. After Don abandons Alice and the boy, we see Alice screaming at Don through the window as he flees the farm. Then, she is suddenly yanked back into the darkness of the room, presumably by an Infected. Later in the film, after Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton) discovers Alice in their old house in London, we see a flash cut of Alice running through a wooded area without the boy. We know she has been bitten by this point, although she is asymptomatic. As such, it is likely that the boy was himself turned into an Infected by being bitten in the bedroom and that Alice, when she discovered that she herself was not infected, simply fled without him.
Yes, it did. There are three possible answers to this question. (1) As has been speculated by some fans, perhaps the Americans don't know the disease originated with apes and, therefore, are unaware that it can in fact jump from species to species (a highly unlikely explanation). (2) More plausibly, when Stone (Idris Elba) says Rage can't jump between species, he is actually referring to orders—a broader taxonomic classification than species. Rage can infect all primates (including humans and apes), but it cannot infect, say, aquatic lifeforms or canines. As such, this makes Stone's claim a simple error of semantics as opposed to creating a major continuity error. This is supported by the crow in the first film; we see the crow eating an infected body, but the crow itself does not appear to be infected. (3) The virus may have mutated.
See here for a detailed overview of all the weaponry used in the film.
"In the House - In a Heartbeat" by the film's composer John Murphy. It was originally used in the climax of 28 Days Later.... On the 28 Weeks Later soundtrack, however, it is called "Don Abandons Alice". It could be considered the main theme to the films.
Album-version: "Welcome to Britain" by John Murphy. Movie-version: "Welcome to Britain" by John Murphy.
Yes. Both the US edition and the UK edition are identical to the DVDs in terms of special features. Note that the film was also released in the UK in 2014 in a Limited Edition Steelbook version. This version has no additional special features.
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- How long is 28 Weeks Later?1 hour and 40 minutes
- When was 28 Weeks Later released?May 11, 2007
- What is the IMDb rating of 28 Weeks Later?6.9 out of 10
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- Who are the characters in 28 Weeks Later?Don, Scarlet, Doyle, Flynn, Alice, Stone, Tammy, Andy, Sally, Jacob, and others
- What is the plot of 28 Weeks Later?Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.
- What was the budget for 28 Weeks Later?$15 million
- How much did 28 Weeks Later earn at the worldwide box office?$65 million
- How much did 28 Weeks Later earn at the US box office?$28.6 million
- What is 28 Weeks Later rated?R
- What genre is 28 Weeks Later?Horror and Sci-Fi
- How many awards has 28 Weeks Later won?3 awards
- How many awards has 28 Weeks Later been nominated for?19 nominations
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