28 Days Later
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Selena: It started as rioting. But right from the beginning you knew this was different. Because it was happening in small villages, market towns. And then it wasn't on the TV any more. It was in the street outside. It was coming in through your windows. It was a virus. An infection. You didn't need a doctor to tell you that. It was the blood. It was something in the blood. By the time they tried to evacuate the cities it was already too late. Army blockades were overrun. And that's when the exodus started. Before the TV and radio stopped broadcasting there were reports of infection in Paris and New York. We didn't hear anything more after that.

Jim: No, no. No, see this is a really shit idea. You know why? Because it's really obviously a shit idea.

Private Jones: Mitch, I fucking got one!
Corporal Mitchell: What, you want a fucking sweetie? Keep shooting, you cunt!

Jim: Oh, great valium. Not only will we be able to go to sleep, if we get attacked in the middle of the night, we won't even care.

Sergeant Farrell: Well, I think Bill's got a point. If you look at the whole life of the planet, we... You know, man, has only been around for a few blinks of an eye. So if the infection wipes us all out, that is a return to normality.

Hannah: Are you trying to kill me?
Selena: No, sweetheart. I'm making you not care. Okay?

Jim: And then I wake up today in hospital. I wake up, and I'm... I'm hallucinating or I'm...
Mark: What's your name?
Jim: Jim.
Mark: I'm Mark. This is Selena. Ok, Jim. I've got some bad news.

Jim: That was longer than a heartbeat.

Selena: Plans are pointless. Staying alive is as good as it gets.

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Mistakes

Continuity mistake: The chain and collar vanishes from Mailer's neck as he runs into the mansion. (01:33:45 - 01:35:20)

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Suggested correction: It doesn't disappear; it is just hard to see. The chain is attached to the actor's back, quite securely, likely for the actor's safety. It is there, though, and can be seen in some shots.

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Trivia

Trivia: The dramatic pause, as the taxi hits the gate near the end of the film, is done so because this was the original ending. Test audiences didn't like the ambiguity of the ending and wanted something more succinct, and so we got an ending-like sequence followed by the actual ending.

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Questions

Question: Why do some people infected with the rage just die while others spread it and have to die out by starvation? For example, why did the main character's parents die lying peacefully in bed instead of while foraging for others to infect and eventually starving to death?

Answer: Jim's parents did not get infected with Rage. They decided to commit suicide, hence the pills and alcohol beside the bed. They basically decided that it was better to die than become infected, hence the message on the back of the picture. Those that are infected with Rage, the length of time it takes to die probably relates to how they were infected. If they were infected through the mouth or something similar then they would live for a while, if they were infected through a serious wound then obviously they would become infected but would not live as long because of the serious injury.

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