28 Days Later
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“Worst. Zombies movie rip-off. Ever!”
~ Comic Book Guy on 28 Days Later
“arrrraaaeeeaaaaaaaagh!!!!”
~ rage victim on 28 days later
28 Days Later is a post-apocalyptic science fiction/horror film released in 2002. It is known as the first motion picture in movie history coming from England and not actually being about secret agents, wizardry or Mr Bean.
The film is set in a near-future London, where Queen Elizabeth II is dead, Harry Potter retires from Hogwarts and goes to shoot amateur pornography, "cocks" are finally called "roosters" and cars are finally driven on the RIGHT-hand side (literally too). After many suggestions, executive producers decided to kill every non-rhotic speaker of England, which tops to 95% of the British population, by the means of parodying existing global virii like AIDS, HIV, pregnancy and Britney Spears.
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[edit] Production
28 Days Later was filmed primarily on a vintage 1970 16mm camera stolen from a museum. Some pickup shots during post-production were accomplished via a standard 640*480 webcam. All dialogue and sound were recorded on-set with a handheld memo recorder, which was also used to record the soundtrack from inside an elevator. Funding for the film was provided by the Pepsi corporation.
In order to appeal to a wide modern audience, the producers chose to emulate filming style of the 1980s, complete with poor acting, a ridiculous script, and funky yellow lighting. Numerous problems plagued production, including disappearing combat gear and a lack of European taxis made after 1956.
To keep audiences guessing, the director chose to experiment with new film concepts, including zombies smashing through windows during quiet moments, rapid disorienting cuts during action scenes, and sudden inexplicable reversals in character behavior and personality. To better capitalize on these stunning original ideas, they were used frequently throughout the script.
In keeping with the vintage style of the film, all editing was performed by unpaid college interns using antique analog equipment. The final reel was digitally transferred onto a cell-phone and submitted to FOX in an email.
[edit] Plot
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In homage to 2001: A Space Odyssey, the film begins with a scene that establishes that monkeys can be turned into violent zombies by watching television. A group of animal-rights activists comes to rescue the monkeys, making sure to abandon their ski-masks while still in view of security cameras, but as with all activists they accidentally start the apocalypse instead. A haphazardly edited montage of screams and grinning monkeys establishes the mood of the film - DOOM.
28 days later, Scarecrow, a mysteriously naked man, awakens in a hospital bed, and, like all normal people, responds to the the decaying and lifeless world with disinterest. After roaming the streets looking for Pepsi, which is a panacea, he accidentally enters a church and encounters a pile of corpses and a hoard of catholic zombies who are indistinguishable from normal catholics.
After running throught the streets screaming, Scarecrow is saved by a pair of special forces operatives fully equiped with survival gear and molotov cocktails. Having successfully rescued the only other normal human in the immediate area, the rescuers blow up their supplies and discard their gear. The female rescuer kills her male companion so that she won't die first just for being black, and she and Scarecrow head for a mysterious high-rise apartment lit by Christmas lights.
The apartment turns out to be a safehouse for a jailbait and her father, who abandons his heavy riot and demolitions gear for the protection of regular clothing. Since there are no banks or other fortifiable buildings in all of Europe, the building is barricaded by shopping carts, which prove more of a nuisance to humans than zombies. Since the film takes place before the invention of bottled water, and for some reason no rain is collecting in the laundry baskets on the roof, the group is forced to abandon the relative safety of their building to investigate a recorded message. Along the way, they discover the only grocery store in all of England, which is still fully stocked and powered, and learn to live and love again by staring at wild horses.
[edit] Trivia
- Seven monkeys were infected with rAIDS (rage-AIDS) in the making of this film
- The script was originally pitched as a nude-art vehicle for Cillian Murphy. Script rewrites changed the nature of the film, but its roots can still be seen in several scenes throughout
- Windmills were digitally added to one scene of the film using Microsoft Paint, to help better illustrate the film's core message about the importance of wind-power.
- Inspirations for the script include Dawn of the Dead, Lord of the Flies, The Sound of Music, and Thelma and Louise.
- Scheduling problems arose from the severe lack of grocery stores throughout England
- In the first scene with Jim his penis is digitally enlarged
- The scene when Dr.Who is killed by Hannah in the care actually happned and was filmed on secret cameras, this is how he regenerated into Barty Croutch Jr
[edit] Sequels
Fox Studios is currently planning to continue the virii thematic by the means of a series of sequels. Here are some of them that have been already planned for release:
- 28 Weeks Later (2007)
- 28 Months Later (2009)
- 28 Menstration Cycles later (2011)
- 28 Years Later (2012)
- 28 Decades Later (2015)
- 28 Generations Later (2020)
- 28 Centuries Later (2030)
- 28 Millenniums Later (2050)
- 28 Milankovitch Cycles Later (2100)
- 28 Epochs Later (2150)
- 28 Eons Later (3000)
- 28 Big Bangs Later (10000)
- 28 Eternities Later (∞)
- 28 Space journys Later (2000∞)
- 28 meal times Later (????)
- 28 lives of men Later (????)
- 28 big bangs Later (????)
- 28 woodstock concerts Later (????)
- 28 olympic games Later (????)
- 28 laters Later (????)
- 28 Fuck it, the earth is over run by zombie shits (????)
Fox also ecided to make several Prequels to the original film 28 Days Later:
- 28 Hours Later (????)
- 28 Minutes Later (????)
- 28 Seconds Later (????)
- 28 Milli-Seconds Later (????)
- 28 Micro-Seconds Later (????)
- 28 Nano-Seconds Later (????)
The final film in the series was made in the year 179000000AD
- 28 sequals Later (179000000)
[edit] Comic books
Marvel Comics has shamelessly released an entire franchise called "Marvel Zombies", blatantly ripped off from "28 Days/Months Later". It features the Rage virus infecting the Marvel Universe. However, due to hybridization with the Legacy Virus, it only affects superheroes. Not unexpectedly, a movie based upon the comics based upon 28 Days Later is due to be released in 2009, named "Rage Virus vs. Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness vs. Freddy vs. Jason vs. Cthulhu vs. Alien vs. Predator vs. Hellraiser vs. Candyman".
[edit] See Also
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