28 DAYS LATER vs 28 WEEKS LATER - Which is Best? 

The fact that there was no one guarding the mother after they realised that she had the virus was the last straw for me. 28 weeks later felt like a movie inspired by American psycho 2.... With that said 28 days later as mentioned felt old, dark and captured the zombie atmosphere really well. There were some minor faults with the movie but it is easily up there with other great zombie movies

Underrated opinion but I like when zombies can talk and when I say talking I don’t mean full conversations I mean little snippets of speech, it adds a false hope to them like they’re still human.

Days is better, but that opening scene in weeks is insane.

Honestly Don’s decision to run wasn’t unjustified, he had no weapon and was vastly outnumbered by sprinting zombies. Most of us might would run too.

Can we just appreciate the fact that the wife in 28 Weeks later wanted to sacrifice herself and her husband to 'save' some kid they literally just met and then starts a whole new zombie apocalypse because she's mad at her husband for not committing suicide.

Days definitely had a much more gritty and real feeling to it making it easy to get immersed in the world, Weeks just felt like I was watching a movie.

28 days later really showed you can make an epic not just gory film in the zombie genre . Danny Boyle is a master, days is so much better than weeks.

The most chilling scene in 28 Days Later was when Cillian had that nightmare & he wakes up alone again, and even the SHEEP were running away from him. The feeling of utter despair he had still haunts me

The reason the market was fully stocked was because the infection spread so fast, nobody was warned in time to prepare. (Also I had assumed 28 weeks later was a bootleg so I never watched it)

I actually enjoyed the break away in Days with the group traveling through the flower field in their way to sanctuary. A savvy watcher will notice they chose to use Fauré's Requiem "In Paradisum" and it matches perfectly on the scene and their mission. Here's the text to the liturgy: "May the angels lead you into paradise; may the martyrs receive you at your arrival and lead you to the holy city Jerusalem. May choirs of angels receive you and with Lazarus, once (a) poor (man), may you have eternal rest."

I like how Don was able to have unobstructed access to his wife without being challenged by any soldiers even though she's been found under suspicious circumstances where she is highly likely to have been bitten and is contagious..

Can't wait for the 28 months, Years, Decades, centries, Millenniums and eons later movies.

15:18 I feel everyone should know that this kid is named Beans. I'm not kidding, watch the credits.

The scene with him saying Hello, and the infected instantly standing up unnaturally, staring like im some kind of cheeseburger, gave me the creeps, i would run too wtf

The cinematography in the first film is drop dead beautiful. It's so stylized and doesn't look like a polished and clean generic film like 28 weeks later is.

My personal favorite 28 film has to be the original. While it’s depressing, it gives the viewers and characters a true show of hope and sense of comfort that everything will be okay. 28 Weeks is just far too bleak. Yeah, yeah life can be hard and sometimes people suck, but you can’t just focus on the negatives all the time. Also, to be fair to Megan Burns, I feel like her reaction to Frank’s death is rather spot on. She’s in shock. How can you so quickly comprehend your father becoming infected, losing himself to uncontrollable anger, more or less attacking you, and then watch him be swiftly executed?

That point where you mention how Naomi Harris shouts "quiet" to Jim (who is most definitely being quiet), that made me almost piss myself laughing as I thought no one else had noticed that part. Lmao.

That "Dad?" scene from 28 days. LMAO

4:20 still fills me with dread when i see it. The fact a jumpscare can get you twice, not to count all the times i've seen this movie really goes to show that jumpscares are more than loud shock noises that they've been relegated to being now. Going from those calm empty streets into this completely silent church full of dead bodies, a single hello and then two sets of eyes stare at you with what can only be described as a twisted look. You go from a "What's going on here?" vibe to a "HELL HATH COMETH!" sensation in the blink of an eye. I still gets me, even though i know what's coming. But that's because i always get lulled into calmness when he walks those empty, maybe hoping things won't be as bad this time around, but no. That 'hello' kickstarts a hell that will last the rest of the movie. There are other movies that have jumpscares like these, that instead of scaring the viewer by triggering a bodily response, scare you with the sudden realisation that things are about to get worse, a whole lot worse. Like seeing a hostile person drawing a weapon, you get that escalation feeling.

One of my favourite shots in the first movie is when Jim looks up at the sky and sees a plane. The world is still completely normal outside and you are in a living hell.

I dont remember much beyond the one viewing of 28 weeks later I watched as a teen... but all i remember is I absolutely disdained the overpowered ex machina presence of the father soooooo much. I still roll my eyes thinking about it. ABSOLUTELY loved 28 days later tho !

I think the "I hate you part" might have been left over from an earlier stage of development, When you think about it the infection doesn't make people mindless it just consumes them with rage, so it's possible that originally they were going to make the infected able to speak (though mainly cursing and screaming at people) but later in development they decided to cut this. If you look at the development of 28 days later there were actually quite a few changes to the script, originally the soldiers weren't in the script and the group were going to cure Frank by giving him a full blood transfusion (which was eventually decided to be too unrealistic).

I will always like 28 Days Later more, my personal favorite infected/zombie movie of all time. That being said, the intro to 28 Weeks Later is so masterfully crafted, got me hooked instantly.

I’m personally a fan of 2 weeks to flatten the curve. It starts out alright, but the overall run length feels like it never ends. I think it tells dim but grounded reality. If you have two years to kill I highly recommend it.

Mannn...either film you love better.....there is no denying that the opening chase scene in WEEKS was stressful AF! Well done!!

28 Weeks Later relied WAY too much on the usual horror trope of people having to act in the dumbest way possible in order to facilitate the plot, to a point that it felt unnatural and forced. I mean, it almost seemed like the US military was doing everything on purpose so there would be a second pandemic of the Rage virus, nothing they do in the movie makes any sense.

Man I remember seeing that church seen as a kid, and that scene absolutely scared the life out of me, still gives me the creeps till this day. 28 days later is my favorite “zombie” movie along with “Day of the dead”

I can't wait for the prequel, 28 hours later. I hope they also make the prequel prequel, 28 minutes later. I also hope they also make the prequel prequel prequel, 28 seconds later.

I believe that the young boy who was infected wasn’t speaking, I think maybe he is reliving past memories from when he was younger. Maybe had a fight with his parents and said “I hate you” and he’s like punishing himself because he can’t reconcile with them. I might be reading into too much.

For the scene where the child that's infected speaks for some reason it always bothered me that there was a possibility that since you're seeing the movie through the main characters eyes it's a possibility he mentally altered the fact that the kid might have been asking for help and not attacking him therefore he beat him to death for no reason. This always felt like a possibility because of the fact that he doesn't bring it up to Selena outside and when the soldier asks him if he's had to kill anybody he says a boy not an infected

Absolutely loved them both and mega excited at the prospect of a 24 months later being made down the line.

I think the scene where the main character of 28 days later goes into the gas station is a lot deeper. I think he purposefully went into the gas station to find an infected and kill it. I think he wanted to kill one to try and loose his humanity more, maybe to make it easier for him to do hard things and survive. He seemed like he was prepared to get jumped when he was attacked. But instead of just any infected, he found a child. He had to kill a child. And I think he was ashamed of what he did after and that's why he didnt want to talk about it after. I also think that this might be a moment where he decides that loosing his humanity is not the way to go. Or maybe it helped him later turn him into a ruthless ghost, picking off the soldiers one by one without fear of death.

Here's a thing, on the roof, one of the buckets Frank uses to collect rainwater is a laundry hamper, showing how desperate he was by the time he met Jim and Selena.

Robert Carlyle is such an amazing actor absolutely criminally underrated The way he played hitler in rise of evil is just terrifying

I personally liked 28 weeks. The scene where the infected start breaking out and the military decides to shoot everyone is amazing. Weeks felt more like a situation that would be impossible to survive, where Days felt more like you could actually survive something like that.

I have a theory: the infected kid in 28 Days Later might be the same kid they saved from 28 Weeks Later. Remember that the first sequence of 28 Weeks Later happens during the first 28 Days before Jim wakes up from its comma.

The kid zombie in 28 Days - the director commentary elucidates on this a bit, doesn't outright say it but basically this is a traumatic moment for Jim, Jim is looking at this zombie and projecting a human meaning to the "enraged" nature of the child, hence the "I hate you." I actually love that bit, because this is what happens in traumatic situations. You interpret what is happening through a distorted lens - the film "Come and See" is basically ALL about this kind of thing and the inclusion of these elements in 28 Days (the POV shots, the nightmare sequence) gives 28 Days a more intimate feel over 28 Weeks. 28 Weeks is a fine film, likely more tense and anxiety-inducing - but 28 Days has moments of surreal horror as well as beauty (the horses), that I think makes it a better film overall. There is no horror masterpiece without some jank. Look at Dawn of the Dead - they had people with strainers sifting the letters out of alphabet soup to make the blood in the film -hence the bright, almost orange color of it. Some shoddiness is an integral part of the genre.

props to the little guy walking down the street who didn`t know

Yeah that whole "pointing the loaded weapon at children" thing is a real issue. In a lot of situations I've seen of, heard of or read of, if you're panicked enough you'll have an utter death grip on your weapon, enough so that you could accidently drop your magazine, or say if you were spooked by a zombie that came at you through a 4x optic you could be panicked enough to squeeze off a round at the people you are there to help

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The opening 10 mins of 28 days later is one of the most frightening sequences I’ve ever seen…and there are no deaths no zombies. A truly amazing film that still more than holds up

28 days later is my favorite scary zombie movie. 28 weeks felt like a poor mans rip off. Even now I can watch 28 days a couple times a year and love it every time. Plus , Cillian Murphy is fantastic and that's the first time I saw him act

"The story of this film is PETA causes the apocalypse" That made me burst laughing

In defence of the girls acting and the wierd painting shot, I always felt that the movie was meant to feel like a fever dream, which the unnaturalness and out of nowhereness, mixed with the type of camera and music kinda work IMO

When I first saw 28 days later, the music genuinely haunnted me, took me ages to track it down, quite difficult as it wasn't on the official soundtrack. Damn those canadians with their principles. Found it eventually, thanks Danny Boyle for introducing me to an excellent band.

The opening to 28 days later is one of the greatest openings to any movie ever. I didnt think the sequel was particularly good at all.

The opening in Weeks is amazing but Cillain Murphy is an amazing actor!

I loved Robert Carlyle's acting in 28 Weeks Later. It really made me hate his character, but it also reminded me that when shit hits the fan and the dead walk the earth, not everyone is going to turn into Sylvester Stallone and become a zombie slaying Giga-Chad, but most likely become cowardly and jump ship at the first sign of trouble, no matter who they leave to the wolves (or undead, in our case.) I'd die to see a "28 Years Later" in production.

I personally liked 28 days later for the emotional value and the atmosphere; it was amazing.

Both of them were awesome. The guy running down the field to escape the infected during 28 weeks later was freaking insane. There were certain scenes that I like. Better in 28 weeks later. But I think 28 days later is the better of the two.

Before I watch: 28 days was a masterpiece. 28 weeks was shite, but the opening scene is hands down one of the greatest pieces of media I've ever watched

It’s not a speech impediment, it’s a character trait that is fantastically woven into your charisma.

I know the hello in fabric at the end was meant to be a callback to the hello at the start of the movie, however, I've always thought that was such a waste of fabric and time spent making it when 'hi' or even 'hey' or 'here' or 'help' were good options and would take less time and use less resources to make. Plus what I found most interesting in 28DL was the behaviour of the infected, they were clearly intelligent in that they didn't attack each other, once they knew someone was infected they'd move on to attack someone else, had spacial awareness, slept together in groups, etc. I remember there being a time when the infected made eye contact with non infected guy who's full of rage and doesn't attack him. Their behaviour was fascinating as far as zombie movies go, I hate zombie movies in general but this movie I found interesting.

I think of the shops being stalked up as an extremely grim reminder of how fast infection rate happened and how quickly people had to evacuate the city. That’s pretty terrifying.

I completely forgot Cillian Murphy was in this, was such a good series, I really hope 28 months later turns up well He’s turned into such a great actor now, especially after Peaky Blinders, this movie made him.

Great video, and I totally agree on every point you made. I also cannot believe how vastly underrated you are. Your content is spot on.

just watched 28 weeks later last night, pure masterpiece

It's great to see these two movies get some love. No one seems to ever talk about either of these anymore so any attention is nice! I hope 28 Months Later takes the Rian Johnson approach by having everyone just chilling out playing video games and just relaxing for a couple hours to subvert our expectations. Infection has been cured! Fast food is open once again, yeah!

Still waiting for 28 months later lmao

Me and my brothers who are probably too young for horror movies often watch them together. We all loved 28 days later especially the London scene. However when we watched 28 weeks later, well my young brother whose 13 got so angry at the characters and their rather stupid choices. We were all more then encouraging for the soldiers to shoot those kids dead on the bridge.

I like them both. 2 very good movies in my opinion. The "Death Kiss" scene in the second really got to me as well.👍👍

I was obsessed with the trailer for 28 weeks when I was a kid I watched it so many times before i saw it in 2007. I had a huge obsession with zombie related stuff then especially left 4 dead and then when I finally saw 28 weeks my 11 year old brain became more obsessed then I found out about 28 days.... They're both great movies and they have their flaws but I think 28 days is very world immersive and 28 weeks is very scenario focused it really emphasized how dangerous the virus is/was.

I thought 28 days later was way creepier. The sequel wasnt really the same.

Hot take: I enjoyed them both for what they were with different atmospheres and stories. Also, if t-shirt material stops a virus 1/100th the size of a molecule of smoke it stops smoke!

Props to this guy for recognizing that these are infected and not zombies. Btw, I like both movies, but that running scene in 28 weeks later just gives me the anxiety I was looking for in a zombie movie. It’s just great.

28 Days Later is pure ART. 28 Weeks Later was the beginning of the end for the film industry.

Both have incredible beginnings. Both have subpar endings.

How the hell did 28 weeks later have both Jeremy Renner AND Idris Elba before they became super stars?! Talk about luck!

i didn’t remember this movie but the scene where frank gets blood in his eye has always stuck with me since childhood

I've always wanted to see this one. My family had a copy a long time ago, but it was scratched beyond recognition.

2:43 I love this scene because she immidiately gets the punishment she deserves Her smile turns to horror and I Love it.

There's a show that compiles movie mistakes. They could make a 2 hour episode based off of 28days later alone.

Jim isn’t actually watching a home video, it’s just an interpretation of his memories. It’s the candle he lights that draws in the zombies.

Watching this definitely changed my mind about 28 weeks later. Also, Rec 4 apocalypse was on a ship but also falls into an "infected" category

28 days later has been my favorite film for almost 20 years and I've only just realised thats Cillian Murphy

The zombie infection from a mutated rabies infection, I think could be possible. It made this series more realistic. That face of fear running with a gang at your tail. Amazing first 15 minutes of a movie.

The girls acting is totally fine imho. People who mock her for her "Dad" scene never experienced how people react under shock and compartmentalize in extreme situations. I remember how I said to myself "finally an actress gets shock right!".

I'll be honest: 28 Weeks Later holds a special place in my heart. It was the second zombie movie that introduced me to the whole genre, right after Dawn of the Dead (the remake) during my early/middle teenage years. When I first saw Dawn of the Dead it shocked me, but somehow 28 Weeks Later managed to surpass it. I still re-listen to the score sometimes just for the heck of it, and (full disclosure) I fell somewhat in love with the actress that plays the big sister XD When I then moved on to watch 28 Days Later, it disappointed me a bit, it felt too slow compared to the two previous "zombie" movies I had watched. Having said that, in later years I rewatched both of them with a more analytical eye, and came to appreciate 28 Days Later much more, while growing increasinly frustrated with the choices of the characters in the sequel. But, I have to say it... just for nostalgia value alone, 28 Weeks Later still holds a special place in my heart XD Even with all the flaws that became apparent in later comparative rewatches of both movies

The old cameras made it seem like a 70's or 80's movie. Retro. I felt old watching this because of the quality, and the fact other movies that came out in this time looked better. But it just added to the creepy aesthetic!

28 weeks had a great intro where it captured the panic. The clown up was eerie too and it was shocking what happened to Renner in it. I enjoyed both.

I like both films, but (unpopular opinion) I like 28 Weeks Later a bit more. The iconic beginning that sets up how fucking tense the rest of the film will be, the cinematography is pretty good as well, and there is some stuff that happens that can happen in reality (the military underestimating the virus, the lockdowns backfiring, the virus seemingly evolving? (they seem to turn quicker, run faster, and start to become more smarter), etc.), and the bleak ending of how the infection will spread to other parts of the world starting with France (which according to some hints, the reason why the infected arrived to France was because many of them that survived the bombings of the London zone escaped through the subway and was probably led to the tunnels by Don, which is why he was in the subway tunnels as well). Don't get me wrong, I liked 28 Days Later, but I didn't like the second act of the film and it felt a bit slow until the part in which Jim breaks free and heads back to rescue his friends. Fun fact: There is a comic sequel that focuses on Selena, Jim, and other survivors and it takes place before 28 Weeks Later. I heard that it was pretty good. Also, there is a short called 77 Days Later that serves as a prequel to 28 Weeks Later which also takes place before and during the events of 28 Days Later. Although one thing I do admit is that I am curious as to what Boyle would've wanted for his version 28 Weeks. He couldn't comeback since he was working on Sunshine.

A little detail they got wrong with the scene in the train tunnel is that it was showing crosshairs when looking through the sights, when that M4 had an Eotech with a magnifier(and the magnifier should have been flipped to the side)

For me I always pictured Hannah to be on the spectrum but high functioning It explains her lack of emotion which could have helped frank and her survive. Children get scared make noises don't listen and panic which can get everyone killed. But Hanna's dulled emotions made her and frank easier to hide and survive. That's how It would explain why Al of a sudden she acts a bit better when she is drugged.

I like both but 28 Days Later is definitely my favorite. Although, I disagree on the protagonists being offed statement. I loved that they killed them, it made me feel like no one’s safe and brought me into the chaos of zombies with no plot armor.

The fact that they’re working on a 28months later is awesome. I hope the original survivors from 28 days come back

As far as the talking rage boy goes (in 28 Days Later), a similar thing happened in one of the earliest episodes of The Walking Dead when Rick sees a walker girl carrying something. Since other walkers never carried things the producers wrote it off as some sort of genetic abnormality. That would explain the rage boy's ability to talk as well as some people being immune to the rage virus.😀😀😀

I remember being so hyped for 28 Weeks Later, and then after seeing it being completely flabbergasted. I would have been completely happy with just a generic sequel that just rehashes the same basic plot. They definitely tried for something different which I suppose is commendable in the field of big budget horror sequels, but they bungled it.

I always thought that 28 Weeks Later felt like it was originally created to be a TV show rather than a film, but was rewritten and ultimately produced and released as a film instead. That said, the only rational way to answer your question is AFTER "28 Months Later" is finally made and released!

Danny Boyle is a scottish Scorsese..his films are memorable bangers. And the sountracks? Chef's kiss

I like how the main thing is to keep from getting their blood in your eyes and mouth but they use weapons that spray blood everywhere and barely wear any protection

I personally liked 28 Weeks later more, not even because of the story ror characters, but actually because its one of few zombie movies that actual shows the outbreak (or "re-outbreak")... In most zombie movies or series you get thrown into this postapocalyptic world, but what always interests me is how it startet...Who was patient zero? How did the army react to it? When did society crumble and how? Imo to few movies show the slowly deterrogation from civilized world to postapocalyptic world.

the scene in 28 Days Later where Cilian Murphy's character is wandering through the derelict and abandoned London streets is soundtracked by an excerpt from an amazing song called "East Hastings" made by the Canadian band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Danny Boyle said in an interview that when making 28 Days, the entire movie was cut to Godspeed's music in his head. due to licensing issues East Hastings isn't on the official soundtrack but if that song stuck out to you during the film, i *very heavily encourage* listening to the album it came from, 1997's F#A#∞. the entire album is bleak, apocalyptic and powerful stuff, and it fits the themes of the movie very well. if you've made is this far into my rambling, congratulations. you've earned 1 (one) music recommendation

7:11 What's intersting about Hannah is her normal acting sounds no different from when she is on drugs later in the movie. It actually suits the drugged up performance more but that's how she normally sounds. Her performance is mostly bad but there are small moments where she does alright like in Frank's death scene (For the most part)

It would make sense there was a ton of food left considering how fast the infection spread. You would be more focused on getting away from and hiding from the infected than taking all the food you can if you can even manage to take any food while it's happening. It's totally different from the pandemic we had.

I haven't personally seen the movie, but if anyone is interested in a film that Taps into the idea of a zombie/infected Outbreak on a ship, that's basically the plot of Rec 4

I saw 28 weeks later before I saw 28 Days, but even then when I saw 28 Weeks as a youngen I thought it was stupid for them to re populate a location that was not fully secured.

I liked both. The starts to both were amazing. You mentioned "zombies" on a sea ship.... REC 4 - not technically zombies but still

The begginings of 28 weeks is bless. Is one of the best scenes to cope up with a breakup

Both openings are terrifying. One is haunting because it lacks insight and humanity, the other because it shows a man having to leave his life behind to survive