FILMMAKER MOVIE REACTION!! 28 Days Later (2002) FIRST TIME REACTION!! 

"Hint...Filmmaker & Cop React to...End of Watch >.> " That's a spoiler not a hint ;) Gonna start reaction in a minute, again congrats on 1,36 thousand, my man this is good! Clearly it's the choices and Your commentary pay off. Good Patreon, as we were talking earlier. Danny Boyle will show up again and again, he's a mad lad, and "Trainspotting" will be on Your list one day. Gonna watch Your reaction now, probably cackling along the way ;) End of watch is a great choice!

Hahaha thanks man, I was wondering if anyone would catch that it was more of a spoiler than anything haha! Thank you as always my man, the love is truly incredible.

Agreed, I really loved how they shot this!

28 weeks later

Have you seen Trainspotting. I think you'd enjoy that.

What the fuck are you talking about? Night of the living dead 1968 then the remake in 1985 and the original dawn of the dead in 1978 and every other movie made around that time. The only reason zombies started to walk and shamble around for a time was for plot armour and to allow actors the time for dialogue. But running zombies were very popular for decades before this movie came out.

@@5TRICT9 He literally said it wasn't the first time it was done and this film is the reason it became more popular which is correct. The remake of Dawn Of The Dead in 2004 was originally going to be with slow walking zombies but it was changed because of the positive reception 28 days later got.

@@wthwasthat8884 IT IS NOT CORRECT BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY MADE POPULAR BY OTHER MOVIES.

@@5TRICT9 WHY ARE YOU TYPING IN CAPS LOCK? Just because you're wrong doesn't mean you need to be an idiot.

@@wthwasthat8884 STRICT9 is admittedly overreacting...but they're not wrong. It would be more accurate to say "28 Days Later" popularized the zombie apocalypse subgenre for a particular generation...but it's objectively false (and more than a little ignorant) to act as if it's what made the subgenre popular in the first place, or the first to make it "effective and terrifying". That credit is owed to "Night of the Living Dead". Actually, if you want to get technical, it started even before that since Romero drew inspiration from Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend" (and its 1964 film adaptation "The Last Man on Earth" with Vincent Price), and I would argue, Hitchcock's "The Birds" as well. Without those movies, there is no "28 Days Later".

I agree! Great view point!

It was the first professional digital camera...or something. It was a 3 CCD camera, which was more or less the difference between pro and consumer, and made way more difference to the quality than those big expensive changeable lenses do. Umm...lemme see...O, it was also really cool looking. Umm...FCUK! I'm stalling cus I should know the damn name. I used to own one. It was definitely a Canon. Something like an XLR? Canon XLR? That sound right? It had a shoulder pad that looked like a battery pack when it was folded up. And cus it had a big external mic and separate viewfinder, it got you escorted out of a lot of places if you tried to use it for touristy type stuff (Also, when detached, the eyepiece/mic/mic-holder, looked a lot like a gun on airport scanners) Fucked if I remember the name though. Maybe Canon XR?

@@ashscott6068 Canon XL1 is what you're thinking of.

Yeah, I used to shoot short films on the XL1. It was kinda surreal to see a feature shot that way, on the big screen, back in the day. But it definitely gave the movie a really unique edge. David Lynch also shot Inland Empire similarly.

@@JamesVSCinema The back story to this is that a company was trying to create a anti-aggression drug for people that have high aggression or for people that have that condition where you get really angry or really happy. Point is they were trying to find a way to treat extreme aggression. Then it kinda backfired. Then one of the scientists got mad about not getting credit or not getting paid the amount he wanted (there is a explaination for this movie somewhere on RU-vid) but one of the scientists got mad so he told a animal rights group about this facility. Then they released one of the chimps and as you see one of them gets infected with the Rage virus then it breaks out and spreads throughout mainland Britain. As well as two other places we are aware of if you listen to what the characters say when they take Jim to the small store in the subway.

Oh word! Shoutout to Cork Ireland 🇮🇪

Tommy fucking Shelby.

Reminds me of Christopher Walken.

He was also scare crow from batman

I think this was the first time American audiences really saw Cillian Murphy in anything. Certainly, it was for me.

Yup, always freaked me out

And sad

yea can't believe this dude skipped that part, was talking about great shots and missed one of the best one

@@Apple-International tbf, i appreciate that, makes the paid full-length stuff much more worth it when you dont get to see all of the best bits for free

Ah my man, that’s too kind thank you man. Honestly super new to all of this but the love you guys have been giving has been incredible. Welcome to the community my friend!

Yeah. He's got great taste and curiosity. I'm in 👍

And now I've found it and have a nice backlog...great reviews from what I've seen.

@@JamesVSCinema The infected scream at is terrifying or horrific. It kinda scares me 12:36.

Hahaha wow, thank you for this Peter! I was really blown away at how isolated they got the city of London to be. This gives a lot more context so thank you for that brother. Hope you’re well man! Stay safe!

@@JamesVSCinema It was not filmed in the City of London, it was actually Greater London

Thanks for the correction!

@@JamesVSCinema Its ok foreign people always get confused with this. you see City of London is 1 square mile and only 9000 people live there

@@Waterford1992 I'm literally from England and I get confused with it...

Yeah that wsa a great story too, I don't think the series they've done about that were very good. Though it's hard making plants scary without making it look totally cheesy. I found the book quite disturbing though.

If you mean the Scene where He frees weeler how ever Hes called, its Not that He doesnt wanna Attack him Hes Up a 3m Wall with Barbed Wire and the Zombie cant Resch him anyway thats why Hes going after the Others ppl/finding another way too jim

What if Jim if so filled with rage it thinks he’s already infected. Selena couldn’t tell at first.

@Michael Mathers But movies similar to this always have morbid or sad endings, so it's a surprise when it's somewhat "happy"...adds a new spice to the flavor instead of a predictable sad ending.

That's always been the real ending to me. The film is a circle. Jim's journey begins and ends on a hospital bed. For his companions, the fight continues. The deus ex machina happy ending feels shoehorned into a deliberately bleak picture.

The real ending (the original ending) wasn't quite like that. They break into a hospital, still dressed in the clothes that the soldiers made them wear and they struggle to save Cilian, but fail. And then they both walk out of the hospital, dressed in their guns, toting guns that they've taken from the soldiers and then a totally metal guitar track starts playing and it fades to black. Some people thought it was bleak, but it wasn't meant to be - you were supposed to get the idea that the girls WOULD survive.

There's an additional ending that was partially storyboarded but not filmed where the group doesn't encounter the soldiers at the blockade but Hannah's dad is still infected. They manage to knock him out before he turns and take him to the nearest hospital facility, which happens to be the aboveground component of the research facility at the start of the film. There they encounter the same scientist, who managed to lock himself in a supply room as the infection was getting out. He eventually tells them that Hannah's dad *can* be saved provided they give the man a full blood transfusion. Jim volunteers and sacrifices his life so that Hannah can have her dad back, and and the film ends with Selene, Hannah and her dad leaving the facility as Jim lays dead on a hospital bed.

Yeah, the hero dies can make a fine ending but too many horror movies seem to think they can't do anything else.

The fact this is the first Zombie movie to have them run and be fast makes it scary too.

Hahaha has no idea actually, thanks for the info Walter. Too cool for Bond? That’s another level

Unfortunately 'Yesterday' was a real stinker, the first terrible movie he's made. Hopefully it was a blip and not a sign of him losing his touch.

@kshamwhizzle Although it wasn't great I did enjoy the movie, Yesterday is a whole other level of awful.

@@styot Y'all are high. Trance and Yesterday were dope

@@JamesVSCinema when we hosted the Olympics in 2012 we got Danny Boyle to direct the opening ceremony (which was pretty epic imo), he's really well liked in general over here

I agree, it’s definitely beyond me but honestly there’s probably reasons beyond the film and more along with studios and contracts at play that affect creativity in making films!

They were shooting this film the day of 9/11

according to Cillian Murphy they started shooting in summer 2001, before 9/11. So no

That's wrong. Otherwise the Missing Person Wall would not have been in the movie.

Yeah that would’ve been morbid as hell, glad they chose this one as well haha!

@@JamesVSCinema They had 3 endings, and the other 2 were dark endings, but they didn't work from a logic or narrative standpoint. So this ending works, if you ask me. Interesting thing about the sequel: DAYS was shot for an immediate post-9/11 society, but WEEKS was made for an War on Terror society, so the commentary is heavier and the tone is bleaker. But it's still an excellent film and it's why we're all still jonesing for a 3rd and/or 4th movie in the series.

Well it'll be 28 months later surely?

Danny Boyle and Alex Garland confirmed that in June last year they had met up to discuss and begin preparations for the third film so you won't have to wait long for it! Also, it'll most likely be 28 Months rather than 28 Years as Garland said '28 Years gives you one more place to go' meaning there could also be a fourth movie should the third one be as successful as the first two.

I never saw any logical issues with the original bleak ending. And 28 Weeks Later was interesting until the main characters started turning into idiots, and doing idiot things to propel the plot.

I believe I seen that scene before? Not sure, but it’s the one with the long running with zombie in the background right hahaha

If only they had kept the rest of the film to it’s high standard opening

"You'll love the intro" is the most honest review of 28 Weeks Later.

@@LabradorIndependent indeed .

RIGHT!? I was like damnit nooooo!!

@@JamesVSCinema the messed up thing is the fact that the soldiers were watching them even before the were looking around the checkpoint, trying to figure out a way to get rid of Frank and Jim, so they could take Hannah and Selena.

Hmmm, I mean even with this movie I was wondering on calling them zombies haha. It’s more infected!

I wouldn't say they are zombies since they're not undead. They're simply regular people that have been made very, very angry by a virus.

He’s an incredible actor!!

Peaky blinders is a hell of a show I love it

@wharsmetoothpicson oh breakfast on pluto is also fantastic tbh, i just have a thing for gangsters and criminals 😄

Peaky blinders peaks in season 3 then really starts to decline in 4 before the rot really sets in with 5.

Peaky blinders is Not nearly as perfect as breaking Bad is what are you smokinh

LMFAO. I had to think about it hahaha. Awesome to hear that Tyler glad you’re liking the content. Hope you’re well!

He’s an incredible actor!

@Cassandra You should watch Peaky Blinders

Peter Ping I’ve seen it, great show

Some Rando I love the movie Sunshine! I also liked the wind that shakes the barley. I’ve seen most of Cillian’s filmography lol. I’m sad that A Quiet Place 2 never came out before the Covid shutdowns, because I was looking forward to seeing Cillian’s performance there too

"The Edge of Love" with Cillian, Keira Knightley, and Matthew Rhys ("The Americans"), is one of my favorites . It's not a love triangle: it's a love quadrangle, based on a true story. Poet Dylan Thomas, who is married, encounters his first love, who is also married. Her husband, played by Cillian, goes off to war, comes home with PTSD, and is arrested for shooting into the Dylan Thomas household. He wonders whether the baby that Keira Knightley had while he has been away is his or Dylan's. In the meantime, the two wives have become close. Also, "Red Eye," where Cillian plays a charming bad guy on an airplane against Rachel McAdams' heroine.

It was done at the height of summer just as the sun came up on sunday mornings (hence the leaves on the trees)

Yeah I loved this style for this film. Could’ve easily been a hit or miss but it hit dead on!

@@JamesVSCinema This is one of Danny Boyle earlier movies...you should also check out Shallow Grave (the first movie he directed)

@@Stiffatronic Although you might consider it "early" these days, at the time, he was pretty established and had already had the low budget indy breakout (Shallow Grave) into critically acclaimed gritty cultural phenomenon (Trainspotting) into big budget hollywood treatment (The Beach) and the news he was essentially going to do a low budget indy zombie horror was met at the time with a resounding "WAT?". And then the movie came out. The final sequence in this film when the house goes to shit is still one of the finest ramp ups into insanity, with so many callbacks to early scenes in the movie. Really fucking intense stuff at the time, and that shot of Jim literally gouging the dude's eyes out is still beautifully horrible stuff. Watch Sunshine for more Danny Boyle/Cillian Murphy goodness (and still one of the most engaging Sci-Fi movies that routinely slips below people's radars).

I just ordered shallow grave . Can't wait to finally see it

I actually seen this movie and you are right! Loved it!

Oh that’s interesting! Yeah they both have similar feels towards each other. Didn’t know he directed Ex Machina, that’s badass!

@@JamesVSCinemaobviously the director of the [Danny Boyle] has made some really good flicks to Shallow grave Trainspotting 127 hours Sunshine. Slumdog millionaire.

It was a modified Canon XL1, which at that time was the highest-res prosumer SD cam. They had to tweak the sensor so they could maximize the image, but otherwise, it was that camera.

Dude, no. 28 Days Later came out in 2002. TWD's first episode aired in 2010.

@@gothnate yeah but the comic book was out well before the show was made.

Thanks Morgan! All the love goes to the Patreon people, they’ve been killing it with selecting the movies!

Oooooo that’s actually pretty damn cool! Hahaha, love when those sort of things come together like that!

Somehow I doubt it's complete coincidence. It's also the beginning of Day Of The Triffids, which was either an influence on both or for writers of science fiction they're both really badly read. I suspect they're both referencing/homaging that.

@@avodaith Indeed, I don't recall any other sci-fi using the 'abandoned/wrecked' hospital as a starting point prior to DOTT of which the book came out in the early 1950's and the popular serialized TV version from the BBC back in 1981.

Oh word! That’s cool, I’m happy he gotten a nice breakthrough from this film. Loved his acting in this! Thank you again Brandon, you truly are the man 🙏🏽

He's Scarecrow in Dark Knight Trilogy. He appeared in Begins and at the starting parts of The Dark Knight

Peaky Blinders is a BBC original show, nothing to do with Netflix

It’s the Patreon supporters! They’ve been selecting gold so far!

Hey thanks man! Incredibly grateful

Hahaha thank you! Yes and it definitely delivered. For some reason I just never came around to this film, bizarre right? Happy I witnessed it now though! 🙏🏽

Really!? Oh that’s pretty damn cool.

Yessir! This is crazy man, I’m blown away by the love. Thank you for real!

Several people had mentioned Trainspotting! I’ll be sure to put those on the next patreon polls my friend!

Thank you for that, seriously amazed by the community here. Each one of you rock honestly. Truly grateful to have such awesome people! And oh yeah I’ve seen one from him however, there’s always movies I haven’t seen here and there so be on the look out my friend!

Lmaoooo I legitimately thought I killed them hahaha

Was super intense!!

The waking up in an abandoned hospital thing, is a movie trope that's been used many times. The earliest use of it that I'm aware of though, is in the John Wyndham sci-fi novel "Day of the Triffids", which was published in 1951. A great book, which I highly recommend.

Haha thank you!! It’s absolutely mind blowing man.