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When he says hello in the church and they stand up and watch him is one of the creepiest things I've ever seen in a movie

Those shots of him walking around a deserted London still amaze me. There's like 9 million people in London (maybe only 8 million when they made this) and having been there multiple times over the last 30 years, they really pulled off a stunt by shooting early enough to not get any people in those shots.

What you were saying about Jim when he's taking out the soldiers is exactly the point. The Zombies are infected with RAGE and spreading it through ultra-violence and extreme blood spillage. That is why this is more terrifying than most "Zombie" movies, it is potentially inside all of us...

The church scene in my opinion is probably the scariest scene of the movie. Just the way they get up and stare at Jim is so eerie. 😱😱🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️

28 days later is one of those films that just really effected me as a teenager. I will never forget the experience of seeing this for the first time

This movie sparked an entire new generation of zombie movies. It's a master class in cinematic craftsmanship. So simple, yet so incredibly powerful. And remember, the budget was just $8 million.

This was one of the first movies done with completely digital cameras rather than film cameras. Hence, the graininess of the movie. The tech wasn't quite there yet. However, because digital cameras were lighter than film cameras and cheaper to use in the long run since you didn't have to buy rolls and rolls of film, it was way more cost effective and they were able to get shots you couldn't get if you had used a film camera. If the director, Danny Boyle had opted for film cameras, he could have never shot this. The London shots were done early in the morning before the city woke up for work. They didn't close down streets. They simply showed up with digital camera in hand and filmed as much as they could, as quickly as they could. And, personally, having wandered around London very early in the morning, (I got lost. Long story for another time.) let me say, an empty London is indeed very spooky town.

28 days later is a masterpiece. The Jaws of zombie movies, in that it's the Greatest of them all. The best thing about 28 days later is it's characters, how compelling they are, and how much you want them to survive and live through this nightmare. You care about these people, and the threats to them are just a bonus.

The song in the opening with jim wandering around london was added because of test audiences. It originally was completely silent except for jim shouting "hello?!". When the car alarm went off the shock was so jarring that the focus groups nearly had a heart attck.

This is one of my favourite movies. I think even in the over-saturated zombie landscape of today, it's still a refreshing experience for how painfully realistic it feels.

That chill score in the beginning is Godspeed You! Black Emperor “East Hastings”. It’s a good song

Glad you're back. 28 weeks later is damn fine sequel.

No joke, the first time I watched both 28 days later and 28 weeks later back to back, I couldn't sleep for days. It affected me that much, I was so paranoid that a viral zombie apocalypse was going to happen at anytime. I know that might sound dumb, but that's just how realistic and plausible these films feel.

Danny Boyle is a fantastic director. His whole filmography is excellent.

I love the soundtrack to this movie. Who'd of thought that a horror movie could have such fantastic music.

Of the two big zombie pictures of the early 2000s that helped start the now-tiresome zombie craze, this was by far the best, with the “Dawn of the Dead” remake a respectable second place. “28 Days” turned the whole thing on its head in terms of narrative and characters, and it worked well (so well that “Walking Dead,” ahem, borrowed the coma thing when Rick similarly woke up from a coma in a hospital after getting shot amid the TV show’s zom-pocalypse about eight years later). The inferior sequel “28 Weeks Later” is worth seeing, as it begins really well----it peters out and doesn’t know where to go, so it got goofy, but it’s still worth seeing, particularly if you’re curious about what happened in England after the first wave of zombies died off. The other end of the spectrum is the bloated, CGI-heavy, over-the-top and stupid "World War Z," which represented everything that's wrong with Hollywood today. It's exactly what I would have expected after a bunch of studio execs in a room decide, "Hey, we need to make a big zombie movie to take advantage of this trend. We need a big name, maybe Brad Pitt, and get the computer guys on this. Make it BIG and LOUD, you know, like a Fast and Furious/XXX thing......"

Anthony Dod Mantle's almost experimental film influenced cinematography, the ingenious use of music, and the expert use of dread and truly disturbing images set this film apart from so many horror films of the past 30 years.

When they were driving and there wasn't another car in sight reminded me of the pandemic. I drove to work with empty roads those first few months since Amazon didn't close warehouses

Saw this in the theater and loved it! Completely restarted the zombie genre as we know it even though there were movies with running zombies before this. Keep up the good work Mello!

Maybe try another British classic (imo) dog soldiers

This is the best interpretation of fast zombies, I prefer these ones over World War Z ones where they are like superhuman fast 😂 also love that like the only decent soldier is a Scottish guy 😂 I’m Scottish so aye we’re cool as fuck 😂

Remember: These aren't zombies. The people are infected and enraged by the virus, but they're not dead. Edit: I see I’ve started a war in the comment section simply from semantics. Such is KZfaq I suppose.

Jim wandering around the empty streets of London yelling "HELLO" all weird like that is a reference to the intro of Day of The Dead. And Danny Boyle says this isn't a zombie film.

18:33 the fires in the city wasn’t exactly “their” tactic. I’ve read that during the early days of the outbreak the military and armed police forces were in constant retreat from their forward bases and blockades meant to be defensive lines to slow the infection between the cities like Manchester, and London. As the lines began to falter and forced to withdraw or in most cases, become overrun by the infected; entire motorways were left open for the infected to swarm into the cities. So with added loss of communication, Manchester was one of the few cities that fell in less than a day. Eventually a decision was made by the displaced government to fire bomb the city of Manchester. I’m sure the strategy behind it was to exterminate the infected inside the city but what they didn’t count on was that it would drive them out and force them to flee to the outlying villages and smaller cities that had no idea what was going on. In turn spreading the infection further. And I think the reports of infection reaching Paris and New York were fabricated during the exodus because the government didn’t want to risk a further spread of the virus to its neighboring allies. I don’t know if the director ever confirms this all as ‘canon’ to the story but it’s a good read on AlternateHistory. Google ‘28 days later outbreak timeline’

Not just the most fucked up, its also the best zombie movie ever done.

Such a unique horror film. Felt so different from a lot of movies I've seen.

This is a fantastic movie because it isn’t the typical “zombie” movie and is more realistic in what could happen with if a virus like “Rage” got out. I have 3 movies I would almost guarantee you’ve never heard of but I would highly suggest you put up on a poll or check them out to see if it is some thing you’d be interested in. 1. Dark City - sci-fi murder mystery noire 2. Ravenous - a western thriller with bite 3. The Descent - a horror in a deep dark cave

Detail: notice how in the grocery store the lights are on? Didn't, did ya? The shots purposely show the ceiling and there aren't any lights anywhere...there's just light. Scene wouldn't work in the dark, so Danny Boyle (the director) tricked you into not thinking about it. That's some dang-fine filmmaking, imao.

That part with her dad gets me every time 😭😭😭😭😭

As a kid I always wished Mark survived and was there to help against the military guys, but I still feel he would've died then anyway.

This IS my favorite zombie film OAT. The fact that the regular humans are actually worse monsters than the zombies is a huge statement in this film. It’s the film that single-handedly revolutionized the zombie genre when it came out too, and even two decades later, it holds up. And more than holds its own. Cinematically, thematically, theatrically, and performance wise, it’s an extremely effective, and superbly well done film. LOVE it.

I'm with you on Zombies being a major fear. I love the subgenre so much, of both games and movies. They're often a reflection of society at the time they release, and a zombie can be anyone: your mother, sister, son, neighbor, and you have to make the toughest decision.

This by far is one of the best zombie horror films. It’s not cheesy it’s not goofy which don’t get me wrong has it’s place. But the scene of him walking around a city we all know to be full of life only to find it empty and having to piece together what happened just like the character has always stuck with me. The music, the camera angles, all of it makes it a movie you feel and watch.

best zombie related film period. none of have ever been this artistic and beautifully done. the soundtrack contrasts the intensity so phenomenally well. It's a beautiful mix.

This was the pinnacle of Zombie movies... But also the nail in the coffin as every film or TV show or game needed running zombies, defeating the horror of an undead, rigored ghoul eating the survivors.

Godspeed You Black Emperor is the name of the band that did some of the soundtrack.

Danny Boyle makes great movies. That incredible moment of "Hannah, I love you very much..." This movie is Heart-Breaking and brilliant!

I remember first watching this movie with my mom when i was 10. I like 28 Days Later better than 28 Weeks Later. Waking up with almost no other humans in sight would be scary, on top of waking up in a hospital. When Hannah's dad becomes infected, or Jim's nightmare about waking up alone again; I always cry so hard.

I would say that 28 days later is hands down the best zombie movie ever made. It’s made perfect.

Love your reactions Melllloooooo!!! I hope you are well, and your heart is on the way to healing after grandma. You are one of my favorite reactors as your reactions are so genuine! Thanks dude! Welcome back!

I think this film puts the realism, or potential realism forward very well. It's emotional and impactful in a way other zombie films can't do. Great reaction.

So glad someone is reacting to this fantastic movie! You need to dive deeper into director Danny Boyle’s movies. They tend to be pretty raw, edgy. Trainspotting or Slumdog Millionaire would be a good starter, from here.

You should give "The Good Son" With Macaulay Culkin a try. It's very freaky.

28 Days Later is my favorite zombie/infected film along side Train To Busan, and glad that you reacted to both of them now :). My 3 favorite horror films overall is Blair Witch 1999, John Carpenter's The Thing, and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.

28 Weeks Later is another crazy vibe. These movies are done so well. Glad you got to see it!

one of my all time fave films

One of my favorite movies ever, and Cilian Murphy is a phenomenal actor! P.S. you should watch the "what if" ending scene, which shows a different version of the ending.

4:00 Godspeed You! Black Emperor was the reason I'd found this movie when it released.

You're one of the best reactors on KZfaq, Mel. Thank you for making us a part of your journey!

The sequel is worth a watch

Yo, came across your Snatch reaction like a week ago, shit was a vibe plus Snatch is one of my faves. Probably watched like 20 videos of yours of movies I aint seen in a minute. Big fan here, from New Zealand. Keep up the solid work yo🤘

This is one of the better zombie movies I've watched, f*cking terrifying

Man if you have seen this and Haven't seen the sequel (28 weeks later)....then I'm sorry to say your life isn't ever going to be complete untill u do bro.

I love the fact they were able to physically record this on empty roads, I can’t see how you’d do this today considering how busy it is.

Genuinely excited to see your reaction to this one - one of my all time favs

teary eyed “yo man” had me dying, so fucking good

All of Jim's hellos just give me chills

This movie reinvented the zombie genre, even though it's not about zombies. Awesome movie, great soundtrack. You should check out the sequel, it's just as good.

I remember when this came out it was amazing! It changed the zombie game by making them super fast. It totally threw you off gaurd at the time.

How they filmed London totally empty is so amazing. Totally mind blowing.

the pilot at the end said "lähetätkö helikopterin" which means "will you send a helicopter" in finnish.

A very surreal type of movie the director was very smart about how they shot this❤❤

Let's not forget 28 weeks later movie you should react.

Love this movie. The soundtrack is amazing and loved your entire reaction! Mellobest!

This is my favorite zombie movie. I saw it after some binge on either Halo or one of the grand tourismo games. I had been up for way too long. That church scene when he said "hello" freaked me out so much

Its not a Zombie movie but may I suggest EVENT HORIZON as a movie this month. Probably the only movie that actually scares me....although its probably because I originally saw it when I was 13. Still, creapy AF movie. 28 days later is probably one of my favorite zombie movies too. 28 Weeks later... not so much. I don't think it is a spoiler but the guy's idea of Quarantine is correct. 28 Weeks's premise is based on it. Plus it makes complete sense. If you see how quickly a person can get infected there is no way it could make it across an entire ocean (unless deliberate, or some dumb decision to take an infected there) a most a boat could have an infected and drift over. But with a world on watch it would likely get bombed on the way. There is another way it could get to Europe. Europeans would know this pretty obviously but I won't spoil it for anyone.

"28 days later,brought to you by Pepsi." Lol you're cool,man haha

Now that you've had a taste of Danny Boyle, this is the part where I strongly recommend Sunshine.

The church was definitely the congregation drinking the Kool aid

This film is so epic! Awesome reaction bro

Mello! 👊 - *A FEW GOOD MEN (1992)* - *PRIMAL FEAR (1991)* - *THE TOWN (2010)*

This movie is fantastic. And the musis is the best. I still listen to the soundtrack from time to time. Great reaction.

Awesome Work Bro Thanks 👍👍😀 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸

You should watch 28 Weeks Later (it’s the continuation of the first one). Awesome reaction, bro 💯💯💯🔥

Should check out the movie Dead Alive, one of the bloodiest movies imo.

Can't wait for you to continue watching the Evil Dead series! All three are worth seeing, despite the wild change in tone in each installment. Re-Animator/From Beyond would also make for one hell of a double feature for the Halloween season!

Underrated zombie movie. The scene in the tunnel is intense.

28 Days Later was written and directed by English Director Danny Boyle. He has also written and directed some other great movies including 28 Weeks Later, 127 Hours, Yesterday, The Beach, Sunshine, Steve Jobs, Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting 1 and 2, Shallow Grave, Trance, A Life Less Ordinary as well as many other great movies.

The reality is that "only if they had arrived a few minutes earlier" is part of their plot. They were there the whole time and waited for the opportune time to get rid of the strong. Side note: Original ending had Jim not survive, or suggest he didn't. It went the same but didn't show him wake or have him run out with the girls. There was also an unfilmed one that when into a whole other direction where they find a dude who can cure it but it involves an entire boy blood transfusion and didn't mesh well with the facts established before (i.e. a single drop is enough so how could just a transfusion work.

Dude, you made my day, this is my favorite zombie movie ever. Beautifully done

12:19 The tunnel scene may be the most suspenseful scene in movie history.

I’ve seen this movie probably 20+ times… and I just finally got the giraffe joke… What the hell… 🤦‍♂️🤣

The opening of 28 Weeks Later is amazing.

Amazing job on this review. Congratulations 🎉

Such a great film, happy you liked it so much. It was one of the first feature films shot entirely on digital video and not film, that's why it has that unique picture quality. It works really well for the subject matter, and gives the movie that personal or real feeling that a typical glossy blockbuster just can't. It also made it cheap enough to for them to produce that they were able to fund the movie in the first place.

You know shit always gets real whenever "in the house, in a heartbeat" starts playing

Love your reviews. Daaaammm Jim!!😂😂

Man Mello i felt the same way about the flowers first time i saw this.. i thought it was a painting

Great reaction. I love the movie theme tune.

My absolute favorite movie!

Your reactions are hilarious 🤣

When Frank got it and was killed....... Oooof I remember seeing this movie when it first came out in 2003 and I was 13 years old..... that scene made me cry crocodile tears. Even now, age 31, seeing you get choked up at the same place really resonates with me. This film is truly an anomaly even to zombie films. I always wondered if the soldiers were there the whole time and were just waiting for an excuse to waste some of the extra males, given what we learned about the troops later.

YES!!!! This movie was #100 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments

I recommend to you The Shining if you haven't seen it yet. It's my all time favorite horror movie. I know you appreciate a good camera work, score, directing, acting etc. and The Shining masters them all.

You're the best. I hope you keep watching these great horrors. It Follows is a good one.

Now, ya gotta watch 28 weeks Later!!! Great reaction as Always, Mellverse :)

The sequel to this movie, "28 Weeks Later" is just amazing. Fingers crossed your react to it as well. 🤞🏽

Modern classic. Thx for the upload dude!

Also, sorry for your loss & glad you're back