28 Weeks Later--Let's Talk About the Ending, You Guys
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Here's the thing--I loved, loved, loved 28 Weeks Later. But I have beef with the ending, and want to discuss.
I'm declaring a SPOILER ZONE after the jump--
SPOILERS!!
So I laughed at the end at the sight of the zombies running towards the Eiffel Tower, but the preceding imagery left me very confused. I can't make sense of it, within the context of the story. Here are some competing explanations:
1) Andy (the little boy) was more than just a carrier. In the helicopter, he developed the rage virus and killed his sister and Harold Perrineau. The problem with this explanation is that none of the other zombies experienced a delay in onset of symptoms. You get bit, and five seconds later you freak out. His mother, also a carrier, got bit and spent 7 months without displaying any symptoms. It doesn't make sense, within the rules created in the story.
2) Andy got to Paris safely, but then somebody got his blood in their mouth or saliva in an open wound and another outbreak occurred, just like with his mother. The problem here is that it doesn't explain why Fresnadillo opens the sequence with imagery of Harold Perrineau's helicopter in ruins. That's visual language that implies that the helicopter was involved in the initial French outbreak, but that further implies the illogical #1.
3) So that must mean that the outbreak occurred via #2, and Perrineau was brought down in his capacity as US Army, now protecting France. His death had nothing to do with Andy at all; he was just a random casualty. The problem with this is that we saw Perrineau defy the Code Red orders by rescuing the children and leaving England. Why would the US Army let him remain on active duty? The US hasn't been hit by the rage virus, so there's no shortage of soldiers to send over (yet).
4) I'm left with this story solution: Some rage virus zombies crossed the Chunnel into France and got there just when Harold Perrineau was touching down. It's the only thing that makes sense, but I'm still not satisfied.
What do you think?
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28 Weeks Later Ending
August 13, 2009 - 5:50pm — Erik (not verified)After Perrineau and the kids bug out of there and the screen goes blank and there is another 28 Days Later text on the screen before showing the downed chopper. So....Andy was carrying the virus, they got to France and something happened that allowed him to spread it and all hell has broke loose. I didn't see anything to imply that Perrineau is dead or that he crashed because of the virus. It's 28 days after they have left London and the chopper has been deserted. I really am looking forward to a 28 Months Later because I am a huge fan of these movies and anything zombie. Thats my two cents.
how i realised that andy was turning in to one of the infected
August 15, 2009 - 7:49am — Daniel gibbs (not verified)after waching 28 weeks later after waching it the last hundred times i notice you when don the dad gets infected have you noteced a bit of blood gose on the window in the lab well if you wach carefully the same happens to the kid in the hellicoppter but becouse he was amune to the virus it took longer to incubate
sorry about the spelling
August 15, 2009 - 7:52am — Daniel gibbs (not verified)sorry if te spelling aint right ps.i realy realy realy love 28 weeks later
My thoughts on this
August 19, 2009 - 7:32am — Anonymous (not verified)I didn't notice it saying "28 days later" before it cut to the abandoned/crashed helicopter, if so, the explanation that they made it ok, but the helicopter was somehow trashed or abandoned might fly.
My thought, however: the sister was never shown to have immunity to the virus, was she? The brother was covered in infected blood, so it is very plausible that she was exposed and went "zombie" killing the pilot and causing the crash. The only "hope" is the brother who carries the antibodies, and so you hope that he survived the crash...but then if he does, he is also a carrier and no one would know. There is also no indication that the "zombification" can be reversed. This really smacks of "I am Legend"...anyway...
The "zombies" coming out of the tunnel were probably ones that came from England via the Chunnel, as you stated.
I can't believe I am even thinking about this...I randomly ran across this film while on a business trip and was sucked in by it, but it really is pretty gory and depressing.
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