From the initial outbreak at Cambridge to the fall of London and beyond, join us as we break down the complete timeline of this infected universe. We'll explore how the Rage virus spread, who survived, and how the world changed in the decades following the initial outbreak.
00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're mapping out the timeline of 28 days later and 28 weeks later,
00:11leading into 28 years later. Major spoilers for those first two films.
00:18The world was changed one fateful day when a group of the Animal Freedom Front broke into a Cambridge laboratory
00:24where chimpanzees were being experimented on.
00:30As barbaric as these conditions appeared, the chimps were in captivity for a reason.
00:34They were all infected with the newly created rage virus.
00:37The chimps are infected. They're highly contagious.
00:41Even after a scientist relays this information, the activists unleash a chimp along with this highly contagious disease.
00:48Within seconds of being attacked, one of the activists is sent into a mindless rage.
00:52Simply being exposed to a carrier's blood or saliva is enough for the virus to take its toll.
01:00It isn't long until everyone else in the lab is infected, with the virus spreading across Great Britain in under 28 days.
01:12The eighth day officially saw the infection spawn an epidemic.
01:16It started as rioting, and right from the beginning you knew this was different.
01:20Then Prime Minister Tony Blair would declare a state of emergency, while the military was given the order of shoot to kill.
01:26On day 15, a mass evacuation from mainland Britain was ordered, although panic was about as easily contained as the virus.
01:33As government checkpoints were overrun, roads were gridlocked, and chaos broke out at London airports.
01:39A refugee crisis loomed with the United Nations building giant camps.
01:43Before TV and radio broadcasts ceased, reports suggested that Paris and New York had also been affected.
01:48The UK remained the hot zone, however.
01:57London fell by day 20, with millions infected, countless missing, and those who survived resorting to desperate measures.
02:04Looking down, you couldn't tell which faces were infected and which weren't.
02:08Among those desperate survivors was Donald Harris.
02:10As the outbreak commenced, Don and his wife Alice hunkered down in a house around London's borders.
02:15Don and Alice take solace in knowing that their two children are safe, having been out of the country when all hell broke loose.
02:21Our children are safe, aren't they?
02:23Totally, yeah.
02:25Alice can't help but take pity on a child who shows up on their doorstep.
02:28Although the young boy doesn't have the rage virus, he inadvertently leads the infected to the house.
02:34The boarded-up windows can't keep the infected out, pursuing everyone inside.
02:38While Alice isn't willing to abandon the boy, Don is another story.
02:42Running for the hills and fleeing on a boat, Don leaves his wife and others he had broken bread with to perish.
02:49Meanwhile, in central London, bicycle courier Jim awakens from a coma at St. Thomas' Hospital.
02:59Jim can't find a doctor, nurse, or fellow patient in sight.
03:03Exiting the hospital, Jim discovers the city to be equally isolated, although not completely abandoned.
03:09The infected run rampant, but Jim encounters two survivors, Selina and Mark.
03:14She's completely humorous.
03:16I think she should get on like a house on fire.
03:19The three make their way to Detford, where Jim learns that his parents took their lives rather than allow the virus to change them.
03:25Selina doesn't take any chances when Mark is attacked later that night, beating him to death right then and there.
03:32Considering how quickly the virus takes its toll, there's no time to second-guess killing allies who have potentially been infected.
03:38We have to leave now. More infected will be coming.
03:43Heading to Balfron Tower, they meet Cabbie Frank and his daughter Hannah.
03:46This is my daughter Hannah. Come on, sweetheart, say hello.
03:50Based on a military radio broadcast, it appears safety and maybe even a cure await near Manchester.
03:56Alas, this turns out to be a red herring.
03:58Speaking of red, a single drop of the infected's blood seals Frank's fate before he's gunned down.
04:03Stay away from him!
04:05Although soldiers come to their rescue, they prove just as dangerous.
04:10The two-faced Major Henry West seeks to turn Selina and Hannah into sex slaves for his men as part of a depraved plot to repopulate a dying planet.
04:19I moved us from the blockade. I set the radio broadcasting and I promised them women.
04:23Because women mean a future.
04:31The world isn't over yet, though, as evidenced by a jet that Jim spots from down below.
04:36Returning to save Selina and Hannah, Jim turns an infected soldier against the others.
04:40Before the three can make a getaway, West puts a bullet in Jim's gut.
04:48You killed all my boys.
04:49The disgraced soldier underestimates Hannah's driving skills as she sends him to his doom.
04:54Another 28 days later, Jim finds himself back where he started, awakening in bed following a crash.
05:00Selina and Hannah are with him in Cumbria, having located a remote house.
05:04The seemingly unstoppable infected have finally shown weakness, unable to thrive without fresh bodies to feast upon.
05:10The jet that Jim saw earlier wasn't a hallucination either, suggesting that salvation might be on the horizon.
05:16Thank you so much this time.
05:18Over the following weeks, more infected die of starvation, while American-led NATO forces arrive in London.
05:24Mainland Britain is declared infection-free, with reconstruction beginning.
05:28Unfortunately, this would not be the last outbreak.
05:31After 28 weeks, Tammy Harris and her younger brother Andy return to Britain, where refugees are gradually being reintroduced.
05:38Survivors are restricted to District 1 on the Isle of Dogs, as the rest of London is still overrun with bodies.
05:45Although the Isle of Dogs is completely safe, the surrounding area of London is not.
05:50There are also wild animals, although research suggests that the virus only affects primates.
05:56Tammy and Andy are reunited with their dad, Don, who struggles to tell them how cowardly he behaved during their mother's final moments.
06:03I tried to go back.
06:07She was already gone.
06:08Well, turns out that Alice isn't quite dead yet.
06:12Sneaking to their old home, Andy and Tammy find their mother alive.
06:15Major Scarlett Levy determines that Alice is asymptomatic, perhaps providing a key to a cure.
06:21That said, Alice isn't immune.
06:23She's still infected and contagious.
06:25Technically, she's not immune.
06:28She's a carrier.
06:29In what's probably this franchise's dumbest decision, aside from, you know, creating the virus, Don kisses his not very well-guarded wife.
06:36The rage instantly kicks in, driving Don to kill Alice as another outbreak commences.
06:45Scarlett saves Andy and Tammy, hoping they may also be asymptomatic like their mother.
06:50With the spread growing beyond control, General Stone deems everyone a target.
06:54Disregarding this order, Delta Force sniper Doyle decides to aid Scarlett and the kids, along with a man named Sam Conway.
07:00As the Air Force bombs District 1, they flee to London with Don not far behind.
07:05Along the way, Sam is infected while trying to escape.
07:08Doyle is burned to death rescuing the others, and Scarlett dies at Don's hands.
07:17Don also bites Andy before Tammy puts their dad down for good.
07:21As Scarlett suspected, Andy is asymptomatic.
07:38The kids rendezvous with Doyle's contact Flynn, who agrees to fly them from a decaying London to France.
07:45What happens between then and the next 28 days is a little hazy.
07:48Although, Flynn's helicopter is last seen abandoned as someone on the radio calls out for help.
07:55As an infected horde rushes toward the Eiffel Tower, it's confirmed that the virus has made it to Paris, with the rest of Europe vulnerable as well.
08:02It's unclear what happened to Tammy or Andy, although it's safe to assume they couldn't produce a cure.
08:08Otherwise, rage wouldn't still be plaguing Europe 28 years later.
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08:28Although the virus still rages on after 10,228 days, people continue to adapt.
08:34One group of survivors established a community on Lindisfarne, an island in Northumberland.
08:39Between this haven and the mainland is a lengthy causeway.
08:42Occasionally, small teams are required to leave the island.
08:45You know, I feel he's a bit young.
08:46He's ready, Jenny.
08:47If anything goes wrong, don't expect a rescue party.
08:50Infected are not the only threat, as the virus has also given birth to a cult that likes to decorate with bones.
08:56The virus has evolved as well.
08:58There are many kinds of death.
09:00The infected not only appear stronger, but smarter.
09:04Able to hide and creep up on victims.
09:06And no, that's not Jim.
09:08Will this epidemic ever end, or will we still be talking about the rage virus 28 decades later?
09:13Only time will tell.
09:15This is a glorious day.
09:17A day of judgment.
09:19What's your favorite moment from the 28 Days Later series?
