![]() Physical geographic barriers (such as Britain being an island) can limit the possible spread, but, inside those limits, it's simply impossible to stop via normal selective targeting. Once a virus (or other biological weapon-like disease) breaks out of quarantine into any substantial population, there's simply no other way to contain it. Incinerating the infected area is, in fact, the only sane method for dealing with a highly infectious quickly lethal disease spreading through a population. ![]() It's next to impossible not to root for the gun-wielding maniacs while this is going on. Instead, it's the compassionate turncoat who dooms humanity by giving the kids, WHO BROKE THE QUARANTINE FOR FUN and became unaffected carriers of the virus, a lift across the English Channel to safety. But if it had been completed, the continent (and possibly the rest of the world save for outlying islands and the American continents) would have been spared the rage infection. The American military, consistently portrayed as unnecessarily authoritarian and violent, end up killing civilians by the truckload to contain the virus.Despite the flaws of the film, the chase perfectly captures the fight or flight complexities of a zombie apocalypse and has become a memorable scene. Signature Scene: Don having to abandon Alice and running for dear life in the beginning.Looking at the last shot in the movie, for all we know, they did. Ask any group of people who have seen the movie, and you'll find at least one person who was angry that the kids didn't die for their bad behavior. And yet through all of this, they still are the only ones who make it out alive. Not only were they largely responsible for the new outbreak of Rage Virus in Britain, but to make matters worse, their selfishness and downright stupid actions causes the rest of the world to get infected, too. The Scrappy: Andy and Tammy by virtue of being Unwitting Instigators of Doom, and not by bad luck or being at the wrong place at the wrong time, but by their own stupid choices.Jeremy Renner was rising in notability, but this was before The Hurt Locker, The Town and of course playing Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Imogen Poots is better known these days, but of course this is the film that helped get her more attention.It even became a minor internet meme years after release. Unlike the rest of the film that had mixed reception at best and mostly forgotten, the opening is still considered head and shoulders above the rest of the story. Just Here for Godzilla: Once the true nature of the film became well-known right before premiere, a whole lot of people came only to see in full the opening sequence, set during the original outbreak.This all makes the film's characterisation of him feel a bit off compare this to Selena in the previous film, who brutally but efficiently killed Mark when he was infected and justifiably continued as a heroic protagonist. In fact, we see Don bravely fighting a group of infected with a crowbar only moments previously, holding off the Infected as everyone runs for their lives. Killing the crowds of infected attacking the cottage was impossible because he didn't have any effective weapon and the only sane choice at that point was to flee or join everyone in dying a horrible death. But given that the Infected are incredibly contagious and extremely dangerous in close combat, Don had a practically zero percent chance of saving his wife. Informed Wrongness: The film constantly throws heavy shade at Don for being a cowardly bastard that left his wife to die at the first opportunity and didn't care about anyone but himself.And assuming Andy's the one who spread it there ( and he probably is), he, Tammy and Flynn are likely dead. Inferred Holocaust: It's heavily implied the infection has reached the European mainland by the end.Nowadays, you're probably thinking that it's practically nigh-impossible for him to miss. Hilarious in Hindsight: Doyle, as played by Jeremy Renner, assures the survivors that he won't miss.Contested Sequel: While the film was generally well-received, there's a significant portion of fans who feel it paled in comparison to its predecessor.
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