'28 Days Later' - spoiler included

[andy hughes]

I watched and enjoyed the film a few days ago. A couple of things puzzled me - where were all the cars, apart from the jam in the Blackwall Tunnel, and where were all the animals, no cats, no dogs, just a couple of horses, and a few rats? Am I being picky, or were these glaringly obvious errors for the sake of easy filming?

[nona suomy]

Good point. Perhaps the theory is that there were no animals cos within the 28 days that the bloke had been in his coma and all the mayhem had occured most of the animals had been killed by the rampaging humans or died from starvation (that would only really account for domestic animals). The rest presumably legged it through fright. Alternatively, the makers just didn't think.

[Lee9]

Yeah i noticed that there were no cars either. You would think the motorways would have been jammed, but there wasnt a single car. Weird.......

[Jonezy]

You think that it was all for the sake of easy filming?!!! The film makers actually went to great extent to producing a sense of lonlieness in the film..... and to do this in Britains most congested areas......... that is NOT easy filming.... VERY HARD FILMING IN FACT. sorted.

[error]

I presume because there were army blockades on the motorways people were turned away, or didnt use the motorways because of the blockades

[sasha_wire]

I also wonder, why the infected rage people don't turn and kill each other too????

[CookieMosher]

but surely their wudnt of been many cars about coz a loada ppl wud of stayed at home?! maybe i dunno! another prob with ths film is tht they say tht before the radios went down, there were reports of outbreaks in america and france, but then they say the virus is contained with in the uk?! or mebbe they were false reports or something?

[SaxyDan]

I beleive the scenes were filmed at dawn when there was least traffic...

[mercury]

I used to live in the same road as the young girl!! (sorry had to get it out my system, its my only claim to fame!)

[skatrina540]

London had been evacuated as it says on the news paper jim reads at the start so the cars were probably at reffugee camps and army block-ades but i think if that happend in real life witch i really doubt there would be hundreds of smashed cars.and some people left by ferry in the first days mabay that explains it and animals can also get infected mabay thats what happend to the dogs and cats.

[skatrina540]

it says at the news paper at the start(all roads to london in grid-lock) so there should be loads of cars vans and busses verry strange