28 WEEKS LATER [2007]

Week Twenty-Eight: No Escape

Karen: He'll be hungry.

 When he gets back, he'll want something to eat.

Jacob: Here we go again.

Let me tell you something, sweetheart, it's been 5 days since your boyfriend ran out on us.

If he's still breathing, he won't be interested in pasta.

It'll be your fucking neck!

Karen: Don't you say that!

Don: Out of order, Jacob.

Jacob: Why? We all know it's true.

The sooner she faces it, the better.

There are no survivors. It's just us in here and them out there.

15 days later, mainland Britain is quarantined

28 days later, mainland Britain has been destroyed by the rage virus

5 weeks later, the infected have died of starvation

11 weeks later, an American-led NATO Forces enters London

18 weeks later, mainland Britain is declared free of infection

24 weeks later, reconstruction begins

We are headed for our area of security and reconstruction designated as District One.

District One is located on the Isle of Dogs.

Although the Isle of Dogs is completely safe, the surrounding area of London is not.

There are a large number of bodies still not cleared from the original outbreak of infection.

Rats and wilds dogs are prevalent, as is disease.

New arrivals are reminded for their own safety

it is absolutely forbidden to sross the river and leave the security zone.

You will be joining15,000 civilians who are already resident in District One.

As we approach your new home, you'll notice a dramatically increased military presence.

The US Army is responsible for your safety.

We will do everything we can do to make your repatriation as easy as possible.

Inside District One, however, we believe you'll be pleasantly surprised.

We have hot and cold running water, 24-hour electricity, a medical centre, 

a supermarket and even a pub.

~Train Announcer

General Stone: Major, what are you afraid of?

Major Scarlet: What if it comes back?

General Stone: It won't come back.

Major Scarlet: What if it does?

General Stone: If it comes back, we kill it. Code Red.

Andy: I get worried I'm gonna forget what she looks like.

Tammy: You won't forget.

Andy: I don't even have a picture of her.

Tammy: You won't forget.

Major Scarlet: There's no question, sir, she has the virus. She's infected.

General Stone: Why isn't she showing any symptoms?

Major Scarlet: I don't know.

General Stone: Speculate.

Major Scarlet: A genetic abnormality which acts as some sort of natural immunity?

But the virus is still in her blood and saliva, so technically she's not immune.

She's a carrier.

General Stone: She has the abiliry to infect others?

Major Scarlet: Yes, sir, absolutely.

 

 

Doyle: Anyway, what about you?

Why the hell are you here?

Major Scarlet: Their mother had very special blood.

A natural kind of immunity to the virus.

Not all genetic traits are passed on, they can skip a generation or vanish altogether, but...

Doyle: But they might have it.

Major Scarlet: It's a possibility.

So their lives are far more valuable than mine. Or yours.

Doyle: I got it.

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I AM LEGEND [2007]

The Last Man on Earth is not Alone

 

This is Ground Zero. 

This is my site. 

I can fix. 

I can fix this. 

[Neville]

He had this idea. 

It was kind of a virologist idea. 

He believed that you could cure racism and hate...

 literally cure it, by injecting music and love into people's lives. 

When he was scheduled to perform at a peace rally, 

a gunman came to his house and shot him down. 

Two days later he walked out on that stage and sang. 

When they asked him why - He said, 

"The people, who were trying to make this world worse... are not taking a day off. 

How can I? 

Light up the darkness."

[Neville, about Bob Marley]

[Anna]: The world is quieter now. 

We just have to listen. 

If we listen, we can hear God's plan. 

[Neville]: God's plan. 

All right, let me tell you about your "God's plan". 

Seven billion people on Earth when the infection hit. 

KV had a ninety-percent kill rate, that's five point four billion people dead. 

Crashed and bled out. Dead. 

Less than one-percent immunity. 

That left twelve million healthy people, like you, me, and Ethan. 

The other five hundred and eighty-eight million turned into your dark seekers, 

and then they got hungry and they killed and fed on everybody. 

Everybody! 

Every SINGLE person that you or I has ever known is dead! 

Dead! 

There is no god! 

In 2009, a deadly virus burned through our civilization, 

pushing humankind to the edge of extinction. 

Dr. Robert Neville dedicated his life to the discovery of a cure and the restoration of humanity. 

On September 9th, 2012, at approximately 8:49 P.M., he discovered that cure. 

And at 8:52, he gave his life to defend it. 

We are his legacy. 

This is his legend. 

Light up the darkness.  

[Anna]

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RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION [2007]

Experimentation...Evolution...Extinction

The Umbrella Corporation thought they'd contained the infection. 

Well, they were wrong. 

Raccoon City was just the beginning. 

Within weeks, the T-virus had consumed the United States. 

Within months, the world. 

The virus didn't just wipe out human life. 

Lakes and rivers dried up, forests became deserts 

and whole continents were reduced to nothing more than barren wastelands. 

Slowly but surely, the Earth began to wither and die. 

What few survivors there were learned to keep on the move. 

We avoided major cities. 

If we stopped anyplace too long, they would be drawn to us. 

Only a few at first, but then more and more. 

A never-ending army of undead. 

For those of us left, staying on the road seemed the only way to stay alive.

[Alice]

You won't have to wait that long, boys. 

Because I'm coming for you. 

And I'm gonna be bringing a few of my friends.

[Alice]

[White Queen]: I'm sorry I didn't mean to startle you, 

I am the artificial intelligence which... 

[Alice]: Yeah I know what you are, I knew your sister, she was a homicidal bitch.

[White Queen]: My sister computer was merely following the most logical path of preservation of human life. 

[Alice]: Yeah kill a few save a lot.

[Dr. Isaacs, as the Tyrant]: For so long, I thought you were the future; I was wrong, 

I am the future. 

[Alice]: No, you're just... another asshole, and we're both gonna die down here.

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DAWN OF THE DEAD [2004]

How Do You Kill What's Already Dead?

This is the Emergency Broadcast System for the greater Milwaukee area.
The following is information for local evacuation centers. 
If you live in Waukesha County... 22 Robin Lane.
If you live in Southern Milwaukee County, there's a shelter... 1353 Henderson Road.
If there is no activity where you live, stay inside and lock all doors.
If you live in Jefferson County...
If you live in Racine County, there is no information available at this time.
Please stay inside and lock all doors and windows.
Miller Park is no longer considered a safe haven.
Please avoid the stadium and proceed to other locations.
Meanwhile, civil unrest is still being reported in the area of The River Walk.
There are unconfirmed reports that several military personnel...
The following locations are still listed on The Milwaukee Emergency Safe Haven list.
~Radio Announcement

Is it a virus? || We don't know.
How does it spread? Airborne? || Airborne is a possibility. We don't know.
Is this an international health hazard or a military concern? || Both.
Are these people alive or dead? || We don't know.

Michael: You don't want to go that way.
Anna: What's that way?
Michael: It's pretty bad.
Kenneth: What about Fort Pastor?
Andre: If you had wings. The road's thick with those motherfuckers.
Kenneth: How do you know?
Michael: We just tried. Back when there was 8 of us.
We're going to the mall.

Reporter: How do you kill these things?
Sheriff Cahill: Just shoot them in the head.
They go down permanently when you shoot them in the head.
Then you gotta burn them.

 
Andre: I hear you talking a lot, you're always saying something,
who the fuck are you that we should listen?
Were you like in the marines? What the fuck do you do?
Michael: I sell televisions at Best Buy.
Andre, to Kenneth: Hey, Officer, how do you like following a guy that sells TVs?
Kenneth: About as much as I like following a guy who steals them.
I'm not following anyone.

Hell is overflowing and Satan is sending his dead to us.
Why?
Because you have sex out of wedlock, you kill unborn children,
you have man-on-man relations, same sex marriage.
How do you think your God will judge you?
Well, friends, now we know.
When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.

Michael: The truck won't make it to Fort Pastor.
Steve: Forget it. That place is fucked. Bloodbath city.
Kenneth: How do you know?
Norma: We just came from there.
Kenneth: Is everyone there dead?
Steve: Dead-ish.
Kenneth: Is everyone there dead?
Steve: Yeah, in the sense that they all sort of fell down and then got up, started eating each other.

Ana: The bites killed her. The bites brought her back.
Andre: How do you know?
Ana: I watched it happen. I felt her pulse, she was gone. Then...
Yesterday I saw the same thing.
I think that's why it spread so fast.

Ana: We have to quarantine him.
Kenneth: Where do we do that?
Ana: I don't know, there must be some place here.
Michael: Then what?
Ana: I don't know, but...
Michael: It's too dangerous for us to keep him here.
Ana: I'm sorry, what are we talking about? Are we talking about killing him?
Michael: You'd rather wait for him to die and then he kills us?
Ana: You can't kill him. He's got a daughter!
Michael: I'm sorry. There's no other choice.

Steve: Let me tell you something.
You have my permission... If I ever turn into one of those things, blow my fucking head off.
Ana: O, yeah, you can count on that.

Excuse me.
Not to shit on anyone's riff but let me see if I grasp this concept.
You're saying we take the parking shuttles, reinforce them with aluminum siding
and then head to the gun store where our friend Andy plays some cowboy-movie,
jump-on-the-wagon bullshit.
Then we drive across a ruined city through thousands of dead cannibals,
all so we can sail off into the sunset on this fucking asshole's boat? 
And head for some island which may not even exist?
I'm in.
~CJ


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RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE [2004]

My Name Is Alice 

And I Remember Everything 


 We thought we had survived the horror. But we were wrong.
~Alice

They're infected. I told you, shoot for the head.
I'm leaving town. I suggest you do the same.
~Jill Valentine

Suppression measures have failed. We can't contain it.
The infection is spreading faster than anyone could have anticipated.
~Major Cain

[Alice point her gun to Peyton, while Valentine's to Alice]
Valentine: Hold it! What do you think you're doing?
Alice: He's wounded. The infection's spreading.
Peyton: I'm fine.
Alice: You should take care of him now. It'll be more difficult later. You know that.
Valentine: No. If it comes to that, I'll take care of it myself.
Alice: As you wish.
It's nothing personal, but in an hour, maybe two, you'll be dead.
And moments later, you'll become one of them.
You'll endanger your friends, try to kill them, probably succeed.
I'm sorry, that's just the way it is.

Alice: There won't be any help.
According to Ashford, Umbrella know they can't contain the infection.
So at sunrise this morning, Raccoon City will be completely sanitized.
Terri: What do you mean by sanitized?
Alice: A precision tactical nuclear device.
Valentine: What yield?
Alice: 5 kilotons.
Terri: What does that mean?
Alice: It means that it'll destroy the infection and all evidence of it.

Valentine: You work for Umbrella?
Nicholai: Used to. Till they left us for dead in this place.
Now I consider myself freelance.

Valentine: You two know each other?
Alice, point to Angie: She's infected. She's infected on a massive level.
Valentine: How can you know that?
Angie, about Alice: Because she is too.

Olivera: So, what are you injecting me with?
Alice: The antivirus.
The T-Virus reanimates dead cells. Basically, bringing the dead to life.
Or in a living human, it can cause uncontrollable mutation.
Or it can help her walk again, if the virus is kept in check with this.
Olivera: Angie's infected?
Alice: Yes. The cellular growth is enough to regenerate her, but not enough to cause further mutation.
Olivera: And they infected you with the T-Virus as well?
Alice: Yeah. But don't worry, I'm not contagious.

Cain: Don't you understand how important you are to me?
That creature is one thing, but you...
Somehow you bonded with the T-Virus on a cellular level.
You adapted it, changed it. You became... magnificent.
Alice: I became a freak.
Cain: No, you're not mutation, you're evolution.
With my help, just imagine what you can achieve.

My name is Alice.
And I remember everything.
~Alice


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RESIDENT EVIL [2002]

Survive the Horror

At the beginning of the 21st century
The Umbrella corporation had become the largest commercial entity in the United States.
9 out of every 10 homes contain its products.
 Its political and financial influence is felt everywhere.
In public, it is the world's leading supplier of:
computer technology, medical products, and healthcare.
Unknown even to its own employees, its massive profits are generated by:
military technology, genetic experimentation, and viral weaponry.
~Narrator

Alice: I want to know who you people are and I want to know what's going on here.
[One ignores her] Now!
One: You and I have the same employer.
We all work for The Umbrella Corporation.
The mansion above us is an emergency entrance to The Hive.
You are security operatives placed there to protect that entrance.
Alice, show him her wedding ring: What about this?
One: Your marriage is a fake.
Just part of your cover to protect the secrecy of The Hive.
Spence: And what is The Hive?
One, to Kaplan: Show them.
Kaplan: Accesing schematic of The Hive.
One: Racoon City, nearest urban center.
The mansion where we found you, and through which we gained acces to the train,
which, in turn, brought us to The Hive.
The Hive itself is located underground deep beneath the streets of Racoon City.
A top-secret research facility owned and operated by The Umbrella Corporation,
The Hive houses over 500 technicians, scientists and support staff.
They live and work underground.
Their research is of the highest importance.
Its nature is classified.
Our position on the map is indicated by heat signature.

Spence: Why can't I remember anything?
One: The Hive has its own defense mechanisms, all computer-controlled.
A nerve gas was released into the house.
Primary effect of the gas, complete unconsciousness lasting anything up to 4 hours.
Secondary effects are varied, but can include acute memory loss.
Spence: For how long?
One: Subjective.
An hour, day, week...
Matt: So you're saying this place was attacked?
One: I'm afraid things are a little more complicated than that.

Alice: Who's the Red Queen?
One: State-of-the-art artificial intelligence.
She is the computer that controls The Hive.

Spence: What happened here?
One: 5 hours ago, Red Queen went homicidal, 
sealed The Hive and killed everyone down here.
When we realized what was happening, my team was dispatched to shut her down.
Alice: Why did she do it?
One: That we don't know.
But outside interference is a possibility.

Red Queen: Get out! Get out! You can't be in here.
Kaplan: Don't listen to anything she says.
She's a holographic representation of the Red Queen.
Red Queen: You have to get out.
Kaplan: Modeled after the head programmer's daughter.
She'll try to deceive us, confuse us.
Red Queen: I wouldn't advise this.
Disabling me will result in loss of primary power.
Kaplan: She'll say anything to stop us from shutting her down.
Red Queen: I implore you.
Kaplan: Implore away.
Red Queen: Please? Please...
You're all going to die down here.

Kaplan: What was all the shooting?
Rain: We found a survivor.
Kaplan: And you shot him?
Rain: She was crazed. She bit me!

[found some spills of blood on the floor]
Matt: Looks like it's coagulated.
Alice: Yeah.
Matt: It's not possible.
J.D: Why not?
Matt: Because blood doesn't do that till after you're dead.

Kaplan: Where are the bodies? Where did they go?
Rain: Whatever they are, there's too many of them out there.
Kaplan: Whatever they are?
It's pretty obvious what they are.
Lab coats, badges... Those people used to work here!
Rain: All the people working here are dead.
Spence: Well, that isn't stopping them from walking around.
Kaplan: Where did they come from?
Why didn't we see them on the way in?
Rain: When you cut the power, you unlocked the doors.
You let them out!
Kaplan: We're never gonna make it to the surface.

Matt: Corporations like Umbrella think they're above the law.
But they're not.
There are hundreds of thousands of us who think the same, all over the world.
Some of us provide information, others give their support.
Some take more direct action.
Alice: Like you.
Matt: If your friends had been a little more thorough, 
they would've seen right through my false ID.
Then all the red flags would've gone off... Quantico, NSA, VICAP, all the rest.
There's no way I could've infiltrated The Hive.
Alice: So you sent your sister.
Matt: We needed something concrete.
Anything to expose Umbrella to the press.
Proof of the research that was going on down here.
Alice: What kind of research?
Matt: The illegal kind.
Genetic.
Viral.
My sister was going to smuggle out a sample of the virus they were developing.
Alice: So how was she going to make it out of here?
Matt: She had a contact within The Hive, someone I never met.
They had access to security codes, surveillance, everything she needed.
Alice: So why didn't she make it?
Matt: Maybe she trusted the wrong person.
Maybe they set her up.
Kept the virus for themselves.
Do you have any idea how much the T-Virus would be worth on the open market?
Alice: What, worth all this?
Matt: Yeah.
To someone.

Kaplan: Where are you taking those?
Alice: I'm turning her back on.
Kaplan: That is not a good idea.
Alice: She'll know a way out of here.
Rain: That homicidal bitch killed my team.
Alice: That homicidal bitch may be our only way out of here.

Rain: Tell us what's going on down here.
Red Queen: Research and development.
Matt: What about the T-Virus?
Red Queen: The T-Virus was a major medical breakthrough,
although it clearly also possessed highly profitable military applications.
Kaplan: How does it explain those things out there?
Red Queen: Even in death, the human body still remains active.
Hair and fingernails continue to grow.
New cells are produced 
and the brain itself holds a small electrical charge that takes months to dissipate.
The T-Virus provides a massive jolt both to cellular growth 
and to those trace electrical impulses.
Put quite simply it reanimates the body.
Rain: It brings the dead back to life?
Red Queen: Not fully.
The subjects have the simplest of motor functions.
Perhaps a little memory.
Virtually no intelligence.
They are driven by the basest of impulses, the most basic of needs.
Kaplan: Which is?
Red Queen: The need to feed.

Rain: How do you kill them?
Red Queen: Severing the top of the spinal column or massive trauma to the brain 
are the most effective methods.
Rain: You mean shoot them in the head.

Matt: Why did you kill everybody down here?
Red Queen: The T-Virus escaped into the air conditioning system 
and an uncontrolled pattern of infection began.
The virus is protean, changing from liquid to airborne to blood transmission 
depending on its environment.
It's almost impossible to kill.
I couldn't allow it to escape from The Hive, so I took steps.

Red Queen: Those who become infected, I can't allow you to leave.
Spence: Whoa, we're not infected.
Red Queen: Just one bite, one scratch from these creatures is sufficient.
And then, you become one of them.

Spence: We work for the same company.
You knew what they did.
Alice: I was trying to stop them.
Spence: You really believe that people like him will ever change anything?
No. Nothing ever changes.

One of the Hive's early experiments
produced by injecting the T-Virus directly into living tissue.
The results were unstable.
Now that it has fed on fresh DNA, it will mutate, becoming a stronger, faster hunter.
~Red Queen

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