28 Days Later went on to become a big hit, spawning its own also-similarly-named sequel 28 Weeks Later. Two years is within a tight, but still reasonable time frame to produce a sequel, so some people did wonder if 28 Days Later was a sequel - until the trailers came out. The zombie film 28 Days Later came out in 2002. Title Confusion: This movie, called 28 Days came out in 2000.Journalist", but we never see any proof of that, and it doesn't really come up. Take Our Word for It: The back of the DVD case and blurbs say that Gwen is "a successful N.Y.Prison Rape: Jasper reassures Gwen that rehab is a preferable alternative to prison."Would you please just BACK THE FUCK OFF?!" Rogers" and went with the more perfunctory scene in which Bullock's character defends herself in a group circle. Precision F-Strike: The writers had to deliberate over the best place for Sandra Bullock to use the F word, it being a PG-13 movie.Older Than They Look: Gwen asks if Andrea is 12.No More for Me: Gwen arrives at this at the bar with Jasper.I Need a Freaking Drink: Gwen deals with this the first few days.Nailed to the Wagon: Its sort of the whole point of a rehab clinic.Flash Back: To the wedding and to childhood.Fanservice Extra: The first girl Oliver is seen with in an elevator isn't wearing pants.As the rehab group comes home from their trust course, they sing a drinking song on the bus. Drunken Montage: Opening credits again.Dramatically Missing the Point: When young Gwen is told that her alcoholic mother has died.Covered in Gunge: Gwen is covered in icing after the cake incident.Lampshaded when Cornell tells Gwen that the lawn jockey she ran over could have been a four-year-old. Conveniently Empty Building: Evidently no one was hurt when Gwen crashed into the house, or we would have heard about it.Crowd Song: They sing to people when they leave.Also Andrea mentioning off-handedly that Falcon really is leaving Santa Cruz sets up The Stinger (see below).Daniel is back before Gwen's 28 days are up. Chekhov's Gag: When Daniel leaves, Oliver idly mentions there's a 3 in 10 chance they'll see him again.Carrying a Cake: Gwen falls into it as it is carried.Car Meets House: Gwen did a lot of crazy things that day, this was just the last on the list.Binge Montage: During the opening credits.Lily managed to avoid the chemical dependency, but Gwen didn't. their mother was a raging alcoholic and probably died because of it. Big Screwed-Up Family: Gwen and Lily's father left them when they were young.Andrea dies of an overdose before even leaving the clinic. Gwen and her friends put on a play and give her some kind words. All for Nothing: Andrea is set to go home.Actually, I Am Him: Gwen initially thinks her counselor is another patient.PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace. All new trope pages will be made with the "Trope Workshop" found on the "Troper Tools" menu and worked on until they have at least three examples.Pages that don't do this will be subject to deletion, with or without explanation. All new pages should use the preloadable templates feature on the edit page to add the appropriate basic page markup. All images MUST now have proper attribution, those who neglect to assign at least the "fair use" licensing to an image may have it deleted.Failure to do so may result in deletion of contributions and blocks of users who refuse to learn to do so.
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