Terrorism is quite a large theme in this film since it is suggested that the virus was started because of places like the Middle East. This idea makes this shot have a greater impact since a quarter of the screen is covered by an American flag. This is connoting the idea that America is the land of the free since we see this flag on the boat the characters escaping on. Ana is a stereotypically final girl (minus the blonde hair) since she is tough, both physically and mentally and we see very little emotion from her during the film. Michael also acts like a stereotypically male hero would, since he doesn’t draw attention to his injury so he doesn’t panic the others. He puts the safety of the others ahead of the importance of his own life when he refuses to get on the boat. The events on 9-11 took place only 3 years before this film was released so terrorism plays a big part in this film. The zombies connote terrorist which is also hinted at during the opening credits where images of what looks to be a mosque are shown, suggesting that the outbreak was the middle easts fault.
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