10 Insane Character Decisions That Totally Ruined Movies

3. Don Kisses His Obviously Infected Wife - 28 Weeks Later

The sequel to Danny Boyle's cult classic horror flick peaks in its very opening scene, as Don (Robert Carlyle), his wife Alice (Catherine McCormack) and a few fellow survivors find their idyllic cottage getaway attacked by a horde of rabid people infected with the Rage virus.

Don makes the impossible decision to escape without his wife after he sees her being overcome by the infected, but it later turns out that Alice in fact survived, and is an asymptomatic carrier of the virus.

Don, overcome with shock at Alice's survival, enters the room where she's being held and begs her forgiveness, which she grants him.

Don then passionately kisses her, transmitting the Rage virus to him, at which point he immediately turns violent and murders Alice by driving his thumbs into her eye sockets.

Now, while you can argue that Don didn't know about his wife being a Rage carrier and you can maybe cut him some slack because he assumed his wife was dead, you also don't need to be a scientist to appreciate that you might not want to slobber over your partner's lips when they've been missing for ages and aren't looking too healthy.

Even if you're unaware of the concept of asymptomatic infection, it's definitely sensible to err on the side of caution. A hug probably would've been fine, to be honest.