10. Jim 28 Days Later
Before the Rage virus took over Britain, Jim was a bike courier with the Royal Mail. Now, nothing against the Royal Mails bike couriers (who Im sure are lovely people), but if the apocalypse happened they definitely wouldnt be the first people Id seek out for protection. You know who would be? Soldiers. Theyre well trained and good with firearms exactly what you want in an apocalypse. And so it proves throughout most of 28 Days Later. For a good three-quarters of the films runtime, Jims pretty useless, looking kind of shocked at the horror and carnage going on around him while Brendan Gleeson does most of the heroic heavy lifting for the group. But then Gleeson dies, and after discovery by some soldiers, the groups women are threatened with some pretty terrible living arrangements and Jim is taken off to the woods to be shot. But then, this meek, mild-mannered man just
utterly snaps, a fact you can tell from the fact hes no longer wearing a shirt. While before it looks as if he couldnt cut butter, shirtless Jim makes his way through a house of trained servicemen, shooting, deceiving and even blinding (!) one in a particularly shocking scene. Your sense of shock is only tempered by the pain of your jaw hitting the floor. One of her Majestys finest just tore apart a makeshift barracks, completely wrecking everything the much-better equipped soldiers had attempted to build. Jims had no military training, but inspired to save the women of his group he tears through that building with almost frightening ease, leaving what were formidable grunts brutalised in his wake. The fact he also lets some zombies in the house too just proves how frighteningly formidable Jim's become since his trip to the woods. If theres one thing we learn here, its do not annoy the postman, and dont threaten anyone or anything in his protection. If you do, he just might blind you. Hows that for first class service?