28 Weeks Later: Was he wrong?

I know the "28" movies aren't technically zombies, but I like to group them into the genre. I was just watching 28 Weeks Later and there was a situation that really made me think. Right at the beginning, the main character, Don, and his wife and other companions are shown surviving in a boarded up house when suddenly they are attacked and the infected break in. The scene that I'm wondering about is the scene in the bedroom when his wife is on one side trying to save a child and Don is on the other side (presumably in a bathroom because there is a door) and suddenly an infected comes in. It first goes after Don, but he closes the door quickly and it then goes after his wife and the kid. Don then runs out to escape, even though there was time to save his wife and the kid.

My question for all of you is: Was Don wrong or right to do that? The movie seems to make him look like a coward for not fighting to save his wife, but neither of them were armed so his fight would most likely end up in the death of him, his wife, and the child. Also, had he been able to kill the one infected and save his wife from that ONE, it would likely have caused them to miss the escape boat and they would have all died anyway. I do think it's a little bit cowardly the way he just fed his own wife to them, but it was human instinct to be scared and self preserve. What are you thoughts on this?

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Permalink Reply by Suigeneris on November 24, 2009 at 1:32pm
Are any of you guys married? I got 16 years under my belt and I'll I got to say is,"Keep up or get left behind." Getting attacked by a pack of dogs is one thing but, a mob of zeds? Fight or flight, you have one milisecond to make your decision. Remember when you picked up a board and there was an ant farm underneath? Did any of those ants puff out their chest and give you the middle finger or, did they run for their lives? My point.
Permalink Reply by Wags on November 24, 2009 at 2:13pm
After 16 years of marriage you would leave your spouse to die without thinking twice? Or am I completely misunderstanding you?
Permalink Reply by Hugh on November 24, 2009 at 2:25pm
Fireants don't run for their lives.
Permalink Reply by Dario on November 24, 2009 at 7:07pm
It doesn't even matter. Ants aren't like humans, they only run on instinct alone. That's why they run.

Humans have the capacity to reason and circumvent our primitive natural instincts. I absolutely agree with what you said - you make a sacred vow, it is still your duty to live up to it. Understanding his decision doesn't make it any more acceptable.
Permalink Reply by josh smith on November 25, 2009 at 10:30am
well first off i would have let that stupid ass kid die they all had an escape plan and he had tho jack it up, but as far as him leaving his wife he should have at least tried to do something.
Permalink Reply by Alaira on November 25, 2009 at 11:01am
I have been married thirteen years. I would do everything in my power to save the lives of my husband and children, or even another child. For me though, it wasn't so much the running away as the reaction when he found out that they had found his wife alive....
Permalink Reply by Dario on November 25, 2009 at 12:36pm
Yeah I know. He was more upset than thrilled at his wife being found alive.

I would have thought 'Oh God yes! May she forgive me! I'm so happy!'

But no, he thought 'Oh damn, I've been found out.'

Mofo.
Permalink Reply by Hugh on November 25, 2009 at 1:26pm
You said it.

That's why I think of him as a weasel

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