28 Days Later
28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. It stars Cillian Murphy as a bicycle courier who awakens from a coma to discover the accidental release of a highly contagious, aggression-inducing virus has caused the breakdown of society. Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Megan Burns, and Brendan Gleeson appear in supporting roles.
Plot
A highly contagious, aggression-inducing virus called the "rage virus" is unleashed in Great Britain after an infected chimpanzee is freed from its cage in a laboratory in Cambridge by a group of eco-terrorists. Within seconds of exposure after freeing the enraged chimp, one of the terrorists succumbs to the virus and immediately infects another. Over the following hours and days, it spreads rapidly and becomes an epidemic, resulting in total societal collapse.
Awards
Cast
- Alex Palmer
- Bindu De Stoppani
- Brendan Gleeson
- Christopher Dunne
- Christopher Eccleston
- Cillian Murphy
- David Schneider
- Emma Hitching
- Jukka Hiltunen
- Leo Bill
- Luke Mably
- Megan Burns
- Naomie Harris
- Noah Huntley
- Paul Kasey
- Ray Panthaki
- Ricci Harnett
- Sebastian Knapp
- Stuart McQuarrie
- Toby Sedgwick
- Tristan Matthiae