28 Days Later 2002

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 113 min

genre: horror

theme: post-apocalyptic

director: Danny Boyle

Score: 8 / 10

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 group of animal rights activists infiltrate a laboratory in Cambridge which houses highly aggressive chimpanzees. One activist frees a chimpanzee despite being warned by a scientist that it is infected with a highly contagious Rage Virus; it attacks her, and within seconds of exposure, she succumbs to the virus. She immediately attacks the others. Soon, the virus spreads rapidly across Great Britain, resulting in total societal collapse.

Awards

European Film Award for Best Cinematographer

Cast

More details

author	Alex Garland
award	European Film Award for Best Cinematographer
contentLocation	London
director	Danny Boyle
editor	Chris Gill
events	Doomsday epidemic global catastrophic risk social disruption
genre	horror science fiction
keywords	animal rights attempt to escape balfron tower bicycle courier break in cab driver cambridge chain coma contrail cumbria dead body deptford great britain hackney carriage hawker hunter infect kill kiss manchester mass evacuation on the road radio broadcast rescue sanctuary sexual slavery societal collapse spell their way traffic accident virus wound young daughter
musicBy	John Murphy
nomination	European Film Award for Best Cinematographer European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director
producer	Andrew Macdonald Jon Burton
productionCompany	DNA Films UK Film Council
publisher	Fox Searchlight Pictures Twentieth Century House
recordedAt	Canary Wharf Ennerdale Water Lake District London Parvis des droits de l'homme Piccadilly Circus Pinewood Studios South Quay DLR station Stuttgart Trafalgar Park Trafalgar Square Waverley Abbey Westminster Bridge
theme	camcorder dystopian independent post-apocalyptic road movie science fiction horror zombie