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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Alex Garland (written by)
Release Date:
27 June 2003 (USA) more
Tagline:
His fear began when he woke up alone. His terror began when he realised he wasn't. more
Plot:
Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
7 wins & 21 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(18 articles)
Judge Dredd Returns
(From WENN. 22 December 2008, 7:57 AM, PST)
British Director Slams British Moviegoers
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 31 October 2008, 2:32 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
An Existential Drama,with Horror woven in more (1344 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Alex Palmer | ... | Activist | |
| Bindu De Stoppani | ... | Activist | |
| Jukka Hiltunen | ... | Activist | |
| David Schneider | ... | Scientist | |
| Cillian Murphy | ... | Jim | |
| Toby Sedgwick | ... | Infected Priest | |
| Naomie Harris | ... | Selena | |
| Noah Huntley | ... | Mark | |
| Christopher Dunne | ... | Jim's Father | |
| Emma Hitching | ... | Jim's Mother | |
| Alexander Delamere | ... | Mr. Bridges | |
| Kim McGarrity | ... | Mr. Bridges' Daughter | |
| Brendan Gleeson | ... | Frank | |
| Megan Burns | ... | Hannah | |
| Justin Hackney | ... | Infected Kid |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
28 Days Later (UK) (closing credits title)
29 Days Later (USA) (longer version)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and gore, language and nudity.
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Runtime:
113 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Malaysia:18SG | France:-16 | India:A | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Canada:16+ (Québec) | Canada:18A | Chile:14 | Finland:K-18 | Germany:18 (nf) | Hong Kong:IIB (cut) | Hong Kong:III | Iceland:16 | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 | Japan:PG-12 | Mexico:C | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 | Peru:14 | Philippines:R-18 | Poland:18 | Portugal:M/18 | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (edited for re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #38512)
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If you did actually travel 27 miles North East of Manchester as stated in the movie, you would end up in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the soldiers are marching Jim and Sergeant Farrell off to shoot them, they are standing by piles of dead people. A few of the dead victim's chest can be seen rising and falling. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Chris Rock: Never Scared (2004) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera Sera) more
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Is this a zombie film?What sub-genre can this movie be classified into?
Why don't they just head for the Channel Tunnel?
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The 2003 State-side release of Danny Boyle's "28 Days Later" was advertised as being a shockful scare-fest of a movie. I didn't get around to seeing it until a few days ago and I gotta feel like that was somewhat of an embellishment on the promoters' part.
When environmental terrorists attack a lab that contains diseased chimps who are infected with a "Rage" virus, they unwittingly let loose a plague that lays waste to England and(perhaps)the rest of society. The 28 Days later of the title cuts to a mostly abandoned London where a coma-tized bicycle courier named Jim(Cillian Murphy,effective) wakes from his stasis to find himself alone in a hospital. As he searches London for signs of life,he is rescued from raging zombies by a couple of survivalists(one of them,the lovely Naomie Harris)who he follows from place to place to keep alive. From there,he also meets a man and his daughter(Brendan Gleeson,terrific,and Megan Burns,good)and they try to find a refuge out of London-town. A recorded message of a "paradise" where "salvation" can be found is tracked by Frank(the man) on his shortwave radio.
This film feels more like a meditation on what happens to people when they are reduced to their lowest elements. A friend of mine told me that this movie's running zombies was what inspired the zombies in the remake of "Dawn of the Dead",but where "Dawn of..." was pretty much a full-throttle action/horror hybrid from about start to finish,this film plays more like a "What if..." movie,with less emphasis on the creatures themselves and more on the (lucky?) survivors. There are also disturbing lessons on the nature OF survival,too.
An very interesting and disturbing flick that probably sold itself wrong.