Animal activists invade a laboratory with the intention of releasing chimpanzees that are undergoing experimentation, infected by a virus -a virus that causes rage. The naive activists ignore the pleas of a scientist to keep the cages locked, with disastrous results. Twenty-eight days later, our protagonist, Jim, wakes up from a coma, alone, in an abandoned hospital. He begins to seek out anyone else to find London is deserted, apparently without a living soul. After finding a church, which had become inhabited by zombie like humans intent on his demise, he runs for his life. Selena and Mark rescue him from the horde and bring him up to date on the mass carnage and horror as all of London tore itself apart. This is a tale of survival and ultimately, heroics, with nice subtext about mankind's savage nature.
Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The flashback scenes of Jim's parents were shot on Super 8mm film.
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Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
When the Private Bell tells Jim that he is out of ammo as he runs out the window, he says that he is out of bullets, but soldiers are trained to call it by its proper name which is ammunition or simply ammo.
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Other than the Fox Searchlight logo, there are no opening credits whatsoever. The title of the movie, 28 Days Later, only appears as a descriptive subtitle.
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"In Paradisium for Requiem"
Composed by Gabriel Fauré / Jean Michel Nectoux Used by kind permission of Editions Alphonse Leduc, Paris and United Music Publishers, Ltd. London Performed by Dr. Richard Marlow and The Choir of The Trinity College with the London Musici Licensed courtesy of BMG U.K. & Ireland Ltd.
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