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28 Days Later... (2002) 7.6
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7.6/10 from 194,933 users
Metascore: 73/100
Reviews: 1,402 user | 266 critic | 39 from Metacritic.com Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary. Director:Danny BoyleWriter:Alex Garland |
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Jukka Hiltunen | ... | |
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Alexander Delamere | ... | |
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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
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Day 1: Exposure - Day 3: Infection - Day 8: Epidemic - Day 15: Evacuation - Day 20: Devastation See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong violence and gore, language and nudity | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKRelease Date:
27 June 2003 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
29 Days Later See more »Box Office
Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$35,769 (Hong Kong) (21 November 2003)Gross:
$164,846 (Hong Kong) (28 November 2003)Company Credits
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Performed by Godspeed You Black Emperor! (as Godspeed You Black Emperor)
Appears courtesy of Kranky, Ltd.
Written by Efrim Menuck, David Bryant, Roger Tellier-Craig, Thiery Amar, Mauro Pezzente, Aiden Girt,
Bruce Cawdon, Sophie Trudeau and Norsola Johnson
Published by Rough Trade Publishing
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Trivia
Christopher Eccleston and the other soldiers in the film did a three-day training program with real soldiers to help them learn how to carry themselves believably. See more »Goofs
When the camera pulls back to show Manchester aflame, a row of flashing lights is visible in the distance. It's the police keeping traffic back so that the road looks empty. About 2 seconds later, a car drives by in the distance. See more »Crazy Credits
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. See more »Soundtracks
"East Hastings"Performed by Godspeed You Black Emperor! (as Godspeed You Black Emperor)
Appears courtesy of Kranky, Ltd.
Written by Efrim Menuck, David Bryant, Roger Tellier-Craig, Thiery Amar, Mauro Pezzente, Aiden Girt,
Bruce Cawdon, Sophie Trudeau and Norsola Johnson
Published by Rough Trade Publishing
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This film is about a virus, 'Rage' virus that makes the infected person mad with extreme rage and hungry for blood. Within 28 days one outbreak in London caused entire Britain dead or evacuated leaving behind a blood-thirsty infected population and a handful of solitary normal persons. Civilization came to a halt, society got destroyed while those limited survivors fight for existence among frequent attack by the vicious victims.
Sounds familiar? Then what makes "28 Days Later..." a classic among a horde of zombie/biohazard movies? Simply a touch of art that Danny Boyle is able to bring what others could not. The others focus too much on extensive, special-effects-controlled, gory action sequences between infected and normals, with heavy background music. But here there's always a tinge of sadness, emptyness, helplessness. Consider that empty London scene with that background music. We found out there's much else to show than just electrifying action or gore to describe the picture of life in this condition that these movies talk about.
There are mistakes and loopholes in this movie. But that couldn't weaken the otherwise tight-gripping storyline. The greatest achievement of this movie is to make one viewer stay neutral throughout the film, without taking any side in the first place. Because the virus we talk about is simply used as a metaphor. 'Rage' is shown as a social disease. That makes it a 'serious' film, not a flick. Every person, even the harshest critic of zombie horror movies should watch this. 5 out of 5 stars.
Oh, did I mention Cillian Murphy was awesome?