Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later' (2002) (TV)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Toby James

Release Date:

4 November 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary | Short

Plot:

Documentary about the making of Danny Boyle's end-of-the-world style horror movie, 28 Days Later.

Plot Keywords:

Behind The Scenes | Interview | Film Making | Number In Title

Cast

Danny Boyle	...	Himself
Megan Burns	...	Herself
Henry Camilleri	...	Himself - Military Advisor
Marvin Campbell	...	Himself
Andy Coghlan	...	Himself - New Science Magazine
Brien Duerden	...	Himself - PHLS (as Professor Brian Duerden)
Christopher Eccleston	...	Himself
Brendan Gleeson	...	Himself
Naomie Harris	...	Herself
Lisa I'Anson	...	Narrator (voice)
Junior Laniyan	...	Himself
Andrew Macdonald	...	Himself
Cillian Murphy	...	Himself
Ray Panthaki	...	Himself
John Stanford	...	Himself - University College London (as Professor John Standford)

Runtime:

20 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Picture Production Company

Trivia:

This featurette is featured on the 28 Days Later... (2002) DVD, released in 2003.

Movie Connections:

References 28 Days Later... (2002)

Tries To Be Two Things At Once And Fails

I problem I have with this documentary is that it can`t decide to be about viruses or about the making of 28 DAYS LATER so it tries to be both and considering it lasts for 20 minutes it fails on both attempts . The making of 28 DAYS LATER segments are very predictable composed mainly of actors telling us how they got in shape for the part and what it`s like firing a gun , but the segments with the scientists talking about the possible dangers to humanity posed by viruses is very disappointing . It`s patently obvious that none of the scientists interviewed have any knowledge of the film otherwise they`d have mentioned the ridiculously short incubation period of rage . And I also got the feeling the interviews were severly edited in order to sensationalise them . Yes a superbug is very dangerous and some of them are resistant to antibiotics but this is because doctors have been overprescribing antibiotics for years something not mentioned here . Similarly the devastation caused by the foot and mouth outbreak in Britain last year is mentioned but it wasn`t mentioned that the mountains of animal carcasses was caused by laws that require a completely healthy herd of cattle to be slaughtered if only one of them was infected . It wasn`t the foot and mouth virus that devastated British agriculture last year ( How could it when most of the slaughtered livestock weren`t infected ? ) but laws drawn up to stop the disease spreading . Not only is foot and mouth harmless to all humans but it`s also non fatal to most farmyard livestock - it just makes them sick and loose a lot of weight . So " A virus similar to foot and mouth disease sweeping through the human race " doesn`t scare me very much