28 Days Later

2003 "His fear began when he woke up alone. His terror began when he realised he wasn't."
7.5| 1h53m| R| en
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Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.

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GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.
Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!
Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
nickboldrini Although the zombies don't eat brains, and are more accurately infected, this is a good presentation of the apocalypse in Britain. The key point being the lack of guns, making this a more visceral survival film, and when the guns are available, it involves Squaddies. The soldiers are believably shown, and overall the characters are good. The depiction of the apocalypse in Britain is well depicted. A good addition to the genre.
benjaminpeterrichards I watched this supposedly in HD recently after not seeing it for over a decade. My memories of it were immensely positive, I remember being gripped, engaged and happily going along with whatever the narrative offered.My most recent viewing however was not so straightforward. Being British I am acutely aware of the tropes of UK produced cinema and those cliches don't engage me now, or more to the point I am perhaps more aware of them. 28 Days Later seems prosaic and fettered by these production values and that spoiled my watching experience. On the positive side, there are still iconic moments, an amazing soundtrack and frenetic scenes to be enjoyed.
johnny-burgundy 28 Days Later (2002) This is an outbreak film that portrays the breakdown of society following the accidental release of a highly contagious virus and focuses upon the struggle of four survivors to cope with the destruction of the life they once experienced. This is a British film with a relatively unknown cast for those of us stateside. I'm fond of two of the actors, Cillian Murphy, and Brendan Gleeson. Murphy is the lead in Peaky Blinders on Netflix and Gleeson is the lead on the more recent Stephen King adaptation, Mr. Mercedes, on the Audience Network. This was well received by critics and audiences. It's a decent attempt to merge the fear of a horror movie and the drama of a thriller. Its style clearly influenced later projects of the genre.
destinylives52 Four people desperate to survive a virus that turns people into maniacal, rabid killers make a desperate escape out of London. With a taxicab full of food and plenty of hope, they gamble their lives on a place that offers food, weapons, and protection. But what lies in wait for them may be a bigger nightmare than the hundreds of thousands of the infected.My most memorable, movie moment of "28 Days Later" is the scene when Cillian Murphy (playing the lead role) is chased by the infected who were lying in a dormant state in a dark church. To me, this was the scariest part of the movie, and it shows early on the skills director Danny Boyle has in creating a horrifying and suspenseful atmosphere.As far as I know, "28 Days Later" is the first movie that has fast moving, non-zombie/infected/seriously angry people who can infect others within seconds, so it gets a special mention for that. Although technically not a zombie flick, I put this movie in the same category as zombie movies, and it is one of the top 10, best zombie movies ever made. Yes, it has some shenanigans such as: the taxicab able to ride over a heap of abandoned cars in a tunnel; and the bad guys unnecessarily moving someone miles away from their base to kill them, which leads to an escape (reminds me of those old, corny James Bond movies where Bond escapes because the bad guy wants to be too fancy with the way he wants to kill Bond). But everything else works very well, and it was all done on a low budget, which makes this movie more deserving of praise.Mannysmemorablemoviemoments