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28 Days Later
Release Date: June 27, 2003 (Sneak Preview: June 13 (28 markets))
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director: Danny Boyle
Screenwriter: Alex Garland
Starring: Noah Huntley, Megan Burns, Bindu De Stoppani, Christopher
Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson, Naomie Harris, Jukka Hiltunen, Luke Mably, Cillian
Murphy, Ray Panthaki
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence and gore, language and nudity)
Official Website: FoxSearchlight.com/28DaysLater
Plot Summary: A powerful virus is unleashed on the British public following
a raid on a primate research facility by animal rights activists. Transmitted in
a drop of blood and devastating within seconds, the virus locks those infected
into a permanent state of murderous rage. Within 28 days the country is
overwhelmed and a handful of survivors begin their attempts to salvage a future,
little realizing that the deadly virus is not the only thing that threatens
them...
A Film Review By John Barker
- Who said they don't make em like they used to?
The dueling genres of science fiction and horror have been explored recently
by British cinema with the promising but ultimately hollow Long Time Dead
and now 28 Days Later from director Danny Boyle whose past credits
include Trainspotting and The Beach. Along with the help of
novelist turned screenwriter Alex Garland they have crafted a revisionist
post-apocalyptic zombian saga. But the end project distances itself from the
so-called ‘schlock’ horror of the 70’s and 80’s.....more
Review by Peter Veugelaers © 2003
- Better than a cheese royale: buy one while its hot
It’s a variation on the theme of man’s inhumanity to man – which is why
the future looks without hope, told with a mixture of solemnity, irony and
occasional off-beat humour. This includes send-ups of symbols and vestiges of
capitalism – like soft drink vending machines - in a deserted and lonely
London. The post-apocalyptic setting of "28 Days Later" recurs
on those well-used themes on the self-destruction of humanity and in spite of
its dark tones survival is its main motif: the determination of the survivors of
a virus outbreak to continue living when it would be easier to shrivel up and
cease existing....more
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