Twenty-eight weeks after the spread of a deadly rage virus, the inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught, as the virus has killed everyone there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the Isles, convinced the danger has passed. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.
Direction
Fresnadillo's panic-attack camerawork makes you feel infected.
Acting
Robert Carlyle's eyes hold approximately twelve kinds of guilt.
Score
John Murphy's 'In the House, In a Heartbeat' will haunt your nervous system.
Director
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Robert Carlyle
Donald Harris
Rose Byrne
Scarlet
Jeremy Renner
Sergeant Doyle
Harold Perrineau
Flynn
Catherine McCormack
Alice
Mackintosh Muggleton
Andy Harris
Imogen Poots
Tammy Harris
Idris Elba
General Stone
Amanda Walker
Sally
Shahid Ahmed
Jacob
Garfield Morgan
Geoff
Emily Beecham
Karen
Jordan El-Balawi
Boy in Cottage
Stewart Alexander
Military Officer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Danny Boyle directed the opening farmhouse sequence as a favor to Fresnadillo, and you can absolutely tell—it's the most visceral ten minutes in the entire franchise.
The film's 2007 release deliberately echoes Iraq War occupation anxieties, with American 'reconstruction' forces immediately creating catastrophic blowback—a zombie movie as anti-imperialism critique.
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