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.
Cinematography
Empty London streets shot on consumer digital cameras.
Direction
Boyle's grainy, urgent handheld chaos.
Acting
Cillian Murphy's eyes carry the whole first act.
Director
Danny Boyle
Cillian Murphy
Jim
Naomie Harris
Selena
Brendan Gleeson
Frank
Megan Burns
Hannah
Christopher Eccleston
Major Henry West
Noah Huntley
Mark
Luke Mably
Private Clifton
Stuart McQuarrie
Seargent Farrell
Ricci Harnett
Corporal Mitchell
Leo Bill
Private Jones
Junior Laniyan
Private Bell
Ray Panthaki
Private Bedford
Marvin Campbell
Private Mailer
Christopher Dunne
Jim's Father
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Boyle shot the deserted London scenes at 4am with a skeleton crew, sometimes having only 20 minutes before traffic resumed. Cillian Murphy genuinely wandered empty Westminster Bridge.
This film single-handedly revived the zombie genre—before it, undead shuffled. After? EVERYONE runs. 28 Days Later invented the modern fast zombie, and we're still dealing with the consequences.
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Man, can’t wait for this movie to come out 23 years ago.
@jackdog06 29057
That's the cleanest London's looked in years
@Typhoon_Lex 8085
I didn’t realise this hasn’t been available streaming and that there is practically 2 whole generations that haven’t seen it, you’re in for a treat!. It’s hard to express how fresh and groundbreaking this was when it came out, the introduction of fast zombies was insane!.
@housechores504 2752
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