5/6/2023 0 Comments 28 weeks later don infected![]() ![]() ![]() Directed by Danny Boyle and scripted by novelist Alex Garland, this is a terrific SF/horror hybrid, evoking American and Italian zombie movies but also the very British end-of-the-world tradition of John Wyndham ( Day of the Triffids ) and Survivors. However, even if they survive the plague, the future of humanity is still in doubt. Our bewildered hero has to adjust to the loss of his family and the entire world, but hooks up with several others-including a tough black woman (Naomie Harris) and a likable London cabbie (Brendan Gleeson)-on a perilous trip northwards, to seek refuge at army officer Christopher Eccleston's fortified retreat. , as the title has it, bicycle messenger Cillian Murphy wakes up from a post-traffic accident coma in a deserted London hospital, ventures out to find the city depopulated and the few remaining normal people doing everything to avoid the jittery, savage, zombie-like "infecteds" who attack on sight. uk ReviewĬontains 28 Days Later and the sequel 28 Weeks LaterĢ8 Days Later -Anti-vivisection activists make a very bad judgement call and release an experimental monkey infected with "rage". Unfortunately, one of the returning refugees is carrying the virus, and it won't be long before a pandemic spreads. In the sequel, '28 Weeks Later' (2007), directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, it's six months later and the US military have managed to restore order in the population. After 28 days there is only a handful of non-infected survivors, but the virus is not the only thing they have to contend with. The virus is so deadly that within seconds the infected person is taken over by a murderous rage, permanently. Danny Boyle directs '28 Days Later' (2002), a look at what could happen after a viral attack. Double bill of futuristic nightmare scenarios.
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