28 Days Later
Directed By: Danny Boyle
Written By: Alex Garland
Produced By: Andrew Macdonald
Cast: Cillian Murphy (Inception, Batman Begins), Naomie Harris (Pirates Of The Caribbean), Brendan Gleeson (Harry Potter) Megan Burns and Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who)
Story: A group of Animal Liberation activists break into an animal testing lab. They let several chimpanzees escape despite a scientists warnings. They are carrying the "Rage" virus and infects the group. 28 days later, Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up from a coma in an empty hospital to find a deserted London. He is then discovered by two of the Infected, and is chased through the streets of London and is found by two survivors, Selena (Naomie Harris and Mark (Noah Huntley) They explain to him, that while he was in a coma, an outbreak of the virus "Rage" infected most of Britains population....
Danny Boyle is a pioneer of film making. With 28 days Later, he has completely re-invented what we know as the slow moving, human eating Zombie. The way in which Alex garland has written the script is utterly fantastic. At all times, I was completely on edge, wondering what horrors would next appear on my screen. It is a clear representation of the madness that would take place in Post-Apocalyptic Britain if anything like this should ever occur. Danny Boyle himself compared the film to 'The Day Of The Triffids' as Alex Garland's original inspiration for the film.
28 Days Later, is like a white knuckle ride. There are small sections of the film where you can relax and know that, for the moment, everything is relatively fine. Whereas there are other parts where you have no idea what to expect. Bloody Disgusting ranked the film seventh in their list of the 'Top 20 Horror Films of the Decade'. And it sure deserves its place at number seven. It's is most famous for its iconic scenes of a deserted London, during which, the atmosphere of these scenes is rather eerie and disturbing.The film is an intimate work of art and has even been described by The Los Angeles Times called it "a stylistic tour de force." This is probably the best Post Apocalyptic Film I have ever seen.
Written By Eammon Jacobs
