28 Days Later (2002) movie poster

28 Days Later (2002)

"The days are numbered."
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👍 85%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 80%
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Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
R
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.2/10 (8,303 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
73

Cast

Cillian Murphy as Jim · 71% avg
Naomie Harris as Selena · 72% avg
Brendan Gleeson as Frank · 73% avg
Megan Burns as Hannah
Christopher Eccleston as Major Henry West · 75% avg
Noah Huntley as Mark
Luke Mably as Private Clifton
Stuart McQuarrie as Seargent Farrell

Is 28 Days Later good?

Yes. 85% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 80%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#169 / 1168 · Horror
Rank in its year
#33 / 149 · 2002
Rank among its director's films
#3 / 12 · Danny Boyle
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Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle. Cillian Murphy stars as Jim, a bicycle courier who wakes from a coma in a deserted London hospital to discover that a virus called "Rage," released from a primate research facility, has devastated Britain, transforming the infected into mindlessly violent attackers. Jim encounters other survivors including Selena, played by Naomie Harris, and they journey toward a military outpost broadcasting a promise of safety and a cure — a promise that proves more complicated and dangerous than the infection itself. 28 Days Later revolutionized the zombie genre by introducing fast-moving infected rather than the shambling undead of George Romero's tradition, creating a new form of horror that was immediately more terrifying because the threat could sprint, climb, and overwhelm.

Danny Boyle shot the film on digital video, a creative choice driven by budget constraints that gave the film a raw, documentary-like urgency — the grainy, desaturated footage of an empty London, filmed during brief early-morning windows, created some of the most haunting post-apocalyptic imagery in cinema. The film earned $82 million worldwide on a $8 million budget and directly influenced the revitalization of zombie media across film, television, and video games.

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In 28 Days Later... (2002) Frank puts out containers to collect rainwater. I don't think he's going to get very far with a laundry hamper.
Top comment: "I actually know the reasoning for this! The director asked for 100 buckets on set but they realized..."
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