28 Days Later (2002)
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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.





