

As he leaves the hospital, he discovers London is completely deserted and rife with signs of catastrophe. It immediately attacks and infects the activists and scientist.Ģ8 days later, a bicycle courier named Jim ( Cillian Murphy) awakens from a coma naked in a deserted hospital. The local scientist warns the activists that the chimps are infected with what he calls a "rage virus," but the activists disregard him and set one chimp free.

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Late one night, British animal rights activists break into the Cambridge Primate Research Facility to free chimpanzees being used for medical research. The film spawned the 2007 sequel, " 28 Weeks Later", as well as the graphic novel "". Set in Great Britain, just after the turn of the 21st century, the story depicts the breakdown of society following the accidental release of a highly contagious virus and focuses upon the struggle of four survivors to cope with the ruination of the life they once knew.Ī critical and commercial success, the film is widely recognised for images of a deserted London, and was shot almost entirely on digital video. With a screenplay written by Alex Garland, the film stars Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Noah Huntley, Brendan Gleeson and Christopher Eccleston. "28 Days Later" is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle.
