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Plot

Animal rights activists free a group of infected chimpanzees to horrifying results in this speculative sci-fi horror effort from Trainspotting director Danny Boyle. Waking from a coma in a deserted London hospital 28 days later, bicycle courier Jim (Cillian Murphy) takes to the deserted city streets in a state of mystified confusion. Joining forces with another group of survivors following a terrifying encounter in a seemingly abandoned church, Jim soon learns the truth behind the deserted streets and the menacing creatures that lurk in the shadows. It's soon revealed that the chimpanzees had been harboring a deadly virus that sends its victims into a furious, murderous rage, and in the days following the initial exposure, the entire population was nearly wiped out due to the resulting homicidal rampage. Is there still a glimmer of hope for humanity -- or has the deadly "rage" virus found its way to foreign shores and infected the entire planet?
MPAA Rating:
R for strong violence and gore, language and nudity.
Genre(s):
Horror
Run Time:
99min.
Theatrical Release Date:
06/27/2003
DVD Release Date:
10/21/2003
Distributor(s):
Fox
Director(s):
Themes:
Zombies,Experiments Gone Awry,Plagues and Epidemics,Post-Apocalypse
Tone:
Somber,Creepy,Ominous,Visceral,Disturbing,Tense
Keywords:
Apocalypse,epidemic,infection,killer-virus,last-man,on-the-run,outbreak,plague,quarantine,virus,zombie
Country of Origin:
UK (11-01-2002),USA (06-27-2003)
Language:
English