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28 Days Later

Rated R for strong violence and gore, language and nudity.

R In Theaters 06/27/2003 , 99min.
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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
  • Genre(s): Horror
  • Run Time: 99min.
  • Theatrical Release Date: 06/27/2003
  • DVD Release Date: 10/21/2003
  • Distributor(s): Fox
  • Director(s): Danny Boyle
  • Starring: Cillian Murphy , Naomie Harris , Brendan Gleeson , Megan Burns
  • 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