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March 8th, 2009 
Bub 28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle. With a screenplay written by Alex Garland, the film stars Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Noah Huntley, Brendan Gleeson and Christopher Eccleston. 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.
A critical and commercial success, the film is widely recognised for images of a deserted London, and was shot almost entirely on digital video. The film spawned the 2007 sequel, 28 Weeks Later, as well as the graphic novel 28 Days Later: The Aftermath.
Style and inspiration
On the DVD commentary, Boyle and Garland frequently call it a post apocalyptic, horror and zombie film, commenting on scenes that were specific references to George A. Romero’s original Dead trilogy. However, during the initial marketing of the film Boyle did try to distance the film from such labels. Boyle identified John Wyndham‘s The Day of the Triffids as Garland’s original inspiration for the story. Danny Boyle says that the film is not a science fiction horror film but rather a drama in that environment
Cast
- Cillian Murphy - Jim
- Naomie Harris - Selena
- Brendan Gleeson - Frank
- Megan Burns - Hannah
- Christopher Eccleston - Major Henry West
- Noah Huntley - Mark
- Stuart McQuarrie - Sergeant Farrell
- Ricci Harnett - Corporal Mitchell
- Luke Mably - Private Clifton
- Leo Bill - Private Jones
- Junior Laniyan - Private Bell
- Ray Panthaki - Private Bedford
- Sanjay Rambaruth - Private Davis
- Marvin Campbell - Private Mailer
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NOT A ZOMBIE FILM THE INFECTED ARE SICKOS ZOMBIES CANT DIE FROM STARVATION BUT IT WAS A GOOD FLICK LOTS OF TERROR I OWN IT.
Well, the idea is still pretty much meant that the infected ARE the zombies.
Just because these zombies are different to other zombies (i.e. not freaking magic perpetual motion machines) doesn’t make them not zombies.
that’s nice british movie, i think you should take a look at another movie from brits – it’s called Dead Set, i didn’t find it on this site, but sure it should be described here. pretty awesome for a zombiefan, ya know
Thanks zombiefan for recommending. I’ll be sure to check it out.
pretty much any movie were people chase down people and infect/eat them is considered a zombie movie nowadays
It’s considered as one only by its viewers, but, possibly, the directors don’t.
they are infected with rage, and are not the undead,,
so i dont think they are zombies,,
but does it really matter,,
its just a diffrent way of telling the same story..the infection of mankind.
Best zombie movie ever.
28 Days Later is not a zombie movie! The Infected, as they are called, are still alive. They are infected with a virus that causes hemorrhaging, hematomas, increases adrenaline and hormone production and basically drives them insane, as the scientist at the beginning of the movie says: they are infected with rage. Would you call the infected in the Crazies (ironically written by George Romero, Grandfather of zombie movies) are zombies? Of course, they are not. The infected in 28 days later are alive. If you shoot them in the chest they go down, they can run meaning they probably are not dead, and they can starve to death. The undead, living dead and zombies cannot starve, as they do not actually need food. And when you shoot a zombie in the chest it really doesn’t stop it. On top of that, if anyone watches the commentary or interviews on the DVD, the writer explains the infected as still being human and still being alive. I know the fact that they run does not really prove they are not zombies because nowadays there are the mutant zombies that can run because whatever caused them to come back to life reanimated their cells (like the T-Virus or whatever mutates them in Left 4 Dead). However, I agree with George Romero, dead things cannot run. If they did, their ankles would snap, decay and rigor mortis prevent the reanimated from running.
@Agent G well im with you but even real zombies should have a small chance to kinda “run” or hobble or some crap, like newly turned humans, exept the old ones might excited or some crap try to run and have there legs crack open and break into peices as they run. lol. i dunno but slow zombies are much better in my opinion.
Agent G that is so TRUE! What more can I add,lol! I bow to you and salute you good sir!