28 Days Later
2003
***½
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson
A young man wakes up in an empty hospital and soon discovers that the whole of Britain is infected by a virus that turns people into raging maniacs. Danny Boyle's horror film is visually striking and its first half is gripping as the protagonist walks through empty London In search of fellow survivors. In the disappointing second half the action moves to a country mansion run by a group of twisted soldiers who turn a sanctuary into a prison. The film asks some difficult questions about morality but its answers are not terribly original. Followed by 28 Weeks Later.
