28 DAYS LATER is a sci-fi horror movie directed by Danny Boyle (who interestingly directed a couple of episodes of TV's INSPECTOR MORSE early in his career!). The story follows Jim who, waking up from a coma, finds that a virus has turned the population of the UK into psychopaths - they come across very much like zombies and remind me of those in George A. Romero's zombie "…Of The Dead" series.
The story is very derivative, not just of zombie movies, but also of classic science fiction, such as John Wyndham's DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS. However this is a version updated for the 21st century (the film was originally released in 2002). The storylines is gripping, and if you can cope with some horror, scares, and some gore, then this is definitely a film worth seeking out.
In fact, the storyline is so gripping, that I completely forgot that I was watching Cillian Murphy playing the lead in this film. I realize that a lot of people rate him as a good actor, but his odd looks usually disturb me and stop me from enjoying the film that I am watching in a way which I don't feel I would get if I was watching a more, shall we say, photogenic actor. However, this is my problem, not his, nor the film's, and as I say, the storyline is so gripping as to take my mind off of that.
So there we go - definitely worth a watch. The cheapest I have found this DVD is at the online store Choices DVD, which has it for only £4.49, with free postage and packing. The sequel to this film was recently released in cinemas, called 28 WEEKS LATER.
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Production Year: 2002 - Horror - Director: Danny Boyle - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Cillian Murphy, Megan Burns, Noah Huntley, Christopher Eccleston, Marvin Campbell, Brendan Gleeson
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