28 Days Later (Danny Boyle - 2002)
Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle is a renowned film director in the specific zombie genre. He is also well known for directing movies such as Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire and 127 hours.
A group of misguided animal rights activists free a caged chimp infected with the "Rage" virus from a medical research lab. When London bike courier Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up from a coma a month after, he finds his city all but deserted. On the run from the zombie-like victims of the Rage, Jim stumbles upon a group of survivors, including Selena (Naomie Harris) and cab driver Frank (Brendan Gleeson), and joins them on a perilous journey to what he hopes will be safety.
Budget + Box office
The budget of this movie was £5m
The box office was $82.7m
Stars
Cillian Murphy
Naomie Harris
Stars
Cillian Murphy
Naomie Harris
Genre
Drama, Horror, Sci-fi
Ideas
Ideas
Decaying title 'presents' fades away
- Blood splatter on main title
- Blood splatter on main title
- We won't take the style of fast zombies as we would prefer to use the stereotypical style (more practical for filming)
- Security camera style
Idents
UK Film council
DNA films
Fox Searchlight Pictures
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