28 Days Later

Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Cillian Murphy	Jim
Naomie Harris	Selena
Alex Palmer	Activist
Bindu De Stoppani	Activist
Jukka Hiltunen	Activist
David Schneider	Scientist
Toby Sedgwick	Infected Priest
Noah Huntley	Mark
Christopher Dunne	Jim's Father
Emma Hitching	Jim's Mother
Megan Burns
Christopher Eccleston
Brendan Gleeson

Director	Danny Boyle
Producer	Andrew Macdonald
Writer	Alex Garland

The director/producer team that created Trainspotting turn their dynamic cinematic imaginations to the classic science fiction scenario of the last people on Earth. Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up from a coma to find London deserted--until he runs into a mob of crazed plague victims. He gradually finds other still-human survivors (including Naomie Harris), with whom he heads off across the abandoned countryside to find the source of a radio broadcast that promises salvation. 28 Days Later is basically an updated version of The Omega Man and other post-apocalyptic visions; but while the movie may lack originality, it makes up for it in vivid details and creepy paranoid atmosphere. 28 Days Later's portrait of how people behave in extreme circumstances--written by novelist Alex Garland (The Beach)--will haunt you afterward. Also featuring Brendan Gleeson (The General, Gangs of New York) and Christopher Eccleston (Shallow Grave, The Others). --Bret Fetzer