Set in an evacuated London decimated by a virus, the film – shot with nerve-frying effectiveness on digital video – creeps you out big-time.
Twenty-eight days after the virus hits, Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up in a deserted hospital and wonders where everyone has gone.
On the street, he is chased by zombies but rescued by Selena (a powerhouse Naomie Harris). a survivor who gives him the lowdown on the living dead: One of them bites you or even drools on you, and in twenty seconds you’re a raging beast.
Along with cabbie Frank (the always terrific Brendan Gleeson) and his teenage daughter, Hannah (Megan Burns), the two young strangers leave London in Frank’s cab, facing major questions, such as Selena’s to Jim: “Do you want us to find a cure and save the world, or just fall in love and fuck?”
The movie loses steam at the end when our group takes refuge at a fortress manned by sex-starved soldiers led by a kinky major (Christopher Eccleston).
Until then, director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland plumb the violence of the mind with slashing wit and shocking gravity.
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Cillian Murphy Selena
Naomie Harris Mark
Noah Huntley Frank
Brendan Gleeson Hannah
Megan Burns Jim’s Father
Christopher Dunne Jim’s Mother
Emma Hitching Mr Bridges
Alexander Delamere Mr Bridges’ Daughter
Kim McGarrity Major Henry West
Christopher Eccleston Sergeant Farrell
Stuart McQuarrie Corporal Mitchell
Ricci Harnett Private Clifton
Luke Mably Private Jones
Leo Bill Private Bell
Junior Laniyan Private Bedford
Ray Panthaki Private Davis
Sanjay Rambaruth Private Mailer
Marvin Campbell
Director
Danny Boyle
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