Trainspotting did a mind job on me and I can only imagine what the makers would do in a zombie movie. I'll definitely check it out when it hits theaters in my area.

I caught this movie this past weekend. All things considered, this was a fantastic movie for its budget ($8 Million). It's kind of funny since there are movies that aren't half as good, yet cost 20 times more to produce.

It had some depth and interesting aspects. It's almost like part two to Resident Evil. Definitely not for the faint of heart though.

John

after going to this movie i couldn't stop thinking about it. Even though it does lack a bit of explanation in certain areas, the story isnt that original, but the camera work is supurb

i went into the movie with little expectations. i found it to be very disturbing, but also mind blowing. was nice to have to use my mind a little to understand. but i don't understand the ending. can some explain to me where and why the last sence was in the mountains with th ejet and the "hello"? my email is Heather.Cuthbertson@tdsb.on.ca

This is a question I received in e-mail about the movie and my response.

"it seems that they all had nice cloths and were groomed in the last scene. would that be possible for them to look like that? also they scene leading into that scene. i understood that they committed suicide by driving into the
fence. why did they drive into to fence, and show that pause of them being thrown in the car? where the infected frozen and they could not reach them in the mountains? what do you think?"

The crash into the gate was to escape the compound. The camera work, the pause, just to show the impact, jarring them. The movie at the end just kind of jumps quickly, not spending time on many details. It seems to jump forward, time having passed. They had gotten up into the mountains and settled in. Having clean clothes and being cleaned up would be no problem as all they would need would be water, and there must have been a lot of stuff laying around where ever people were just for the taking.

The mountains would seem safer just because there are far fewer people living there and so the chance of running into the infected would be rare. People would probably be scattered, miles apart. There may have been some who the infection hadn't reached also since they would be more isolated. And it would be possible that any infected may eventually starve to death faster up there with less food source. It seems unlikely they would catch many animals. And your right, the weather may eventually eliminate them. So the mountians would seem a safer place. Just my thoughts though.

I've seen this movie 3 times (I own it) and despite the fact i didnt find it scary, I found it remarkably entertaining, how they were able to introduce you to characters and then take them away in a heartbeat was quite interesting, though I like others was not too impressed by the happy ending. As roger ebert said, it wouldve been better had the plane turned around and gunned them all down.

sean-then you'll probably enjoy the darker ending they're introducing Friday the 25th. I look forward to seeing it myself.

Ive been wanting to see a good scary movie for the last couple of months. After seeing "Dream Catcher" and walking out 3/4 of the way through I figured I wouldnt see one ever again. I seen the previews for "28 Days" movie and liked the "spooky stuff". After watching the movie I actually felt satisfied with it. Meaning I felt that I actually got what I paid for. Just like most of you, I do wish they would have played both of the endings from the bagining.

This movie was absolutely disturbing! But at the same time I agree with others in getting what I paid for. It's freaking as hell because it actually could happen with everything thats going on in the world today! I can't wait to see the second ending!!!

I saw this opening weekend and I was honestly completely disturbed by it. Yes, there are some parts that weren't explained very well (do the infected eat people?) and some parts were predictable but I can honestly tell you I didn't sleep well that night nor can I drive through I tunnel without thinking about the movie.

I am a fan of Trainspotting and Shallow Grave and I think this is also a splendid, if not terrifying, film.

The movie did leave a lot of questions unanswered as pointed out above. Do the infected eat people? Why do they eat people? Why don't they eat each other? Do they have super-human strength? Why do they seem to become slighter dumber than non-infected, relying more on strength than intelligence?

These are questions one might ask when thinking too much about the wrong parts of the movie, however. In reality, the details of the infected are irrelevant, and one does not need to know the answers to any of these questions to feel like the movie "worked". It doesn't matter why the infected are the way they are, or the details of how they behave. It only matters that they are out there, and their presence completely changes social dynamics as we typically understand them.

I was amazed that this movie could take a fairly trite plot (done most recently in Resident Evil, before that in The Stand) and do something completely mesmerizing with it. Although in some ways the story line was completely cliche (an experiment goes awry, millions are killed, the few who survive are forced to take extreme measures), I really felt like I was seeing it all for the first time, and from a completely unique perspective. If you don't mind a little tension and suspense, and you don't need to be spoon-fed your entertainment, I highly recommend 28 Days Later.

Christian-I agree. The details don't matter because what you are supposed to be experiencing is from the survivors point of view, and the why's and what's of the infected are not their focus in the early days of survival; being safe and getting away from them is.

I saw the alternate "what if" ending. While it was darker and left you in a completely different frame of mind than the original, and was a less conclusive, more open ended ending; it wasn't quite as edgy and disturbing as I expected. Still it was fun to see, and watching this movie a second time, I still found it enjoyable and caught a few things I didn't the first time through. Half of the audience walked out unaware that there was something coming after the credits.

Is there some where on the internet that I can go to find out what the second ending is? I know that delayed gratification is all the rage today, and I plan to go see it again. I am just "infected" with curiosity.

I, like many others, completely loved this movie. I loved the way it was filmed, the camera angles, the artistic effects (i'm not a film student or anything, so i dont really know what they're called). There is one thing that I really loved and I cannot believe no one mentioned it - I loved the soundtrack to the movie. My favorite song is the one by AM 180 - the song that played while they were at the supermarket (and how come there were no infecteds there? Just a thought). When I walked into the theater, I was not expecting much. I thought the movie would be a rip off of resident evil (I am a die hard resident evil fan, though i like the games more than the movie). To me, 28 days later is what resident evil the movie was trying to be, but never really made it. I think this movie was scarier than the RING, which was kinda dumb if you think about it. Lemme know if anyone else agrees. Oh yeah, and having that hot guy from trainspotting play jim wasn't too hard on the eyes either. Since i've seen the movie three times before the alternate ending came out, i think i may just wait for the dvd - what do you think? Plus, i really think the movie should have stopped at the part where they hit the fence in the compound - you know, that frozen shot... that would have been a nice, spooky ending.

i really liked the movie, i just heard about the alternate ending today, so i should be going t see it tomorrow. im eager to see the new ending

Benjamin-After I saw the movie and wrote the original review I was eager to see the alternate ending also when I heard there was to be one. I don't know if there is a place on the net you can see some of it as it is only about five minutes long, and I wouldn't want to write about it and spoil it for others.

glittergirley-Waiting for the DVD isn't a bad idea since you have seen the movie more than once already and the new ending is short, about five minutes I think. While being a nice alternative, I didn't find it to be that great. I do agree with you about it being better than Resident Evil, far edgier and darker.

Please...spoil us!!!!

Jim dies in that terrible car wreck. He never recovers.

Sad.

I enjoyed this movie a lot, I think that it was only a matter of time before someone stated the obvious and made a disease for rage, we are all borderline mad and i think it was a good thought. It was well acted and I love the way it was shot, as americans we rarely see mainstream foreign films and I'm glad that we are finally seeing it. Cillian Murphy is quite the hotty too, I liked that he was as naive as the watcher, I look foward to seeing more of his work I saw "On the Edge" and he is a really good actor.

28 dyas later.. zombie movie or coma induced dream word? i dontknow if anyone has said this already but ive seen some suggestions that show this movie to be a dreamlike state that the main character uses to survive an not be alone in a "coma world". ill give some examples: ok so lets say this guy is in a coma making up a dream world to comfort him. through out this moviethere is a sense of being alone and not wanting to be and survival. i guy on a hospital bed with only his mind working most be lonely. so he makes up this dream world and makes characters to comfort him, but his subconcious fears run rampant in this world. they live i shadows and the night(read some c.g. jung). the whole epidemic is never expalined except for: its not an epidemic its people killing people: a simple solution for the mind. So this guy wakes up in a hopsital(hmmm) hes in th middle of a dead city the only one alive (even though he was oh so vulnerable) so he meets up with these other characters a black girl (his comfort and strength and determination to live manifested. next is a great scene of him dreaming about being alone a big fear of his obviously. if i was in coma idbe alone too. ya know what screw these examples. all iknow is i see this movie as that mans coma world come to life (loosely like a dream would be) and there are shadows (subconciosu fears) an overlapping theme of survival and the will not wanting to be alone (i mean this guy survives some insane events)so much symbolism for being alone and wanting to survive plus the constant mirrors (reflection) and water on glass. this isnt a zombie movie its a dream world that shows two of traits of the humanrace well: survival and fear of being alone! a damn good movie idiots couldnt understand because it didnt have 10 gallons of blood and exploding bodyparts.

Marcus-Your right about it being a thinkers movie and not the usual blood bath trash. That is why when I saw it in a sneak preview I felt compelled to write about it. That's a very interesting theory you have also, but I would have to respectfully disagree.

The writer, and Danny Boyle the director, were pointing out, (this is according to their own statements) the worst danger we face in this day and age; fast spreading contamination from some disease, virus, etc.. On the DVD, which just came out this week, they go into great detail about this threat, and that infection is a horror to face which you cannot hide from or fight against with weapons and so should be a major concern. They get into real science and have experts talk about the increase in diseases and examples, such as hoof and mouth disease in England, in which there is the fear and danger of it moving into the human arena.

Your right in that they are not "zombies" in any traditional sense but more rightly just the infected. What this particular disease is, "rage", and the way it is passed on, through even a miniscule amount of blood, is not as important as the fact it is showing the devastation from a rapidly spreading infection.
The fact that it is rage just makes it a more intense, interesting, and scary movie visually. And after all it is a movie. It does have some holes in it's plot as most movies do, and doesn't seek to explain everything, but I appreciated that it didn't belabor unessential things and got on with the story.

The epidemic is explained enough for us to get the jest; animal experimentation in which it is transferred to humans; a blood transferred infection which takes effect so quickly that the infected change rapidly and then, in a large city, would contaminate others immediately since there is such a large populous and close contact.

Glad you enjoyed the movie. You would enjoy the features and alternate endings on the DVD.

DVD-The DVD boasts three alternate endings. The first is the one that was eventually put onto the film while at theatres and played after the credits. It is a darker ending. The second alternate ending is just an add on to the first alternate ending. It takes part of the original ending shown on the film, adding it to the first alternate ending and turning it back into a more positive ending.

It doesn't list the third alternate ending. It is a "DVD Easter Egg". You have to find it hidden. This is titled "Radical Alternate Ending". It isn't too hard to find as I found it rather quickly. It is not a filmed ending. It actually takes place from about the middle of the film on when Hannah's dad gets infected with the drop of blood falling into his eye. It is shown in storyboard fashion drawings with the dialogue that would have been used read by the film makers to give you the idea. Worthwhile just for a completely different second half of the film.

Marcus-Sorry, forgot one thing. The alternate endings have other members surviving beyond Jim, which leans toward the events as having been real not just a coma dream.

Resident Evil: Apocolypse is being filmed in Toronto maybe they will match 28 days later?

Ryan-I saw a brief teaser for it. When is it coming out?

I seriously thought this was the most horrible movie I've ever seen. The plot was horrible and it was WAY too long. I can't believe I actually watched the whole stupid thing!

Not a bad horror movie but not a great one either. Just kind of good. The character devlopment was good, which is unusual for this genre. In fact it was the best part. There were huge problems with believability and the characters did not behave very sensibly. Lots of, "But why aren't they doing thus?" and, "Don't do that you idiot!" moments.

Given the nature of the virus, it might spread from one train station to another but away from them it couldn't have spread any faster than people could walk. Even the trains would be shut down once the engineers got it. Onset was so (implausibly, IMHO) quick that I don't see how it could have crossed the Atlantic.

Wonder how infection would have fared in America's gun culture? We don't need no steenkin' machetes.

Anybody else here remember, "The Night of the Comet" (1985)?

We already have a real world disease that does exactly what this one does, only much more slowly. It's called rabies.

i like this movie the ending was sort of lame though.anyway my favorite character is the one namoi harris plays.in one part it's sort of funny because the guy drinks a whole quart of oj in a min.hehe

I loved the movie, and thought it reflected very well the realism of a situation that could occur. There was none of the American 'gun-ho' attitude, and a lot more examples of the way people would really react to fear and disaster.

There were many great touches - real brand names, real locations, real newspapers, etc. Loved it.

yeah i bought the dvd and i thought the movie was ok it would be better if there was more of an ending though

This was an excellant movie. I am planning on watching it again; and on DVD as I rented it VHS for my housmate to share it; my DVD is far too small; Apple laptop.

Why is this movie excellant?
Many reasons. The nudity of the handsome male anti-hero is refreshing. It seems telling that "male nudity" is generally only written into movies outside of the US industry ie: overseas; mainly BRITISH.

The "rage virus" can really happen; a virus can spread; and in the world we live in with NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming-- a real misnmoer) and all the behaviorism and experimentation; this is a great and symbolic disease.

The rage virus is also; in post-9.11 America an excellant metaphor for "rabid citizens" in a nation; any nation of the globe who cannot contain a free-floating anger once ascribed to "Type A personalities" which seems to be SPREADING EPIDEMICALLY without being noted as a "disease" by those spewing venomous hatred.

The use of "women" as "breeding material" is actually a codified part of an agenda promoted blatantly by the current US Administration's "agenda" from the "Anti-Gay-Marriage" crusade by the right-wing here to the "anti-abortion" and "anti-women's right to decide" far=right contingent heavily allied to the Military/Industrial complex nowadays.

Studies on "military men" deployed are being done by Amnesty International and other human rights groups as the "Miltitary" seem to respond to "violence" and "battle" by resorting to "rape" and "victimization" abroad and at home.

I saw a post at the IMDB base of one person who "hated this stupid movie" (which tells me much of their politics and their own political moribundity before the poster waned less eloquently) going on about irrationalilty and "if those two women were needed to make a new human race; then that's what I'd do too; the Soldiers were right.."

This is NOT in the movie; it is an OPPOSITE reading of a very "pro-woman" and even "pro-family" movie which sees women; particularly strong women; as well as persons outside the "mainstream" who embody the two Adam and Eve survivors of a sort; for they do NOT begin to think of repopulation while thinking of ways to survive and learn how to live much much differently; questioning what it means to be human; and deciding early it's more than "living day to day and f--king" which they disagree with; mutually; although it occurred to the woman; early on....

The blackmarket traffic in women which exists Post-Bosnia Balkanization is a KNOWN problem with KNOWN U.N. Peacekeepers having played parts. It is clear, from many studies, that members of ANY military have a "primal urge" satisfied by their "job descriptions" and which grants members some degree of impunity.

The Anti-hero of this story sets the "viral carriers" called "The Infected" on to the military and at a point when everything ramps up (spoilers yes; the movie has been out; and no one is commenting on the real and masterful subtext to my satisfaction) WHEN the violence ramps up to "take the women away" from their use as "Breeding" and "Sex Objects" for Male Soldiers ready to "get their rocks off" with "women" instead of resorting to themselves; in their current situation; which would have been rational as far as "adressing sexual needs" would go; along with "masturbation..." The male "antihero" SAVES the women by unchaining a "starving black male" who is named Jim and a Rage infectee...the man goes after the military ravaging him.

Using a "black male" having him CHAINED and calling him JIM seems most likely related to many strains of "Slave State" Old South US remnants; remindful of the stereotypy of USA JIm Crow and Jim Crow law!

JIm becomes rabid and decimates those who were keeping this "Specimin" alive and starving to death; to merely observe his decline and starvation; a very sadistic measure...one which is to be abhorred whatever the outside circumstances...

Some argued a "military outpost" could not do this; would not run amok or be stranded from a larger Chain of Command which utterly disregards the examples at Abu Graib lately; and other circumstances where private contractors and military personnel WITHOUT being "incommunicado" due to PLAGUE have certainly been given over to operate on "their own" in "uncertain" and "less than peaceable" circumstances...

The martial law and order at the Military Bunker in Manchester where the Infected are "mowed down" is HIGHLY BELIEVABLE: the abuse of WOMEN including the decision to take a pre-pubescent girl and use her as a sexual aid; and a breeder for these men without families is all too plausible of SOME MEN who sink to "Primal" conditions.

Our Anti-Hero is BEYOND such "primitive joys" and perceives women as guardians of their own destinies; NEVER taking from his black English Heroine Girlfriend what she is not happy to give; and in this way; they function in the movie as a team; with her being "on top" in many respects before her "sex organs" reduce her to less at the hands of a "Martial" order of renegade soldiers who kill one of their own for being "New Age" (a kind, compassionate man) and attempt to kill the "AntiHero" for NOT "Joining" THEM!

This is an EXTREMELY good movie. It's excellant actually.

The shots towards the end when the rabid persons attack the Military and the men are all strained with violent energy merge so that it becomes impossible; during the chaos of a lightning storm to distinguish the victims in the Military and even in the guise of the male Anti-Hero; from the raging "infected."

RAGE IS RAGE IS RAGE.

That the "Infected" with their special rage become indistiguishable from the Military men with their "inbred" and "job description" dutiful "killing machine" rages is highlighted; and in fact, it's hard to distinguish between the rage virus and the male rage impulse which is a fait accompli!!

The movie ends wonderfully. In fact, there's a reason to feel that there is no way to know if the plane will in fact mow down the people stranded with their "Help" flag; like Gilligan's Islanders; as it seems to be doing via some new technology or something like "Neutron Bomb" technology as the infected are exposed to air warfare which leaves the buildings standing but kills them.

Will they be saved or killed? This is open-ended.

The SECOND ENDING is fine. The women are to get on without their male hero. It's sad, tragic, yet it is also, plausible. In the Second: Two women; one a young girl, pulling life forwards by themselves together is a strong message; neither inflected by rage nor leaving them subject to the testosterone inflected rage of men; even GOOD MEN (father; and partner/lover anti-hero; a beautiful young man)!

This works, and I am sure the film-makers wanted this ending first; but considered the "mainstream audience" displeased; as they are; by women doing it for themselves!!

That this deep and labyrithine subplot exists makes this movie one of my favorites; more on par with the excellant "in the Country of Last Things" by Paul Auster...a novel that has lovely sequences for those living in a "terminal time.."

"The Stand" was preparation for me. A lot that Stephen King "explains" (and explains) in "The Stand" is bypassed and just "hinted at" in this movie; making it far more "Revved" and "Souped up" and letting the audience fill in the blanks...

An intelligent public CAN as I did, be happy with a movie that turns the current contemporary RAGE into a 'viral disease" amidst "Anthrax warnings" and "bioterrorism" hoopla and the lack of US response to a moratorium on bioweapons; with England acting in many respects; as an Ally in some of America's less intelligent programs; and not vocally opposing "bio-experimentations" of "biowarfare" natures!

Finally, the initial part of the plot wherein the "animal rights activists" through being "naive" and so focussed on their "missions" which were "fine" in recent years; but which; due to the knowlege many of us have and share now on the actual "dangers" of "Infection" by lab originated organisms in light of eugenics, to biological warfare testing, to vaccinations programs shows that "trying to do right" by another species may have DANGEROUS repurcussions for the rest of us.

In fact, the "rage virus" they release again may be a metaphor for the "rage" pent up in the current Administration and Corporate world for those that cross "bright lines" which has labelled eco-friendly persons of ALL STRIPES-- "Eco-Terrorists."

This movie questions MANY MANY suppositions. The British movies such as "Extreme Measures" about the use of "human beings" considered "disposable" to "advance science" produced by Elizabeth Hurley reminds me MORE of "28 Days After" than "Dawn of the Dead."

I question, however, noting the current disposition to wrangle and drain the publicity from "movies, plays, books" ad infinitum not in keeping with the current US Administration's "Spin" I guess, wonder, that a UK produced vehicle was given SO LITTLE ADVANCE; and had to fly under the "Zombie Film" and "Horror Genre" banner.

Perhaps, this would work as a thinking person's "Horror Film" but it's really more like Stephen King's "The Stand" which also encompassed MUCH MORE. In fact, I think this is more contemporary, artistic, and humanistic, than King's vehicle however potent the and important the King Book was "at the time."

I have only to recall that "The Day After" recently released was called a "Partisan Movie" despite it's broad non-partisan universal appeal as a "Global Warming Apocalyptic Nightmare" with big time special effects.

It seems, that in the US lately, if one uses the word "partisan" then a large CHUNK of the potential film-viewing audience will shun a flick; and that many "critics" seem payed to PAN such "Epics" to add to the "Drain" and "negative commentary" so that there exists a "new underground" of many films; available and exchanged widely (amidst friends) on DVD.

One hopes; that such "censorship" and "blatant propoganda" and "blacklisting" ends soon; as the whole "melting pot" here in the US is coming to a boil...

"Rage" is as viral and potent as ANY "virus" could be; and may in effect be the catalyst for "mishaps" as those operating under the "effects" of RAGE are as "out of control"as any person ingesting a mind-altering drug; perhaps more so!!

This is a potent potent "tale of the times" rich in symbolism; and hunky male nude bodies. The Statue of the Male God Zeus (The Greek Creator) standing in for "Yahweh" and all the other masculine "Autocratic Gods" they represent; is tellingly displayed in shots of the "Military Commander" at the "Quarantine site" where the lone survivors are kept in Lock-Up is a wonderful little homage to the current "Chain of Command" at large in the world...and of Gitmo of course; and Gitmoization of the "Inquistion" type; throwback feelings toward earlier primitive human days. The US is only 200 years old; the UK a far older nation. That this took place in London and Britain, is telling. If it could happen there...??? Well then!?

Ten Stars!!

Aeon Stasi

Infected are amazing! They are so good at eating people! Here are our favourite bits.

When Jim enters church and stupidly says 'Hello?' and infected SHABS and RUBIN wake up and think how delicious Jim looks.
When Jim lights a candle in his parents house and infected Cornford and Jasper notice and break through. Jasper is the fat infected that tried to chew Jim's lips out.
Then, when Jim and Selena going up the stairs, infected Bill and Mike enter and run up to get them. Unfortunately, Frank got them but they survived and now run around eating people.
Then, in the army base, Zar's infected gang try to attack base but OH NO!Zar stepped on a landmine and this ugly, greasy chin man Mitchell was happy.
Then, Mailer, the most lethal of all infected. He broke free and infected Rik who became infected friend. They ran around eating army people before finally getting to Private.Bell (named Toodles). They surely had fun slashing his face out, pushing each other away to be selfish with the meat. Toodles looked toward camera like 'OH!' to try and make his death funny but before he could say any more Mailer and Rik ate his vocal cords out and then his jejunem.
Finally, when plane passed over the bridge, infected Shandy and Chinson found no more food after Morris Grimesby so they starved.

I think that 28 Days Later was an awesome film. The best thing about it were Infected, but also I liked the camera work and the script.

Infected were very funny I have to admit. The way they run and the way they pair up is just amazing. Private Mailer surely was the strongest Infected. It is so funny that as soon as Rik Clifton turned around, Mailer had burst through the window and converted him. Also when they were munching up Private Bell was very funny. Why didn't he run out of the window, just like Jim did? Well this is the question that only Infected can answer.