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28 Days Later (2002)

28 Days Later
28 Days Later
R
Horror
Sci-Fi
Thriller

Release Date
October 31, 2002
Director
Danny Boyle
Cast
Alex Palmer , Bindu De Stoppani , Jukka Hiltunen , David Schneider , Cillian Murphy , Toby Sedgwick
Runtime
113
Main Genre
Horror
Writers
Alex Garland
Tagline
Your days are numbered...

Summary

A virus that locks those infected into a permanent state of killing rage, is accidentally released from a British research facility. Carried by animals and humans, the virus is impossible to contain, and spreads across the entire planet. Twenty-eight days later, a small group of survivors are trapped in London, caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. As they attempt to salvage a future from the apocalypse, they find that their most deadly enemy is not the virus, but other survivors.

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