What’s the story of 28 Days Later all about?
I guess, very simply, it’s a story of a group of survivors trying to make their way to safety after the outbreak of a terrible viral infection in Britain. This virus is so virulent, it sweeps through the whole population and leads to a kind of apocalyptic landscape, where no one appears to be left apart from this tiny group of survivors who make their way north, hopefully to safety. Now, a viral apocalyptic movie isn’t particularly original, but what’s interesting about [28 Days Later] is that although the virus is sort of based on Ebola – it manifests itself in the most appalling physical sickness – the root of the virus is psychological. Instead of killing those it infects, the virus turns them into vicious killers – not zombies, not vampires, but ‘the infected,’ as the film calls them… Imagine yourself in your worst moment of road rage and multiply it by a million – that’s what these people are like. Interestingly, the virus is only carried by primates, so it begins with these chi
