<P> 28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Alex Garland, and starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, and Christopher Eccleston . The plot depicts the breakdown of society following the accidental release of a highly contagious virus and focuses upon the struggle of four survivors to cope with the destruction of the life they once knew . </P> <P> Successful both commercially and critically, the film is credited with reinvigorating the zombie genre of horror film . The film spawned a 2007 sequel, 28 Weeks Later, a graphic novel titled 28 Days Later: The Aftermath, which expands on the timeline of the outbreak, and a 2009 comic book series titled 28 Days Later . In 2017 a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine ranked it the 97th best British film ever . </P> <P> In Cambridge, three animal liberation activists break into a medical research laboratory . A scientist in the lab desperately warns them against releasing the captive chimpanzees, which are infected with a highly contagious rage - inducing virus . Ignoring his pleas, the activists release a chimp, which infects a female activist . She then attacks and infects everyone else present . </P> <P> 28 days later, in London, Jim, a bicycle courier, awakens from a coma in St Thomas' Hospital . He finds the entire hospital deserted . He wanders the streets of London, finding it deserted as well, with signs of catastrophe everywhere . Jim enters a church where a mass suicide has taken place, aside from two infected who are alerted by him saying "Hello?" He then finds a priest, who turns out to be infected . Jim flees, attracting attention of more infected, but survivors Selena and Mark rescue him . At their shelter, they explain to Jim that while he was in a coma, a virus had spread quickly among the populace, resulting in societal collapse . They claim the virus had been reported in Paris and New York City as well, suggesting the infection has spread worldwide . </P>

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