While zombies are generally slow, unintelligent, and hungry for human flesh, and are almost universally undead, the Infected are merely living human beings overcome with senseless rage brought on by the highly infectious Rage virus. However, the Infected portrayed within the film fit only certain parts of the traditional zombie archetype. Ģ8 Days Later is usually included in the zombie genre. īoyle identified John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids as Garland's original inspiration for the story. The track is excluded from the soundtrack, due to group ethics. Much of the soundtrack, however, is based on a heavily edited version of the song " East Hastings" by the post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The film's score was composed by John Murphy and was released in a score/song compilation in 2003. However, during the initial marketing of the film Boyle did try to distance the film from such labels. On the DVD commentary, Boyle and Garland frequently call it a post apocalyptic, horror and zombie film, commenting on scenes that were specific references to George A. They are able to signal a passing aircraft. Selena, Hannah, and Jim, who is recovering from his injuries, have taken refuge in a remote cottage. West is killed by an infected soldier who is named Mailer, and the trio escape.Īfter another twenty-eight days, the Infected are seen dying of starvation. As the trio prepare to leave, West shoots Jim in the stomach. He allows an Infected into the house, where it attacks and infects most of the remaining soldiers.
Jim tries to escape with Selena and Hannah but is subdued and led out into a forest to be killed.Įscaping his captors, Jim returns to the mansion to rescue Selena and Hannah.
Jim learns of West's answer to Infection - waiting until the Infected die of starvation, and in order to guarantee the survival of the species, luring survivors to the base to acquire women and satiate his men. The soldiers inhabit a fortified mansion, under the command of Major Henry West. At the blockade, Frank becomes infected, and is then killed by the soldiers, barely having time to tell his daughter he loves her before he succumbs to the infection. Despite reservations, the group decide to leave London to join the soldiers. Frank later picks up a pre-recorded radio broadcast made by a group of soldiers who have set up a blockade near Manchester and claim to have "the answer to Infection". After spending the night at Frank's flat it becomes apparent that the few uninfected people will not survive for long, given that their supplies- particularly their water- are dwindling and London is suffering a drought. On their journey through the city they meet two other survivors, Frank and his daughter, Hannah. Selena kills him - before Mark shows any conclusive sign of infection - and she explains to Jim that it only takes seconds before those who are contaminated become Infected. Later the group are attacked by Infected, and during the struggle Mark's arm is cut and exposed to infected blood. While visiting Jim's house, they discover that his parents have committed suicide. Jim learns that while he was comatose, the virus spread uncontrollably among the people, turning them into vicious and mindless monsters, referred to as "infected", and finally collapsing society, possibly on a global scale.
Taking refuge in a church, Jim is chased by the Infected and rescued by two survivors, Selena and Mark, who rush him to their hideout in a section of the London Underground. Leaving the hospital, Jim discovers that all of London seems likewise deserted the streets are empty and filled with signs of catastrophe. Twenty-eight days later, Jim, a bicycle courier, wakes up from a coma in a strangely deserted hospital.
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The film opens with the initial outbreak of the Rage virus, caused when an infected chimpanzee bites an animal rights activist attempting to free it from a laboratory.
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