Following the huge success of the trailer reveal for horror threequel, 28 Years Later, has left fans eager to watch director Danny Boyle’s original cult classic, 28 Days Later, before the new film is released in June 2025. Thankfully, Sony Pictures has listened to the fans and the film has now returned to digital platforms across the UK.
Starring Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer, TV’s Peaky Blinders), Naomie Harris (Venom LetThere Be Carnage, Skyfall), Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin, Paddington 2), Christopher Eccleston (TV’s Doctor Who, Thor: The Dark World), and Megan Burns (Liam), Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later follows the survivors of an incurable virus that ravages the world. Written by Alex Garland, the film was a global hit grossing $84.6m (£64.2m) from a budget of just $8m (£6.1m) in 2002 and has a fantastic 87% review score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Animal rights activists free a group of infected chimpanzees to horrifying results in this speculative sci-fi horror effort written by Alex Garland and directed by Danny Boyle. Waking from a coma in a deserted London hospital 28 days later, bicycle courier Jim (Cillian Murphy) takes to the deserted city streets in a state of mystified confusion. Joining forces with another group of survivors following a terrifying encounter in a seemingly abandoned church, Jim soon learns the truth behind the deserted streets and the menacing creatures that lurk in the shadows. It’s soon revealed that the chimpanzees had been harboring a deadly virus that sends its victims into a furious, murderous rage, and in the days following the initial exposure, the entire population was nearly wiped out due to the resulting homicidal rampage. Is there still a glimmer of hope for humanity — or has the deadly “rage” virus found its way to foreign shores and infected the entire planet.
28 Days Later is available to Buy or Rent on Digital at Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+ and Sky Store now!
