28 Days Later

28 Days Later is a 2002 post-apocalyptic science fiction movie directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. 28 Days Later is set in England at the beginning of the 21st century.

Public and critical reception

The film was a considerable success at the box office and became highly profitable on a budget of about £5 million. In the UK, it took £6 million, while in the US it became a surprise hit, taking over US$30 million despite a limited release at fewer than 1,500 screens nationwide.

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Critical views of the film were mixed. On the whole, the reception was positive, with the L.A. Times describing it as a "stylistic tour de force", and efilmcritic.com describing it as "raw, blistering and joyously uncompromising". While most critics were impressed with the technical achievements of the scenes of a devastated London, some were not taken with the overall effect of the film. Philip French, writing in The Observer, said that the film was "at best clutching at a straw", and was a "gory, depressing affair" http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Observer_review/0,4267,824813,00.html.

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L.A. Times - The Observer

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