British film 28 Days Later… dir. Danny Boyle, reviewed:

An excess of grainy news images rains down with each one showing a different picture of terrible violence. When the camera slowly tracks back to reveal several TV screens apparently running on a loop the recipient of this information turns out to be a monkey. This opening few seconds of 28 Days Later… sets the tone for what is a weird, tense and bloody scary British film.

The premise for the film is simple. A corporation doing experiments has managed to come up with a ‘rage’ virus that spreads like wildfire should an infected subject bite you or get their blood into you. Within 20 seconds you are infected with a raging desire for flesh. Some animal activists release a chimp that is infected and therefore trigger the start of an epidemic.