A powerful virus escapes from a British research facility. Transmitted in a drop of blood and devastating within seconds, the virus locks those infected into a permanent state of murderous rage. Within 28 days the country is overwhelmed and a handful of survivors begin their attempts to salvage a future, little realising that the deadly virus is not the only thing that threatens them.

For the scenes in London, poilce would close the roads at 4am and filming would begin immediately. It would last for one hour, and at that time the police would reopen the roads. As well as having to deal with traffic, the producers also had to ask clubbers to find alternative routes home. In terms of the traffic, the producers correctly predicted that asking drivers to either wait for up to an hour or find another way might cause some considerable consternation. As such, they employed several extremely attractive young women (one of whom was Danny Boyle's daughter) to make the necessary requests. This plan had the desired results, as the drivers responded quite amicably to the young girls.

[only words spoken by an infected person]


Infected Kid:
I hate you!

Factual errors: A soldier radios in "... , I repeat...?. In UK signals, "repeat" is reserved for artillery fire; correct would have been "I say again".

Performed by Godspeed You Black Emperor! (as Godspeed You Black Emperor)
Appears courtesy of Kranky, Ltd.
Written by Efrim Menuck, David Bryant, Roger Tellier-Craig, Thiery Amar, Mauro Pezzente, Aiden Girt,
Bruce Cawdon, Sophie Trudeau and Norsola Johnson
Published by Rough Trade Publishing