28 Days Later (2003)

The film begins with animal rights activists (presumably our pals at the militant Animal Liberation Front who Holly and Alan indirectly finance by supporting People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) breaking into a government research lab that is testing some sort of rage virus on primates.  Ignoring the warnings from the researcher that the virus is virulent, deadly and highly communicable one of the activists releases one of the animals.  The monkey promptly attacks her, the virus is passed and she goes berserk and attacks her comrades as well as the researcher.  28 days later a guy named Jim wakes up in a downtown London hospital from a coma.  The hospital is deserted.  He soon learns that most of the city is deserted as well except for decomposing bodies and the occasional rage filled crazed zombie.  For the rest of the film, survivors seek each other out and and attempt to defend themselves against the zombies.

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DVD Features:

• Commentary by director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland
• Theatrical trailer(s)
• Alternative theatrical ending with optional commentary
• Alternative ending with optional commentary
• Radical alternative ending with optional commentary
• Six deleted scenes with optional commentary: London Walk, Abandoned Train, Motorway Carnage, Taxi/Sweden, The Infected in the House, Floorboards
• "Pure Rage: The Making of 28 Days Later"
• Jacknife Lee music video
• Animated storyboards from the original U.K. Website
• Production and Polaroid galleries with director commentary
• Widescreen anamorphic format