28 Days Later Zombie Movie Debate Settled by Writer
The zombie debate surrounding Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later has finally been settled by the film’s writer, Alex Garland. After its debut in 2002, 28 Days Later – which tells of an apocalyptic future in which most of humanity has been wiped out by a killer virus – found much acclaim and went on to become one of the most influential contemporary zombie films. However, for some time there has been a debate that the “zombies” in 28 Days Later aren’t zombies at all, but human beings reacting to the effects of the film’s “Rage” virus.
Garland first got his start as the best-selling author of The Beach, a suspense novel about a group of backpackers who find their way to a secret island in Thailand. The book was adapted by screenwriter John Hodge for Boyle and Garland's first collaboration, the 2000 film of the same name, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Tilda Swinton. Though many felt that The Beach didn’t do Garland’s book justice, it still found reasonable success and kickstarted a collaborative relationship between Garland and Boyle. Two years after the release of The Beach, Boyle and Garland returned for the low budget 28 Days Later, this time finding far more critical success. Aside from giving audiences a taste of Garland’s talents as a screenwriter and introducing the world to actor Cillian Murphy, 28 Days Later unintentionally kicked off a debate that was to persist for years after its release. Despite its rather untraditional approach to the zombie genre, many fans have long argued that the project is indeed a zombie film.
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However, while 28 Days Later's zombie movie status has been a contentious point for many years, Garland has now weighed in on
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