London has succumbed to a virus that turns anyone infected into a homicidal maniac. Almost everyone has been wiped out – except for a hospitalized bicycle courier (Cillian Murphy) who awakens from a weeks-long coma to find his world irrevocably changed. With his thrilling revisionist zombie movie, director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, The Beach) suggests civilization is a thin facade. Underneath, it’s survival of the most furious.
