12 Best Movies About The End Of The World
5. 28 Days Later
Capital cities always bear the brunt of world-ending forces in cinema. Rarely are they filmed like London was in 28 Days Later though. One of the busiest cities in the world, Danny Boyle managed to get locations like Westminster Bridge and Picadilly Circus looking desolate and deserted. Cillian Murphy's Jim wakes up from a coma with no idea what has become of the world around him but later finds out that the zombie apocalypse has taken place.
These aren't normal zombies though. They didn't climb out of the earth to stumble towards the living whilst mumbling 'brains'. No, these are people who have been infected with a highly contagious disease known as the rage virus. Originating from a monkey in a lab, the virus spreads after a group of animal activists knowingly set it free despite the ominous warning of scientist-in-labcoat David Schneider. Whilst this isn't the first time fast zombies were used on-screen, 28 Days Later popularised the movement with their terrifying depiction of an infected maniac.
Jim finds a group of survivors to buddy up with but he also encounters bad people who take advantage of the situation in the most depraved of ways. There is little hope in this world but the infected don't live forever and many end up starving to death. So if you have enough tinned food and can keep hidden, you may actually be alright.