In 2002, before the current glut of derivative zombie flicks hit the screens, hotshot Brit director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire) gave a shot of adrenalin to an old reliable subgenre with 28 Days Later. Now showing as part of the Valentine Theatre’s Silver Screen Classics series, there’s nothing campy or cartoonish about Boyle’s moody, gripping film — nobody says the “z-word” out loud or does much action-hero wisecracking. It’s not undead monsters, but the victims of an engineered virus who are overrunning Britain and preying on the few survivors left. Dazed everyman Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins) has to learn how far he can go to stay alive in the post-apocalyptic landscape, with unknown Naomie Harris as his sometimes-frightening sidekick. Brit-film stalwarts like Brendan Gleeson and Christopher Eccleston turn in great work as the movie’s tone bounces from melancholy and elegiac to bloody and visceral. It’s a slick and satisfying little horror classic. $5. Friday, September 21, 7:30pm.
410 Adams St. 419-242-3490. www.valentinetheater.
In 2002, before the current glut of derivative zombie flicks hit the screens, hotshot Brit director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire) gave a shot of adrenalin to an old reliable subgenre with 28 Days Later. Now showing as part of the Valentine Theatre’s Silver Screen Classics series, there’s nothing campy or cartoonish about Boyle’s moody, gripping film — nobody says the “z-word” out loud or does much action-hero wisecracking. It’s not undead monsters, but the victims of an engineered virus who are overrunning Britain and preying on the few survivors left. Dazed everyman Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins) has to learn how far he can go to stay alive in the post-apocalyptic landscape, with unknown Naomie Harris as his sometimes-frightening sidekick. Brit-film stalwarts like Brendan Gleeson and Christopher Eccleston turn in great work as the movie’s tone bounces from melancholy and elegiac to bloody and visceral. It’s a slick and satisfying little horror classic. $5. Friday, September 21, 7:30pm.
410 Adams St. 419-242-3490. www.valentinetheater.
