Abstract
This essay argues that the central group of survivors of the Rage plague in Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later (2002) constitutes a nascent Christian community. This community is formed when the four survivors band together around a common commitment to protect the most vulnerable among them. However, this community fails to provide an alternative to the nation-state because, in its search for protection, it flees into the arms of the nation-state and chooses to answer the violence of the nation-state with violence of its own in order to survive. Christian faith and practice exist in the film only under the conditions established by the nation-state and primarily for the private comfort of individuals who must, ultimately, submit to the authority of the nation-state.
Recommended Citation
Martin, Karl E.
(2014)
"The Failure of a Pseudo-Christian Community in a Nation-State in Crisis: 28 Days Later,"
Journal of Religion & Film: Vol. 18:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol18/iss2/6