28 DAYS LATER

GB
2002
1hr 53mins
Dir: Danny Boyle
Starring: Cillian Murphy and Naomie Harris

Most of the population of Britain become infected with a vicious and highly infectious rage inducing virus

This post-apocalyptic thriller ingeniously uses scenes of a deserted London to disturbing effect. In one sequence some of the characters hide out in an empty Canary Wharf Underground station, though only the escalators are seen. Later, they walk along the Docklands Light Railway and leave via the stairs of the old South Quay station. Successful both commercially and critically, the film spawned a 2007 sequel, 28 Weeks Later (qv).

This is the eerie shot of a deserted Canary Wharf station
Looking out of a window at the docklands skyline and the viaduct in the foreground became the site of the new South Quay station after it was resited in 2009
Three survivors walk the track of the Docklands Light Railway
Naomie Harris descends the stairs down from the old South Quay DLR station