If zombies were ever to walk the earth, I'm almost certain I would be among the first to go. I've never been heroic; I've always chosen flight over fight. Survival is just not something on my mind. Sure I like living from day to day, but if zombies ever attacked I would rather crumple up in a ball and wail than pick up a shovel and start fighting back. Because of this apparently innate character flaw, I've always considered myself a poor option as a main character for a zombie film. But after watching "28 Days Later," I'm beginning to reconsider.

Four weeks after radical animal rights activists break into a virus-testing laboratory and free Rage infected monkeys...England, and possibly the entire world, has gone to hell. What is the Rage Virus? It's probably the one virus worse than Ebola is what it is. When one gets the Rage Virus, you begin throwing up blood, going insane, attacking anything in sight; kind of like a zombie, except you're technically alive. And it spreads quickly.

So when Jim (Cilian Murphy) wakes up from a coma in the aftermath of these 28 days later, imagine how surprised he is to find London depopulated; the world he once knew destroyed. Set to a simple and melodic score, the scenes of Jim wandering the empty streets searching for answers are the movie's best.

Director Danny Boyle has incredibly galvanizing camerawork that coincides nicely with the super fast, super creepy "zombies," making for high tension and solid scares. It's nice to see maturity in this type of work, but what else could be expected from Boyle. His misfire, "The Beach," aside, Boyle has always had a solemn vivacity in his work that makes for incredible entertainment.

Murphy is a striking actor, but the character of Jim is a relatively bland everyman. You never get the chance to find out much about him, I suppose it doesn't really matter. Jim's profession before the virus destroys everything is a bike courier. And through the course of the movie, he never really has anything interesting to say, opinions to express, or heroic gestures. If anything, he's a complete wimp compared to a fellow survivor he meets up with, tough as nails Selena (Naomie Harris). He's not a hero, but pretty much until the end, he's a character we can follow and easily imagine ourselves acting in the same way. He's not extraordinary (his bone structure is another story), and in a way it makes it easier to place you in the same situation, and get further involved in the movie.

When the finale comes and Jim more or less becomes a raging machine of war, it's incredible to watch. I don't want to get too philosophical, the film's about zombies, for God's sake, but with good ol' Jim going bugnuts crazy in the finale, he represents what even the most innocent and unassuming men are capable of. You don't have to get the Rage Virus in your system to want to go absolutely crazy on the world around you. Even the most amicable fellows, like myself, can exhibit a ferocity given the right circumstances. I don't look at it as a curse, but a warning to myself of what I can be capable of, and how when it comes down to it, the instinct for survival is a catalyst for the rage in all of us. It's life affirming almost. Maybe I would stand a chance after all.