Themes and Influences

I have noticed that many of Boyle's works have action in common. They are all criminal or sci-fi theme to them. In Slumdog Millionaire, a Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers. In 28 Days Later, a disease takes over an entire population turning them into zombies. In order to keep it from spreading and wiping out the entire human species, military takes action by "containing" victims and potential victims. While this is happening we witness a tragic seperation of a family when the mother is infected followed by the dad, leaving the childeren to fend for themselves in hope to survive. Trianspotting is about a group of friends who would rather live in a drug haze than sober. They try sobriety for awhile but after things go wrong they decided life is better high, so they get back on heroin.