28 Years Later
Directed by Danny BoyleA group of survivors of the rage virus live on a small island. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors.
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- RipLinesManApril 29, 2025Event Horizon (1997) may have carved its legacy with cosmic horror and madness aboard a haunted spaceship, but 28 Years Later proves that terror can evolve just as savagely on Earth. Danny Boyle returns to the virus-ravaged world he helped define, and the result is a masterclass in tension, world-building, and dread that eclipses its predecessors. Jodie Comer leads with steely brilliance as Isla, anchoring a cast that includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s driven Jamie and Jack O’Connell as the tormented Jimmy Crystal. But it’s the young Alfie Williams as Spike who unexpectedly steals scenes with raw vulnerability. Ralph Fiennes brings gravitas as Dr. Kelson, and Erin Kellyman’s mysterious Jimmy Ink adds fire and unpredictability. Where Event Horizon dives inward—into the psyche and the soul—28 Years Later expands outward, exploring a world scarred by the rage virus, now mutated in ways both terrifying and tragic. The mainland holds more than infected threats; it’s a broken mirror of humanity, reflecting what survives after decades of ruin. With a haunting score, unflinching violence, and existential questions layered beneath the bloodshed, this film is both a brutal survival story and an emotional epic.
- DJMOKJune 22, 2025Waited 18yrs for this pile trash?! Holy crap this movie was sooo bad. I honestly don’t know what the hell i just watched. The music played during intense scenes were so out of place. It looks like the whole movie was filmed using a phone. The story made no sense and it was so confusing.
- Michael HeimgartnerJuly 6, 2025A Disappointing Return After So Many Years – Missed Potential Everywhere Danny Boyle is back in the director’s chair. Alex Garland on the script. On paper, that sounds like a dream team for 28 Years Later. What could go wrong, right? Well… apparently a lot. I know the international reviews are largely positive, but after my screening, the audience’s reaction was pretty clear: disappointment. And I’m right there with them. This just didn’t work for me at all. Let’s start with the premise itself. We’ve waited so long for a sequel. Boyle and Garland always said they’d only return if they had the right script. This is the story they landed on? Seriously? It feels like such a letdown. The infected (and yes, they’re not zombies, I know) are basically window dressing this time. There’s no real tension or threat like in the previous films. The father-son dynamic, with Jamie as the lead, just fell flat for me. Jamie is consistently unsympathetic, making it hard to care about his journey at all. The island group is equally bland, with motivations that make them difficult to root for or even understand. Spike, one of the main characters, acts so unbelievably stupid at times that I genuinely facepalmed in the theater. As for the mother-son subplot? Totally forgettable and emotionally hollow. Ralph Fiennes was the highlight for me – his character is cryptic, magnetic, and actually interesting. But even he’s criminally underused. The pacing is a huge issue. The first act drags like old chewing gum stuck to a shoe. When the story finally "gets going," it does so with such an eye-rollingly dumb inciting event that it completely took me out of it. The climax is worse: it descends into tonal chaos that feels like a total misfire. I just sat there at the end thinking: What the hell did I just watch? Then there’s the visual style. I get that Boyle loves his grainy, raw aesthetic. But the iPhone-level film quality? The weird, wannabe-artsy interludes? They clashed horribly with the supposed gritty realism. Instead of feeling immersive, it felt cheap and jarring. And don’t get me started on the infected scenes – they looked almost trashy, lacking the visceral intensity and detail that made the originals so iconic. Where 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later excelled in mood, dread, and world-building, this film remains vague, half-baked, and unfocused. After a 28-year time jump, I expected more exploration of what had changed in that world. Instead, we get empty suggestions and lots of open questions with no satisfying answers. Honestly, this is my biggest disappointment of the year so far. The trailer was incredible, and my expectations were sky-high. But this sequel feels like a rushed, underdeveloped cash-in that squanders the talent involved. There was so much potential here – and they missed it completely.
- Elijah GuerraJuly 13, 2025Goddamn This Was So Disappointing Not Terrible But Not Good
- Maple7h agoDifferent. But I didn't hate it. Very slow movie compared to the others. But the ending has left me intrigued.
- GillTAdam10h agoNot the same ground breaking zombie flick as the original, but still good overall. Should lead in to the 3rd one perfectly.
- Chrome Cat12h agoConfusing as to the goal of this film. Are they attempting to build tension in the obviously intended sequel? There is an utter failure in matching this one to the gripping terror of the first two films. I kept getting my hopes up, and was left with a feeling I'd just watched a single episode of TWD stretched to two hours, complete with overly dramatic drawn out scenes, unimportant to the main storyline. This film can be seen entirely on its own, the disconnect of which doesn't sit right with me, as it is either intended as such, and is playing off the success of the previous, or they just didn't care. I got the distinct impression they took a TLDR from an exec who hadn't watched the film, a lowered budget, and nothing more interesting than some Adderall, and wrote the draft in a weekend.
- tholme197714h agoSo, 28 years later, the surviving population hasn’t honed their survival capabilities 😖 Bow and arrow is effective from a distance, but the “rage zombies” are moving as fast as ever, so having a weapon for close combat should be part of the basic gear - like a cleaver or machete 🥵 Humans have been around for 200.000 years because of our survival instincts, so I find it troubling that the people in the movie only elicit parts of it - and it’s not helping to ensure a coherent picture of humanity’s ability to survive in the long run 😵💫
- sadmuppet21h agoHmmmmmm. This is a tough one as such. You read people loving it, you read people hating it and you're like "This is a Marmite film, eh?". Well it's nothing like the first 2, not even remotely. It's also pretty slow and the ending just scream "Oh they REALLY are wanting this to be a trilogy, except it's the third film, so it's not a trilogy but they want THIS bit to be 3 movies". Comer isn't doing a lot and neither really is Taylor-Johnson. Fiennes has about as much as those two to do as well - it's all about Spike and 20 minutes in, I'm just like "Leave the kid, let him die, he's annoying AF". He also doesn't get any less frustrating and neither do the others - a certain revelation regarding Comer hits wrong on his reaction as such and it just feels like they have an end to get to and be damned with logic to get there. The TL:DR is "Annoying kid, does dumb things and meets a big unit infected with big dick energy, until he meets someone who probably should have been in the movie Snatch". If you're expecting more of the first, or even the second, temper your expectations. A lot.
- Marcelo ScatenaJuly 23, 2025It did what it wanted to do really well. Beautifully shot and has a few wonderful and subtle messages. I didn't connect with it, but I loved what it stood for.
- dko104404d agoHorrible weak story, very cluttered
- Kit LazerJune 19, 2025Oh, this is Train to Busan level. Kinda blown away by this. I expected it to be scary, which it is, and funny, which it is. I knew Danny Boyle would push the envelope with cameras and his editor, which he always does. I didn’t expect to weep uncontrollably, but I did. It explores the inevitability of death (and love) but also masculinity, indoctrination, and militarism. It makes this world SO big and rife for more installments in this franchise. This is the mold for a legacy sequel. Part The Last of Us, part The Road, a dash of Heart of Darkness, but all awesome. Expecting 5 stars on a rewatch.
- Crepusculous2d agoA little disappointing. A reasonable story but really not flowing together well. Some fun cinematography but the Jamie angle makes no sense unless at least another sequel is in the works.
- Aevih5d agoBetter than the first two! Good character building and awesome Actors.
- pmi5595d agoThis movie was a joke. So bad that its kinda good. Would not watch again Ahaaaaa!
