28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
★½ — 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
The second instalment in Danny Boyle and Alex Garland's revived 28 Days Later trilogy, The Bone Temple hands directing duties from Garland (who helmed the first chapter, 28 Years Later, released the same year) to Nia DaCosta, best known for her Marvel entry Candyman (2021) and Captain Marvel sequel The Marvels (2023). Shooting back-to-back with its predecessor, the film is part of a planned three-picture continuation of the franchise Boyle and Garland launched in 2002, with Garland returning as writer. Columbia Pictures and DNA Films backed the production at a modest $63 million, bringing in Ralph Fiennes alongside returning and new cast members. The film arrived during a broader mid-2020s revival of British genre horror, with the original 28 Days Later having long since cemented itself as a touchstone of post-millennial zombie cinema.
This film in one word. Unnecessary. You could take literally watch 28 days later, then the final 2 minutes of bone temple... and you'd be at the same point. 28 weeks they've abandoned. 28 years was pointless. Bone temple was even worse. BEWARE READING ON... The infected are barely in it. Samson is cured enough to fucking talk after one handful of 28 year old pills... The Jimmy's appear and disappear in this self contained film. It's essentially DLC for 28 years later but completely and utterly without consequence. The full iron maiden concert complete with pyrotechnics that attracted 0 attention from the infected... I'm sorry but this was completely and utterly a flop (as the box office will surely reflect)...
Rating: ★½ | Year: 2026 | Watched: 2026-01-17
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