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28 Years Later plot and ending explained — and will there be another film?
28 Years Later plot and ending explained — will there be another film?
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- Forbes
‘28 Years Later' Reviews: Is There Still Life In Zombie Franchise?
"28 Years Later" partial movie poster. Sony Pictures Entertainment Danny Boyle's zombie thriller 28 Years Later, starring Ralph Fiennes, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Jodi Comer, is new in theaters this weekend. How are critics reacting to the film? Director Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland (Warfare) reunite for 28 Years Later, more than two decades after the original film in the series, 28 Days Later, was released in 2002. Boyle served as an executive producer on the film's first sequel, 28 Weeks Later, which was released in 2007. The official summary for 28 Years Later reads, 'It's been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. 'When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.' Rated R, 28 Years Later also stars Alfie Williams and Jack O'Connell. The film plays in Thursday previews before it opens in theaters nationwide on Friday. As of Thursday, Rotten Tomatoes critics have given 28 Year Later a 92% 'fresh' rating based on 121 reviews. The RT Critics Consensus reads, '28 Years Later taps into contemporary anxieties with the ferocious urgency of someone infected with Rage Virus, delivering a haunting and visceral thrill ride that defies expectations.' The RT Popcornmeter score, based on verified user ratings, as well as the film's audience summary, is still pending. Amy Nicholson of the Los Angeles Times is among the top critics on RT who gives 28 Years Later a 'fresh' rating, writing in her review summary, 'It's a kooky spectacle, a movie that aggressively cuts from moments of philosophy to violence, from pathos to comedy. Tonally, it's an ungainly creature. From scene to scene, it lurches like the brain doesn't know what the body is doing.' David Ehrlich of IndieWire gives the film a 'fresh' rating on RT as well, writing that 28 Years Later is 'wildly unexpected for a film that's been promised for so long, this tense and tender post-apocalyptic drama contends that to exist in denial of death is to corrupt the integrity of life itself.' William Bibbiani of The Wrap also gives the film a 'fresh' rating on RT, writing, 'The filmmakers haven't redefined the zombie genre, but they've refocused their own culturally significant riff into a lush, fascinating epic that has way more to say about being human than it does about (re-)killing the dead.' Esther Zuckerman of Bloomberg News is also impressed by 28 Years Later, calling it in her review summary on RT 'one of the strangest, most exhilarating blockbusters in recent memory. It's a truly bizarre piece of art that's somehow both grotesque and extremely moving.' Nick Schager of The Daily Beast also gives the horror thriller a 'fresh' review on RT, writing that 28 Years Later is 'a gripping, unnerving, and altogether thrilling saga that both continues its predecessors' illustrious legacy and initiates what's shaping up to be a promising new horror trilogy.' Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair also praised the film, writing on RT, 'Grim and strange, 28 Years Later finds [Danny] Boyle once again following the irregular rhythms of his brain.' As of this publication, only of RT's top critics — Rafer Guzman of Newsday — gives the second sequel to 28 Days Later a 'rotten' review. Guzman writes in his RT summary, '28 Years Later tries hard to outpace the original film and keep up with the culture at large, but instead, it lumbers slowly behind.' Also starring Erin Kellyman and Emma Laird, 28 Years Later plays in Thursday previews before opening in theaters nationwide on Friday.
CBC
2 hours ago
- CBC
Watching 28 Years Later in a post-COVID world
Social Sharing It's been over two decades since the release of 28 Days Later, the horror film that reimagined what a zombie thriller could be. Now, the franchise is back with a third installment, 28 Years Later. But in a post-Brexit, post-COVID world, are fans ready to return to a survival story about a rage virus spreading across the U.K.? Today on Commotion, host Elamin Abdelmahmoud speaks with Vulture film critic Alison Willmore about the franchise's new film and how it lands in this current cultural moment.
Metro
2 hours ago
- Metro
Incredible films that were shot on an iPhone including star-studded 28 Years Lat
While there is endless filmmaking equipment out there costing from hundreds to £80,000 (and more), you would have thought the most anticipated horror film of 2025 might be using gear at the higher end of the scale… Right? Wrong. If you're saving up for the best camera in the business to film your next project, you may just be wasting your time. Why not just use your iPhone? Everyone else is, including Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later, which Metro has given 5 big fat emotional stars in our review. It's not the first time this has happened, either. Here are all the films you might not know were filmed primarily using an iPhone. One even made it to the Oscars. Hitting cinemas on Friday and starring Jodie Comer and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, the hotly-anticipated sequel to 28 Days Later used an adapted iPhone 15 for the job, making the Hollywood thriller – with its $75million budget – the biggest film to be shot with a phone to date. In 2002, 28 Days Later was one of the first Hollywood feature films to be shot with a Canon XL-1 for an intentionally low-fi look. This new flick – which kicks off a new trilogy for the franchise – took inspiration from its original. Boyle recently explained why he used an adapted iPhone 15 for the job during the London premiere of the film. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The director told The Independent: 'We decided to shoot it on the upgrade of a domestic video camera. That's smartphones, they're everywhere. They are lightweight in the countryside. You can create special rigs with them, filming the violence. But also you can give it to the actors and they can film themselves sometimes. 'Horror movies let you refresh the palate – you don't have to go classical.' He also added to Business Insider: 'Any smartphone now can record at 4K, indeed up to 60 frames per second, which is more than enough resolution you need for cinema exhibition.' Boyle went on to reveal how they utilised farm animals to help, explaining: 'We did strap a camera to some animals a couple of times — yeah, a goat.' Nice. Stormzy's new film Big Man was fortunate enough to get their hands on an iPhone 16 Pro for filming… Eat your hear out Danny Boyle. Slow-motion scenes were captured in 4K 120 fps, while cinematic mode was also used to blur backgrounds. Apple's short film tells the story of Tenzman, a fed up musician played by Stormzy whose life is changed by two youngsters when they embark on a journey together. 'I've never shot an entire piece of narrative filmmaking on an iPhone before, and it's been a really invigorating process,' director Aneil Karia said. 'iPhone is much smaller than the traditional cameras used for television, film, or music videos, and the lightness and flexibility that comes with that is boundless in a sense. 'I like trying to strive for an intimacy with characters, and sometimes a big camera is not particularly conducive for that.' Psychological thriller Unsane, starring Claire Foy and Joshua Leonard, was filmed entirely on an iPhone 7 Plus. Unsane follows a stalking victim called Sawyer Valentini (Foy) who is trapped in a mental institution against her will. The 2018 film became one of the most high-profile uses of iPhone filming (until 28 Years Later) as its prominent director Steven Soderbergh championed the method through it. 'I think this is the future,' he told Indiewire. 'Anyone going to see this movie without any idea of the backstory to the production will have no idea this was shot on the phone.' Soderbergh's second iPhone-only film came hot off the heels of Unsane in the form of NBA drama High Flying Bird. This time though, an iPhone 8 was used. Fancy! In it Andre Holland stars as sports agent Ray Burke who tries to accelerate a rookie player's career in an unusual way. While it seems unlikely an iPhone would be able to capture the subtle details that make up a tense, dramatic sports film, it's largely focused on the chatter around the gamerather than the game itself. 'It was shot in February and March of 2018, in three weeks. It's a very small crew and the gear that's available to enhance this already pretty extraordinary capture-device made it even better,' Soderbergh told The Hollywood Reporter. 'So, if I had to do it in a more traditional way, it would have actually hurt the film. I was able to do things because of the ease of shooting something. 'You can basically shoot anything you can think of, you can put the lens anywhere you want. If I were in a more traditional mode, there were things that I wouldn't have been able to execute as well as I'd wanted, because of the size of the equipment and people necessary to move it around.' Tangerine, a 2015 film by Sean Baker – who swept the board at the Oscars this year with Anora – was shot entirely on an iPhone 5s using the FiLMIC Pro App, which gives further focus, aperture and colour temperature control. The independent film, which was met with critical praise and was Sundance Film Festival's breakout movie, was shot using an iPhone to keep costs low. 'It was surprisingly easy,' Baker told The Verge. 'We never lost any footage.' Alongside the help of the $8 app, Baker used a Steadicam to stabilise the footage. 'These phones, because they're so light, and they're so small, a human hand – no matter how stable you are – it will shake. And it won't look good,' he explained. They also used an adapter lens that was attached to the iPhone, which was 'essential' to make it cinematic. 'To tell you the truth, I wouldn't have even made the movie without it,' he said. 'It truly elevated it to a cinematic level.' 2012's Oscar-winning film Searching for Sugar Man follows two fans of a South African icon – believed to be dead – as they set out to learn his true fate. More Trending While Swedish filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul didn't set out for the film to make this list, he ran out of money so was forced to use an iPhone for the final shots. 'I started shooting this film with a Super 8 camera, which is pretty expensive stuff. I completely ran out of money. I had just a very few shots left, but I needed those shots,' he told CNN in an interview. 'I realised that there was this app on my iPhone and I tried it and it looked basically the same.' The iPhone App in question was called 8mm Vintage Camera, which did a decent job at imitating a real 8mm camera. Good to know. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: 'Mind-bending' horror film available to stream for free as sequel wows critics MORE: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 35, and director wife Sam, 58, look loved up at 28 Years Later premiere MORE: Jodie Comer talks through her character's agonising journey in unseen 28 Years Later clip
