28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
In a continuation of the epic story, Dr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship – with consequences that could change the world as they know it – and Spike’s encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can’t escape. In the world of The Bone Temple, the infected are no longer the greatest threat to survival – the inhumanity of the survivors can be stranger and more terrifying.
When 28 Years Later came out last years I didn’t expect much. I mean I still haven’t even seen 28 Days Later when I watched both of these movies. So when I watched 28 Years Later I definitely didn’t expect it to have such a genuinely great movie story, I didn’t expect it to have such great performances, and I definitely didn’t expect it to become my favorite zombie movie of all time.
I also wasn’t expecting GIANT naked zombies but it had that too. Anyway needless to say I loved 28 Years Later and it’s sequel 2026’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple was one of my most anticipated movies of the year.
I was already so excited for the movie before I saw the INCREDIBLE reviews this movie as getting. With many Yotube reviewers I loved just saying this movie absolutely rocked! Even one of them went so far as too say it was a masterpiece. So I went into this movie very excited to watch it, and I have to say I disagree with people calling this movie a masterpiece, but I still liked it a lot.
So this movie has a lot of great really FUCKED UP horror stuff in it. In this film there are a cult of people called The Jimmy Cult and I will say those guys are crazy! There leader is played by Jack O’connell (who also played the villain Remmick in Sinners) and he just brings it in this movie man. He is truly so creepy and terrifying.
Alfie Williams who plays the kid Spike delivers another great performance, he was great in 28 Years Later and he keeps that streak in this movie.
Erin Kellyman is someone new and not from the original movie and I think she is great in this movie. Ralph Fiennes the legendary actor (who also played Voldemort) is incredible in this as well and is my favorite character in this movie by far.
The movie really relies on him throughout it’s runtime and he never lets them down. But also the directing is stellar as well. The director is Nia Docasta and she does a great job with this movie.
The story is very interesting as well, it sort of has two main plot points that it switches back and forth throughout the movie and both are very interesting with especially what they do with the zombies in this movie and all of that is awesome and super interesting.
However I do have some very big negatives. I will say this movie….. is super weird. It’s good. But it’s super weird. There is this one sequence near the end that is genuinely so weird and I just was like “what are we doing here?” and there’s one other cringy scene earlier in the beginning as well, but I don’t want to spoil anything here so I’ll get to that in spoilers
SPOILERS
Ok so the cringy scene I was talking about was when the doctor just started dancing. I really just don’t understand why that was in there. Him using the record player to make him seem like the devil, ok sure but why the dancing. Genuinely it felt like the movie paused and I was just watching a music video. So I hated that scene. It was done really well but I just don’t understand why it was in the movie. Also the other cringy scene I was talking about was when Samson was drugged, and the doctor does drugs with him, and when they dance. It’s great he has a friend but those scenes (especially) the dancing scene just didn’t feel like they fit the tone of the movie.
So overall I don’t think this movie is a masterpiece, I do think it is a little overrated, but I also really liked this movie, think it has great acting, an awesome story, some really messed up stuff and had characters I loved. I really do hope they make that third movie so if you see this review and think you will like the movie, please go watch it because it is flopping or at check it 28 Years Later and that movie rules
RATING:
See it
