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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple review – Ralph Fiennes is phenomenal in best chapter yet of zombie horror

A murderous Clockwork-Orangey gang take on the zombies in this gruesome and energised fourquel. It’s the finest of the 28 franchise by a blood-curdling mile

It’s very rare for a fourquel to be the best film in a franchise, but that’s how things stand with the chequered 28 Days Later series. In this one, which follows immediately on from the previous episode, 28 Years Later, Ralph Fiennes and Jack O’Connell bring pure death-metal craziness. There is real energy and drama in this latest iteration of the post-apocalyptic zombie horror-thriller saga, created by director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland back in 2003, with Nia DaCosta taking over directing duties for this film. Fiennes’s dance to Iron Maiden’s The Number of the Beast is basically one of the most extraordinary moments of his career. At the screening I attended, we were on our feet, looking for a speaker bin to headbang into. The band surely has to rerelease this track with Fiennes’s performance as a new official video. His Voldemort was never so freaky.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple First Reviews: Dark, Thrilling, and Powered by Standout Performances

Quickly following up on last summer’s hit sequel 28 Years Later, the latest film in the 28 Days Later franchise arrives in theaters this Friday, and the first reviews are now online. Titled 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, this fourth installment is again written by Alex Garland, but Candyman director Nia DaCosta is now at the helm for a direct continuation of the events seen at the end of the previous movie. Her work is being praised, as is the performance by returning actor Ralph Fiennes. Fans of the franchise will not be disappointed.

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An Apocalypse Film That Will Prompt Wild Cheering

The sequel to 28 Years Later offers an optimistic twist on a nihilistic genre.

It’s the oldest, creakiest trope in the zombie-movie storybook: You know who’s scarier than decaying, flesh-eating monsters? The people they’re chasing! Every legendary entry in the genre, be it Night of the Living Dead or the never-ending Walking Dead franchise, has dug into this concept at some point. After all, it’s just as terrifying to imagine how the survivors of societal collapse might behave toward one another as it is to envision them beheading the undead. So it’s especially impressive when a movie about the undead somehow finds a new angle on such a well-worn premise. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, in theaters this week, does just that, finding a reason to be hopeful, rather than fearful, for postapocalyptic humanity.

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