28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

In spite of the heavy odds stacked against it, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is one of those perfect middle entry movies: It elevates what came before and throws down the gauntlet for whatever might follow.

For genre aficianados, it’s bold, mind-bending work which satisfies that so-often-frustrated craving: for a zombie movie with brains.

There’s plenty of good music in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, including Radiohead’s “Everything in Its Right Place” and one of the most gloriously unhinged uses of Iron Maiden’s “The Number of the Beast” ever conceived. If the previous film had a Fellini-esque vibe, this one has punky, anarchic feel.

With a uniformly impressive cast, spectacular scenes of carnage and the unshakeable feeling that anything could happen, this zombie franchise is as thrilling as it’s ever been. It’s well worth taking a trip to The Bone Temple.

It’s rich thematic territory for the series, and slowly amps up the audience’s anticipation for the moment these two finally cross paths. When they do, it’s spectacular and audacious.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is not only better than its predecessor, it's one of the first great movies of 2026.

The Bone Temple doesn’t pack the moment-to-moment kineticism of the prior films.

Completely out there and bizarre in all the right ways, while also maintaining a focus on the compelling characters that ties it all together in a way that you wouldn't expect in such a chaotic environment.

I dont know what on earth was what ive just watched. It definitely did not have the punch of danny boyles first movie. Also it barely had any budget at all, they just reused all the sets from the first movie. Very surprised that it is getting such a praise Very mid , everything was mid

DaCosta’s horror pedigree fits this chapter, but the absence of Boyle’s bold visual experimentation leaves Garland’s lean story feeling thin. Fiennes’s performance is 70% of the propulsion.

just as bad as the first one d

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]