Film Review - 28 Years Later
June 19, 2025
2002’s “28 Days Later” offered director Danny Boyle an opportunity to purge his system of Hollywood habits after the troubled releases of 1997’s “A Life Less Ordinary” and 2000’s “The Beach.” Returning to his low-budget roots, armed with crude cameras to complete his mission, Boyle teamed with screenwriter Alex Garland for an updated take on the viral outbreak/zombie film, creating an adrenalized, down-and-dirty horror experience that delivered some feel for imposing atmosphere, and also helped to popularize the sprinting undead movement. “28 Days Later” was a hit, helping to readjust the helmer’s antenna, and a Boyle-less sequel, “28 Weeks Later,” eventually arrived in 2007, also managing to make a profit. Almost two decades later, Boyle and Garland return to this post-apocalyptic world for “28 Years Later,” though they come armed this time with a sizable budget, which doesn’t always fit the weirdness of the offering, as the filmmakers go semi-comedic with the second sequel, but still try to deliver acts of wild, vicious violence. “28 Years Later” gives the moviemakers full creative control of the saga, and they don’t really advance the storyline, preferring to linger on oddity as the endeavor makes its way to a ridiculous non-ending. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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