‘28 Years Later’: What The Fans And Critics Are Saying
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More than 20 years after ‘28 Days Later’ first terrified audiences, director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland have reunited to continue the story with ‘28 Years Later,’ the long-anticipated sequel to the 2002 classic.
The film had its world premiere in London on Wednesday, and early critical reactions are promising. With 117 reviews submitted so far, ‘28 Years Later’ holds an impressive 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from critics.
The movie, which hits theaters this Friday, features a cast that includes rising star Alfie Williams alongside Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes. Here's a look at what critics and fans are saying about the latest franchise addition.
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IndieWire‘s David Ehrlich says, “with more earnest grace than any films have tried to humanize zombies before, 28 Years Later is increasingly preoccupied with the idea that the difference between “us” and “them” is only a matter of perspective. Honestly, I cringed at the movie’s first indications that it was going to explore how the infected have evolved (so boring, so far removed from the primitivism of the original), but Garland’s script iterates on that concept in such radical and unexpected ways that I couldn’t help but surrender to its potential.”
Vanity Fair‘s Richard Lawson says, “Three quarters of the way through, 28 Years Later slows the horror to become a rumination on death’s inevitability and life’s carrying on even in the grips of calamity. It’s poignant in an odd way, positioned as it is in what is ostensibly a horror film. Really, Boyle’s film is more post-apocalyptic anthropology than anything else, an alluring peer into a near future in which humanity is at a fraught crossroads. Which isn’t to say that the film isn’t frightening. There are myriad unbearably tense and disturbing scenes, steeped in the impossible dread of being stuck somewhere far from safety, surrounded by unseen things lurking in the shadows.”
The Associated Press‘ Jake Coyle concluded, “Buried in here are some tender reflections on mortality and misguided exceptionalism, and even the hint of those ideas make “28 Years Later” a more thoughtful movie than you’re likely to find at the multiplex this time of year. This is an unusually soulful coming-of-age movie considering the number of spinal cords that get ripped right of bodies.”
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