28 Years Later The Bone Temple (2026)

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

IMDb Info

Release Year: 2026
Runtime: 1h 49m
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Language: English
Genre Tags: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Plot Summary: As Spike is inducted into Jimmy Crystal's gang on the mainland, Dr. Kelson makes a discovery that could alter the world.

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phancy.com rating:

phancy.com notes: Navigating a chaotic world through cruelty or empathy, and what middle ground there is, or is not. Fascist ideology versus humanism. The zombie question is mostly irrelevant, as in most thoughtful zombie movies. Zombies are victims and can only function as zombies. Human can makes decisions, and their intentional violence and cruelty is always far more terrifying and more important to combat than zombies doing zombie things. I'd really like them to make the third chapter of this planned trilogy, but I don't think the money is there. This is an excellent second chapter, but begs for a coda. Also features the best Iron Maiden needle drop of all time. Ralph Fiennes never undercommits.

Outside Reviews:

Robert Daniels
3.5 out of 4 stars - rogerebert.com

On its face, however, Nia DaCosta's turn in the franchise doesn't promise anything radically different; unlike the previous titles in this franchise, which are differentiated by their passage of time, this one is temporally bound by the colon in its title. Rather, the film, to borrow Ian's "Spinal Tap" reference here, turns the bleakness, bloodiness, and brutality up to 11-making "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple" a gnarly, mind-bending trek through inhumanity.

Jesse Hassenger
Grade: B+ - A showstopping Ralph Fiennes keeps the offbeat horror of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple alive

This 28 Years Later plays even more like an installment, less because of its enticing final teaser than the satisfactory but less emotionally satisfying ending that precedes it. Before its bonkers ending, 28 Years Later offered a perfect stopping place for Spike, refracting all that came before it through a new lens. That's a risk DaCosta's film seems less willing to take, at least on its own. Over time, this zombie series may be morphing into something more akin to Planet Of The Apes, only without the predetermined endpoint that informed so many of those movies. This bodes well for a third film in the 28 Years Later sub-series, and may enhance The Bone Temple in retrospect. For now, it's a thoroughly entertaining and still-offbeat horror picture that may just need a little more time.