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28 Years Later
(Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Ralph Fiennes, et al / R / 1hr 55mins / Sony Pictures Releasing)

Overview: Academy Award®-winning director Danny Boyle and Academy Award®-nominated writer Alex Garland reunite for 28 Years Later, a terrifying new auteur horror story set in the world created by 28 Days Later.

It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway.

When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.

Verdict: What I appreciated about the movie was a continued reflection on humanity. In 28 Days later the infected are not the true horror, but the human survivors are. 28 Years Later instead reclaims humanity, and how human deaths impacts those around them. Really appreciated its message and the acting was great.

The very end didn’t perfectly land for me though but enjoyed it anyway. Both my husband and I were very to touched by parts of it. It definitely was different from the original, but I appreciate that. Don’t we have enough nostalgia movies right now that don’t have anything new to say? This had something to say without leaning on nostalgia. [Liz A.]





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