28 Years Later
Directed by Danny Boyle
Twenty-eight years after the Rage virus outbreak, a heavily-defended island survives connected to the mainland by a single causeway. When one of the group leaves the island 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. From TMDB
300 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Oct 31, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 83 | 12 | 163 |
| Mastodon * | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| TMDB reviews * | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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A few posters express strong disappointment, calling it a betrayal of the franchise. [1][2]
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Don't believe those reviews that give this movie rating more than 4/10. They are paid reviews. There's no way that any normal, sane person would rate this movie more than 4. I watched 28 Days Later (first one) and 28 Weeks later (2nd one) and they were masterpieces in a zombie movies. They were brilliant. I would say, best zombie movies out there. So, I was looking forward for this third one, but trust me, it turns …
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A beautiful film with a handful of odd choices. I was hesitant going into this film. On one hand, it was a mainstream zombie film with a big budget and a competent crew. But on the other hand, it was in a franchise I have never loved, and it was the start of a new trilogy. So, while I was confident that it would be a solid movie, I did not know if it would work for me personally or if it would feel like it could …
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'28 Years Later' delivers a very good flick, I wouldn't rank it too far behind the (albeit superior) original in actuality. I admittedly did think it was going to be more in-your-face unsettling based on a trailer I saw, what with that terrifying (but great!) usage of Rudyard Kipling's "Boots". All the same, it is still unnerving in a good amount of patches; it's, for me, definitely the closest that these films have …
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My last note about 28 Years Later and Bone Temple is that Ralph Fiennes can do anything. What an actor. Handsome and charismatic enough to anchor a movie like Quiz Show, doesn't mind doing a 10 minute cameo in things like Hurt Locker and stealing the show, and is absolutely fearless about his body.
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I might well be the last American to see it in a movie theater but I was really blown away by 28 Years Later. Not perfect, but I respect that it's such a big swing in so many ways and as with the previous films in the series there were moments where I found it unaccountably moving. A Real Movie.
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Critics, per Wikipedia
28 Years Later grossed $70.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $80.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $151.3 million. In the United States and Canada, 28 Years Later was released alongside Elio, and was expected to gross around $30 million in its opening weekend from 3,444 theatres, with some estimates going as high as $45 million. The film made $14 million on its first day, including $5.8 million from Thursday previews. It ended up debuting to $30 million, finishing second behind holdover How to Train Your Dragon and becoming the highest opening weekend of the franchise. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 398 critics' reviews are…
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60 of 300 · most liked firstMy last note about 28 Years Later and Bone Temple is that Ralph Fiennes can do anything. What an actor. Handsome and charismatic enough to anchor a movie like Quiz Show, doesn't mind doing a 10 minute cameo in things like Hurt Locker and stealing the show, and is absolutely fearless about his body.
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been researching this as a special project for about two months, and I can't say anything conclusive yet. but I've grown convinced there's a dick joke to make about the title of the new 28 Years Later movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →At the cinema to watch 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. Is this movie as good as everyone is saying? Let's find out.
neutral · AI labelView post →I might well be the last American to see it in a movie theater but I was really blown away by 28 Years Later. Not perfect, but I respect that it's such a big swing in so many ways and as with the previous films in the series there were moments where I found it unaccountably moving. A Real Movie.
positive · AI labelView post →'28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' releases in exactly 28 weeks 🧟♂️ • Jack O'Connell and the Jimmy Gang will 'dominate the film' • Cillian Murphy, Ralph Fiennes, Aaron-Taylor Johnson, and Alfie Williams will all reprise their roles • Film 'is about the nature of evil'
neutral · AI labelView post →26 Days Later is a post-9/11 movie. 28 Weeks Later is a post war on terror movie. 28 Years Later is a post COVID movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ralph Fiennes says bold horror films like ‘SINNERS’ and ‘28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE’ are helping keep the genre alive. “I thought ‘Sinners’ was a wonderfully inventive film. You have to keep reinventing and discovering... otherwise, we’re quick to smell the cliché.”
neutral · AI labelView post →Dr. Ian Kelson from the '28 Years Later' films might be my favorite movie character from the last 25 years. It's a huge task to portray the embodiment of the sort of selfless humanism that gives hope in a hopeless situation, but Ralph Fiennes breathes absolute life into him.
neutral · AI labelView post →First look at iPhones with attachments being used to film sequences in ‘28 YEARS LATER’ Special rigs were created to use as many as 20 iPhones at a time for certain shots. (Source: bit.ly/4kGyVP2)
neutral · AI labelView post →Cillian Murphy says he hopes the third ‘28 YEARS LATER’ movie happens. “I’m ready anyway.” (Source: www.thetimes.com/culture/film...)
neutral · AI labelView post →‘28 YEARS LATER’ is now Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes at 93% Now the highest-rated film in the franchise. Read our review: bit.ly/DFYears
neutral · AI labelView post →Still thinking about 28 Years Later. I think it's maybe the only zombie movie that can rival the original trilogy of Romero films, specifically Dawn and Day. Can't wait to see it again.
positive · AI labelView post →‘28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE’ is now Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes at 93% • Highest rated film of the franchise Read our review: bit.ly/TempleDF
neutral · AI labelView post →I reviewed 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE, which I loved. An unconventional and intellectually curious zombie movie which resolutely refuses to dehumanize its zombies. Nia DaCosta's direction is gorgeous. www.patreon.com/posts/151136...
positive · AI labelView post →The third ‘28 YEARS LATER’ movie is officially happening. Cillian Murphy is in talks to reprise his role. (Source: Deadline)
neutral · AI labelView post →First trailer for '28: Years Later: The Bone Temple' officially releases tomorrow 🧟♂️ Film 'is about the nature of evil' and features even more infected (via Rolling Stone)
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s movie: “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” (2026), directed by Nia DaCosta
neutral · AI labelView post →People think 28 Years Later refers to the length of time that has passed since the outbreak in the series' first film, but that's a common misconception. It refers to how long it's been since Alex Garland made a movie that wasn't dogshit
neutral · AI labelView post →*me, at the cinema after 36 movie trailers, when the lights finally go down* 28 YEARS LATER, AMIRITE
neutral · AI labelView post →28 Years Later is now the most anticipated film of 2025 on Letterboxd ☣️ Exclusively in theatres June 20, 2025 via Sony Pictures. #28YearsLater
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie 28 Years Later is about the Discover Feed
neutral · AI labelView post →First reactions to ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ are calling it the best film in the franchise 🧟♂️ In theaters January 16 🤝 Sony Pictures
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy to see the 28 Days Later franchise get the love it deserves. The trailer for 28 Years Later is one of the best trailers I’ve ever seen. It’s actually making people watch the first film. This is wonderful. 🤗
positive · AI labelView post →The new trailer for ‘28 YEARS LATER’ was just shown at #CinemaCon that revealed more intense infected action + a church sequence similar to the first film. See our full footage description: bit.ly/SonyDF25
neutral · AI labelView post →28 Years Later is an excellent 2 thirds of a movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →28 YEARS LATER absolutely rips. It’s a surprising twisty bit of heartfelt genre storytelling. My review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
positive · AI labelView post →New post! I explore the cultural shift from the post-apocalyptic to folk horror trends over the last 20 years and how this shift reflects changing attitudes toward social upheaval. One dark desire underpins both genres: accelerationism. 28 Years Later is a film that captures our historical moment.
neutral · AI labelView post →Chi Lewis-Parry tells us that he and Ralph Fiennes are now close friends after playing the Alpha Samson and Dr. Kelson in the ‘28 YEARS LATER’ films. “We’re troopers, brothers in arms. It’s a genuine love, and that is [what you see] on film. Our communication together is real.”
neutral · AI labelView post →A bunch of iPhones hooked up to a crane to film a chase sequence for ‘28 YEARS LATER’ (Source: bit.ly/4kGyVP2)
neutral · AI labelView post →Brexit, bootlicking, the bullets in the bandoliers - 28 YEARS LATER is the defining horror movie of modern Britain. Here’s why.
positive · AI labelView post →Tough night for anyone who thought the emaciated zombie in 28 Years Later would be Cillian Murphy www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
neutral · AI labelView post →not watching the 28 YEARS LATER trailer because I’m a total zombie movie simp, yes absolutely. No ads needed I even liked WORLD WAR Z for goodness’ sake
positive · AI labelView post →"Danny Boyle revealed that 28 Years Later Part 3 (title TBA) which serves as the sequel to both The Bone Temple and the film that started it all, 28 Days Later, is due to enter production early next year." Thanks the maker 🤩 Both 28 Years Later movies are among my fav genre movies of the past year.
positive · AI labelView post →Nia DaCosta put her whole foot into 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE, a gnarly post-apocalyptic bloodbath coated in nihilism. My review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →if Boyle uses AI in the last 28 Years Later movie, so help me god...
negative · AI labelView post →More than anything I think 28 Years Later is maybe the best stab anyone has yet taken at making a movie about Covid
positive · AI labelView post →After ‘28 Years Later’ Trailer, ‘28 Days Later’ Will Finally Return To Streaming www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...
neutral · AI labelView post →It brings me no pleasure to say this but 28 Years Later might possibly be the dumbest film I’ve seen in years. This is the last chance I ever give Alex Garland
negative · AI labelView post →‘28 Years Later’, which is a zombie movie, is coming out soon bluesky is “dead”, so now a zombie COINCIDENCE ?? I THINK NOT
neutral · AI labelView post →I knew exactly how 28 Years Later ended from all the discussion about the film but regardless still nothing prepared me for Problematic Sentai Savilleger (It felt like someone's pitch for Shin Super Sentai)
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s movie: “28 Years Later” (2025), directed by Danny Boyle
neutral · AI labelView post →Holy shit this is a great piece on 28 YEARS LATER from @blondekwaidan.bsky.social - best read after seeing the movie if you’re fussy about spoilers. www.fangoria.com/28-years-lat...
neutral · AI labelView post →Everyone is making gigantic best of lists for 2025 and Ill just tell you that 28 Years Later was the film of the year.
positive · AI labelView post →" “28 Years Later,” an at times tonally daring and whimsically transportive coming-of-age zombie film, does the opposite of what you expect." — @812filmreviews.com I'm even higher on this film than Robert is. @mzspress.bsky.social & I have already seen it twice www.rogerebert.com/reviews/28-y...
positive · AI labelView post →This is an Art Attack. A new newsletter discussing art at the end of the world, trench and plague art, memento mori, the danger of a frozen culture, and reading too much into the 28 Years Later sequels. Read it here: grave-offerings.ghost.io/this-is-an-a...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey I just need y'all to know that I'm still pissed about how hard we failed 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE. Movie rips, is directed by an exciting director, and continues a story everyone was hot on when it was two dudes running the show. Mad as hell.
positive · AI labelView post →My main takeaway from 28 Years Later is that I could watch a film entirely consisting of post-apocalyptic Britain with a banging soundtrack very easily and I get annoyed when plot gets in the way
positive · AI labelView post →#NowWatching 28 Years Later I'm about an hour in and am enjoying this immensely (taking a snack break). I don't get the criticisms I have read online and heard in a few podcasts. Thankfully I disagree with all of those criticisms and am loving this More zombie films please 🧟 #FilmSky #HorrorSky 📽️
positive · AI labelView post →End boss from new 28 Years Later movie has been released. Apparently it is the original zombie, dead for 28 years.
neutral · AI labelView post →Give Nia DeCosta the third 28 Years Later movie
positive · AI labelView post →28 YEARS LATER absolutely whips, and is also the closest thing I've seen to a movie that's edited like a Mike Mignola comic
positive · AI labelView post →28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE was an INSANELY interesting movie. Holy hell.
positive · AI labelView post →In the wake of 28 Years Later next summer, the infection franchise will continue with Nia DaCosta's sequel 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE, which has set a 2026 release date: bloody-disgusting.com/movie/384919...
neutral · AI labelView post →“28 Years Later,” a new film in which the U.K. remains under quarantine following a zombie outbreak, is “a sharp, unmistakable jab at Brexit isolationism,” @justincchang.bsky.social writes.
neutral · AI labelView post →“28 Years Later” is a delight. Fun, tense, occasionally poignant, with images never before seen in a Hollywood studio film. What else could you want from big budget sci-fi? www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
positive · AI labelView post →"28 YEARS LATER PART II may even be more divisive than the first movie."
neutral · AI labelView post →28 YEARS LATER is wild, somewhat unexpected movie, that reframes a classic story structure into something much more... well-observed? Thematically poignant? The more I think about it, the more I love it. www.patreon.com/posts/131953...
positive · AI labelView post →Congratulations to 28 Years Later for being the most profitable Power Rangers movie so far.
positive · AI labelView post →Finally watched 28 Years Later. An incredible film. I loved it. Sorry I didn’t get it together to watch it in theaters. I’ll be sure to see the next one on the big screen when it comes.
positive · AI labelView post →What will humanity become? Watch the official trailer for 28 YEARS LATER, in theaters Summer 2025. bloody-disgusting.com/movie/384798...
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