28 years later It’s never completely “terrifying”, but it’s always uncomfortable. Director Danny Boyle returns to the franchise he created with writer Alex Garland, telling this latest zombie story with a dynamic and mesmerizing filmmaking style that makes even the most mundane action unsettling. Through the woods. Splashing water. The rise of the sun. You never jump out of the seat, but you’re always on the edge of it, and we think it makes more sense.
You guessed it after 28 years after the “Anger Virus” took over the UK in the original 2002 book. 28 years later Focus on a nice but troubled family living in a safe, isolated community. Although the mainland is full of infections and has been quarantined from the rest of the world, the place can only be seen for a few hours a day before it can reach the place. This is the young Spike (Alfie Williams), his mom Isla (Jodie Comer), dad Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and the rest of the bustling, happy community has been safe for decades.
one third 28 years lateryou don’t know what this story will be. We follow Jamie’s first time bringing Spike to the mainland as a way to introduce us to them as people and the world as a whole. They see slow, fat zombies and fast, suitable for zombies, and even though the movie takes a long time to fully show itself, it is still constantly attracting people due to our interest in the world and the particularity of the characters. We want to know everything about everything.
Boyle’s filmmaking also supports this, which makes his many trademark techniques (jumping cuts, pulse-stinging music, sounds and purposeful B-volume) create obvious uneasiness that can also keep your mind well. We are watching Bond of our father and son, but also consider the world from many different angles while chewing our nails in fear. This is an effective combination.
Ultimately, the film does find its focus, which involves Comer’s character Isla. She was sick and Spike desperately wanted her help, which made them take a whole new adventure. This is where Comer, especially Williams can really work out the performance muscles. Williams may be just a kid, but he is a dynamic character that can easily be brought to the movie. But once they become the focus, 28 years later It’s a little changed. Boyle’s hyper-source style is turned back, almost more nurturing with the parenting relationship between son and father. Here we both saw Spike and Isla in different lights, but that was enough so it didn’t immediately cohesion.
But what makes everything cohesive is action and violence. Without some reward, you can’t have a movie full of tension and fear, and Boyle has a lot to offer us. There are big battles, exciting chases and fast moments of intensity, all of which will be sent out temporarily. Also, it handles it with caution whenever someone kills someone (whether it is a human or a zombie). In every bloody murder, the film slows down, even throws in the freezing frame even in the moment of death so that we can understand the value of life on both sides. It’s a fun and effective tool, and you do feel like you’re in the hands of a filmmaker and have something to say.
Later, due to a somewhat disastrous situation, Ralph Fiennes became the mysterious Dr. Kelson. Kelson’s story is fascinating, which gives the film and its world a whole new perspective, and Fiennes brings a wonderful life to life. His introduction also marks another shift in the film, an almost spiritual existenceism. You’re welcome, it works, but once we get used to the mother-son story, it adds to the slight imbalance of the movie again.
That’s the only disadvantage 28 years later. The characters are great, the film is amazing, the action is intense, the story is exciting. It’s so ambitious that in these moments, these changes make the movie feel a little disconnected, like you’re turning the channel to something new. But whenever there was a few minutes of chaos, we would come back because everything else around was fine.
There are also some scenes and ideas in the movie that I’ve never seen exploring in a zombie movie before. What did not have humans do to the ecosystem for 28 years? During that time, human error may have lingered? What (if any) do zombies still carry with them? Is there a zombie pecking order? 28 years later Always fire at all cylinders, but then push things to a whole new level with one or idea, and you almost want to have a whole movie.
28 years later Not your typical zombie movie. The zombies in this world are an unfortunate and undeniable reality. In the past 28 years, they have evolved and the surviving humans have developed. As a result, everything has a more solid sense of relevance, which makes it even more exciting. Boyle and Garland then allow us to explore the world and its characters in a way that makes us interested, guess and entertain at the same time. While the ending isn’t as strong as the rest of the film, it’s the first film of a proposed trilogy, with the second in January. We can’t wait to go back. There is still a lot to chew.
28 years later Open on June 20.
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