Zombie movies aren’t what they used to be. Fortunately, there are some exceptions.
The Walking Dead, World War Z, Zombieland, Train to Busan, Resident Evil: the 1910s coincided with a new life for the monster brought to the cinema by George A. Romero in Night of the Living Dead (1968). It is common opinion that the director invented the modern zombie by drawing on Haitian tradition, but a further evolution coincided with the cinema release of 28 days laterdirected by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting) and written by Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Civil War). In the 2002 film, zombies are the result of a virus and move fast, aggressively. The staging with the handheld camera anticipates the found-footage experiments of RECwhile the famous opening sequence, with a deserted London, has been linked to both 9/11 and Covid.
28 years later, because it was such an anticipated film
2025 marked the return of the series 28 days later (of which he is also part 28 weeks later) with a third chapter titled 28 years laterwhich received excellent critical acclaim: up Rotten Tomatoes88% of reviews are positive, while on Metacritic the average score is 77/100.
The synopsis, reported in a press release:
Almost three decades have passed since the rabies virus escaped from a biological weapons laboratory and now, still in a forced and brutal quarantine, some have managed to survive among the infected. A group of survivors live on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, extremely protected causeway. When one of these leaves the island on a mission to the depths of the mainland, they will discover secrets, wonders and horrors that have changed not only the infected but also the other survivors.
28 years later marks the return to regia Of Boyle and to screenplay Of Alex Garlandwho only served as executive producers in 28 weeks later. In the cast Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams e Ralph Fiennes.
Released in cinemas on June 18, 2025, produced by Sony Pictures and distributed by Eagle Pictures, the film is now available are Prime Videoshortly before the release of 28 Years Later: The Temple of Bonesdirected by Nia Da Costa, in theaters from January 15th.
20th Century Fox 28 Weeks Later
I watch films and play video games, from a certain point in life I also started writing about them. I am fascinated by the remote corners of the internet, the graphics of the first 3D video games and the images that fall under the not at all defined umbrella of the term aesthetic, with respect to which I carry out a compulsive cataloging activity that has as its point of arrival some Instagram profiles. However, the TV series with the best aesthetics (and the best overall) is The X-Files, which I never ended up not conceiving the thought “there are no more episodes of The X-Files to watch for the rest of my life”. Same thing with Evangelion (the manga).
