Oh Spike! Still only 12 years old, he’s looked after himself for 28 days even by the end of the last film – but now he’s part of a gang and it’s not pretty. Check out my plot recap including that ending. (Or you can read my 4.5 star review here) There are two main… 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple – that ending plus a plot recap Read More
The Bone Temple: faith, family, Duran Duran and fake tan
There’s so much about what’s gone wrong with Britain in the 28 Years Later films it’s like being mugged by a zombie Guardianista. I half expected a new breed of infected that just wags a finger and shakes its head at the survivors while looking saddened. Still, at least it’s done entertainingly and not via… The Bone Temple: faith, family, Duran Duran and fake tan Read More
What the Jameses? Jim, Jamie and The Jimmys explained
“Jimmys to the south west! Thousands of ’em!” Okay Danny Boyle did not in fact showcase Zulu during 28 Years Later, but considering the meme-ification of that scene online it would have fitted in well with the film’s pop culture references and ideas about the changing of history and what we remember about it. There… What the Jameses? Jim, Jamie and The Jimmys explained Read More
Abandonment, isolation and memory in 28 Years Later – plus what comes next?
It’s fair to say that at the end of the world, God – like our Government, NATO and the UN – has forsaken us poor Brits. It doesn’t stop Him having an effect though, whether through Dr Kelson’s cleansing of the dead or Sir Jimmy Crystal’s warped cult. And really, being abandoned by our leaders,… Abandonment, isolation and memory in 28 Years Later – plus what comes next? Read More
28 Years Later plot recap: who, how, where… WHAT?!
The film starts with a flashback to the early days of the virus, with a young boy called Jimmy watching Teletubbies with his siblings somewhere in Scotland. The house is invaded by infected and his mother screams at him to flee – he makes it to the nearby church, where his father, the minister, is… 28 Years Later plot recap: who, how, where… WHAT?! Read More