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28 YEARS LATER MOVIE REVIEW
With 28 Days Later‘s explosive success, Danny Boyle’s Oscar win with Slumdog Millionaire, and Alex Garland’s own film career, it’s not entirely surprising to see these filmmakers go back to the zombie well. 28 Years Later is the third film in the horror franchise and you guessed it, takes 28 years after the Rage Virus ravaged all of England. This story focuses on a community located on the secluded Holy Island, Lindisfarne, and introduces us to family who’s experiencing some troubles. Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is the confident and somewhat brash father to Spike (Alfie Williams) who takes his son on his first “hunt” on the mainland. As they navigate the dangerous terrain still infested with the infected, you witness Jamie push Spike to his limits as he tries to kill as many infected as possible, but comes up short when the situation becomes dire. As they barely make it back to the island, Jamie regales the community of Spike’s success, but in turn pushes Spike further away with his lies of their time on the mainland. Spike takes comfort in his mother, Isla (Jodie Comer), but her situation is much worse as she’s constantly confused, tired, and very sick. With no one else in his corner and a lead on a doctor on the mainland, Spike takes his mother to find said doctor to hopefully cure her of their illness. The film’s tone is quite different from the previous films where they focused more on the idea of survival in this cruel new world, 28 Years Later has a more character driven approach where the infected become more window dressing. The film certainly can be divisive; it’s not trying to recreate the previous two films, but some characters have questionable motivations and there are uneven tonal shifts. Listen as Wright, Ben, and Nathan discuss the film and hopefully not fall into a rage filled conversation themselves.
DIRECTED BY: Danny Boyle
STARRING: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alfie Williams, Ralph Fiennes, Edvin Ryding, Jack O’Connell, Chi Lewis-Parry, Christopher Fulford, Amy Cameron, Stella Gonet, Rocco Haynes, Erin Kellyman, Emma Laird, Maura Bird, Sam Locke, Robert Rose, Connor Neal, Ghazi Al Ruffai
YOUR REVIEWERS
Wright Sulek (The Other Boss, Trash in the Can, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)
Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox. As of 2024, Wright has now been inducted into the Austin Film Critics Association as well as co-owns the One of Us network with Chris Cox.
Nathan Flynn (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)
Nathan Flynn is the resident goofball of One of Us. Net, often found overly caffeinated, slightly stoned, and ready to unleash the hottest takes imaginable. As the resident Letterboxd Lunatic, his movie opinions are as bold as his love for Top Gun: Maverick — a film he considers less of a movie and more of a religion. When he’s not passionately defending his latest cinematic obsession, Nathan manages a comedy club in downtown Austin, where he’s somehow avoided being heckled… so far. Around here, he’s usually the punching bag, but hey, someone’s gotta do it.
Ben Glasthal (Highly Suspect Review, Screener Squad, Breakfast Pub, Unstabletop Gamers, Video and Audio Editor)
Born in Boston, then ending up in Dallas, Texas in the early 2000s, Ben has always had a passion for film. He started in film school not long after where he launched MovieReelizations.com where he still writes reviews to this day. He’s since moved to Austin where he has been also hopping on podcasts and both editing and shooting videos for One of Us. A fan of films from almost all genres, and many that predate him more than makes sense, he is anything if not eclectic in what he’s watching at any point. For the rest of his free time, he can be found biking, drinking craft beer, being an amateur photographer, and playing video games by himself or on Twitch. He’s best found on Instagram or Twitter as @MovieReelBen.
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