Film Review - 28 Years Later

28 Years Later is an exhilarating, deeply emotional resurgence of the 28 Days Later universe—proof that time can deepen rather than dilute a story. From start to finish, it nails the tone and tension that made the original so gripping, while charting a bold new course.

Danny Boyle returns as the director of 28 years later, a 3rd installment to the now 28 trilogy. My only criticism is that it could have been filmed in iMax. 

Set 28 years later in a remote north eastern island, Spike played by Alfie Williams is a young teenage boy about to set out to the "mainland" with his father he is the main protaganist, he is learning the survival steps required to navigate a quarantined Britain 28 years after virus that ravaged Britain. Spike starts the film as a teenager and as the film ends I believe he was a mature man of the wilderness.

Jodie Marie Comer plays Spike's mum, and her acting skills are exceptional for the character she was playing, there are no spoilers here but I think there is a deep bonding with her character, and this means that we feel Spike's pain, and his journey quite vividly.

What I really like about this film, is that it really does make you feel immersed in the journey, the look and feel exceptionally deliver an almost abandoned Britain, and there is a sense of immersion with the film.

There were 20 iPhones used for some of the scenes, and most of the film was filmed using Canon digital cameras.

“Filming with iPhones allowed us to move without huge amounts of equipment,” Boyle said, noting that the team shot in parts of Northumbria that look like “it would have looked 1,000 years ago,” so the iPhone allowed them “to move quickly and lightly to areas of the countryside that we wanted to retain their lack of human imprint.”

If you haven't seen 28 Years later, and you really enjoy apocolyptic style films with an emotional twist, then check out this film, trailer is below.