28 Years Later: a Film with More Disharmony than It Needs

28 Years Later: a film with more disharmony than it needs

A central motif of the new horror film 28 Years Later is its statement about what normal looks like. From the outset, normality is encoded in the battle between normal humans vs abnormal, zombified ones. But another subtle message also makes itself known: normal isn’t about diversity. The film ministers to the idea of the ‘unwelcome other’ by apparently only casting people of colour in the role of zombies. And so, the real horror is in the think…

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28 Years Later allows its central concepts and ideas to pose greater psychological and political issues than just a blood soaked zombie film.

28 Years Later : A stumble down memory lane

By Princess Haynee B. PangcatanMSU Intern TWENTY-EIGHT Years Later had big shoes to fill. As the third film in a legacy that began with the gritty brilliance of 28 Days Later, expectations were naturally high. And while it delivers a few solid punches, especially in the first half, it ultimately limps to the finish line — a curious mix of tonal shifts, missed potential, and scattered brilliance. © Sony Pictures UK. 2025 The opening act is genui…