Review: ‘Bone Temple’ turns violence up to 11
The Bone Temple uses extreme gore and bizarre tones to explore a Jimmy Savile-themed cult, revealing dark aspects of British history through bold creative risks.
- Recently, reviewers say 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple intensifies gore and weirdness, focusing on a cult modelled after Jimmy Savile with mild spoilers included.
- Creative liberation by the filmmakers, with Alex Garland's screenplay offering a nervy examination of a dark chapter of British history, and Nia DaCosta pursuing bold, berserk choices.
- Brutal set pieces include a barn sequence where the Jimmies methodically peel victims' skin, while Ralph Fiennes and Jack O'Connell deliver standout performances amid odd touches like a grindcore Teletubbies remix.
- The sequel, as the trilogy's second film, risks dividing viewers with extreme content while keeping the franchise commercially prominent and steering it into weirder territory.
- By foregrounding selective memory and culpability, the film forces a cultural reckoning with Britishness and the Savile scandal.
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Review: ‘Bone Temple’ turns violence up to 11
The second film in a trilogy is usually the troublesome one, and that holds true with “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.”
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Movie Review: “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
By: Bob GarverAudiences largely left last June’s zombie threequel “28 Years Later” thinking the same thing, “That was a good movie, but what the heck was up with that ending?” They were referring to the last-minute saving of young protagonist Spike (Alfie Williams) from a hoard of Infected by a gang of blonde-wigged, tracksuit-wearing ruffians led by long-missing earlier character Jimmy (Jack O’Connell). The tone of the sequence was one of styli…
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