28 Years Later breaks a franchise record with a strong debut Rotten Tomatoes score. Arriving on Friday, June 20, the third installment of the 28 Days Later franchise takes place almost three decades after the events in the original movie, in which the Rage Virus devastated Great Britain. Directed by Danny Boyle, who helmed the previous two тιтles, 28 Years Later‘s cast features Jodie Comer as Isla, Ralph Fiennes as Dr. Ian Kelson, and Aaron Tayler-Johnson as Jamie. Cillian Murphy, who starred in the original movie, is an executive producer on the film and will appear in the sequels.
28 Years Later debuts with a 95% approval rate from 73 critical reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics have praised the strong performances from the cast and the zombie movie’s nuanced approach to gore and horror, with many impressed by the artistic risks the director took to deliver a soulful depiction of a post-apocalyptic world. While its unconventional style resonated with most, a few found it destabilized the premise and plot.
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28 Years Later currently has the highest Rotten Tomatoes score in the franchise, compared to 28 Days Later‘s 87% and 28 Weeks Later‘s 72% approval rates. On the other hand, 28 Weeks Later‘s RT score is generated from 196 reviews, while the original movie had 236 reviews, which means that with more reviews being released as the movie arrives in theaters, the score is likely to fluctuate.
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Film |
Tomatometer |
Popcornmeter |
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28 Years Later |
95% |
N/A |
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28 Days Later |
87% |
85% |
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28 Weeks Later |
72% |
66% |
The 2002 movie was hailed as a classic zombie movie where British humor meets sci-fi. Many critics argued that the follow-up in 2007 avoided repeating the original’s format by going bigger and being tensely paced. The early reviews for 28 Years Later position the movie as another scale-up for the franchise, seeing it getting creative and deeply conscious while delivering the unflinching, gruesome gore that the franchise is known for.
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ScreenRant‘s review for 28 Years Later argues that the movie is “more of a reboot” that brings “the modern, grief-stricken landscape of contemporary horror movies” into the 28 franchise. Given the franchise’s track record of having similar audiences and critical scores, it sounds like the new zombie movie is custom-made for the appeтιтe of a contemporary audience rather than serving the franchise’s die-hard fans. It also sounds like the movie might draw some similarities to the HBO hit TV series, The Last of Us, which tells an emotional and personal story while exploring a virus-infected world.
28 Years Later sounds amazing and horrifying for fans who are dying to see another horror тιтle that might match the gruesome level of Terrifier 3 and Final Destination Bloodlines. The movie also has the best projected opening box office in the franchise, which means those who are planning to watch it in theaters should plan ahead to secure a seat.
Source: Rotten Tomatoes
