{"id":30360,"date":"2025-06-21T23:29:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T03:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=30360"},"modified":"2025-06-21T23:47:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T03:47:21","slug":"28-years-later-review-cinema-daily-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=30360","title":{"rendered":"28 Years Later: Video Review by Matthew Schuchman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">\u00a9Courtesy of Columbia Pictures<\/p>\n<p>When it was released in 2002, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/28_Days_Later_(film_series)\">28 Days later<\/a> was revolutionary. Though it is a movie about infected individuals and not zombies, it was instrumental in reviving a horror sub-genre. And while it was scary and horrifying, it was a beast all of its own; not your typical scary movie. And, even though its sequel, 28 Weeks Later, was missing the minds that brought you the original, it succeeded in its own right. But now, <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s=danny+Boyle\">Danny Boyle<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s=danny+Boyle\">Alex Garland<\/a> are back with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/28_Years_Later\">28 Years Later.<\/a> And the question is, does it hold up to the original?<\/p>\n<p>Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) has been training his son Spike (Alfie Williams) to go out into the treacherous wasteland in the Scottish Highlands to scavenge and hunt. On Spike&#8217;s official first trip out of their village gates, things don&#8217;t go as expected. But, it gives Spike some insight he never had and makes him think he has found a way to help his sick and ailing mother, Isla (Jodie Comer). Taking off on his own with his mother in tow, Spike ventures off against all advice to seek a cure for Isla&#8217;s grave condition.<\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30392 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/28-Years-Later5.png\" alt=\"28 Years Later \" width=\"840\" height=\"1270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/28-Years-Later5.png 840w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/28-Years-Later5-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/28-Years-Later5-677x1024.png 677w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/28-Years-Later5-768x1161.png 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/28-Years-Later5-696x1052.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by<\/strong> : Danny Boyle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Written by<\/strong> : Alex Garland<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring<\/strong> :Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O&#8217;Connell, Alfie Williams, Ralph Fiennes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Distributed by<\/strong> : Columbia Pictures<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date<\/strong> : June 20, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Running Time<\/strong> : 115 minutes<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you like the video review, share your thoughts below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/matthew\/\">Check out more of Matthew&#8217;s articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the trailer of the film.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"mcvLKldPM08\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"28 YEARS LATER \u2013 Official Trailer (HD)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mcvLKldPM08?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9Courtesy of Columbia Pictures When it was released in 2002, 28 Days later was revolutionary. Though it is a movie about infected individuals and not zombies, it was instrumental in reviving a horror sub-genre. And while it was scary and horrifying, it was a beast all of its own; not your typical scary movie. 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