By 
Is the reign of Avatar: Fire & Ice at the top of the box office about to come to an end? 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple could be the movie to do it, based on both early tracking and the strength of these reviews.
The sequel is getting rave reviews, and a common theme seems to be that people are finding it better than Danny Boyle’s predecessor.
Some are even saying it is even better than the original, and the strongest entry in the franchise to date.
Rotten Tomatoes has it pegged at 93% at the time of writing. Ahead of all previous instalments.
Nia DaCosta looks like she might have hit 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple out of the park.
Here are what the summary pages have to say, even if some of them will trigger the occasional Outposter because they mentioned “Zombies”:
“As the fourth entry in a long-running franchise (written, like its ancestors, by Alex Garland), it is, to borrow a phrase uttered by its protagonist, “miraculous”—and marks this zombie saga as a nightmare with few equals.”
Nick Schager, The Daily Beast
“Garland juxtaposes faith and reason and how they oppose one another in a world where the foundations and “order” have been torn asunder. Believing in something bigger than ourselves can feel comforting even if it’s false.”
Katie Walsh, Tribute News Service
“These movies have always been quick to remind us that people are much scarier than any of the monsters they might be afraid of, and ‘The Bone Temple’ — the least scary yet most disquieting of the lot — is happy to flesh that out on both ends.”
David Ehrlich, Indiewire
“For genre aficianados, it’s bold, mind-bending work which satisfies that so-often-frustrated craving for a zombie movie with brains.”
Peter DeBruge, Variety
“DaCosta’s got a real knack for fear, having done a bang-up job bringing “Candyman” into the 21st Century back in 2021. She doesn’t conceal much with her gorgeous and unsparing direction as she makes us wince and “Oh. My. God” over and over.”
Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post
“Director Nia DaCosta takes the reins with fearless gusto, making this entry wholly her own while pushing the overarching story and its richly layered themes into darker, grislier, funnier, and more poignant territory.”
Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting
“The leader of this crew, Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal, is played by Jack O’Connell with a Jack Nicholson-esque fiendish allure and an impressively specific Fife accent. Both he and Fiennes are tremendous, veering rivetingly between madcap and subdued” –
Robbie Collin, The Daily Telegraph
“The standout craft element here is a powerful horror score by Hildur Gudnadottir that ranges from solemn, quasi-ecclesiastical passages to gut-churning, droning soundscapes.”
David Rooney, THR
‘This is a harrowing, thoughtful, and impeccably crafted film that enriches its franchise while standing powerfully on its own. It is a real triumph for DaCosta in one of her biggest and best films yet.”
Linda Marric, HeyUGuys
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple opens in cinemas on Friday. Go and see it if you want to support movies for grown ups at the box office.
The post 28 YEARS LATER: The Bone Temple Reviews Strong appeared first on Last Movie Outpost.
