Review: Ralph Fiennes in ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Avid horror fans are probably quite familiar with 2001’s “28 Days Later,” one of Oscar-winning director Danny boyle’s earlier films that starred then-unknown actor Cillian Murphy, now an Oscar winner himself. Ther’s not much to the plot: a virus breaks out in the U.K. turning those infected into rage-filled zombies. Six years later came “28 Weeks Later,” telling a completely different story but based on the same pandemic and notably featuring a cast of more then-unknowns like Jeremy Renner, Rose Byrne and Idris Elba (Boyle didn’t direct, but served as executive producer).
The franchise laid dormant for 18 years until last summer’s “28 Years Later,” bringing Boyle back into the director’s chair with Murphy serving as an executive producer. It was quite a departure from the first two films as it veered more towards artsy than scary.
Which brings us to “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.”
Sir Jimmy Crystal (jack O’Connell) with the Jimmies in Columbia Pictures’ “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.” (© 2026 CTMG,Inc. All Rights Reserved)
The second follows mild-mannered Ian Kelson (Ralph Fiennes), who we also meet in the previous installment. Prior to the outbreak, he was a doctor in normal society. Now, he’s secluded from human interaction and has taken on a hobby of building a fortress entirely built on skeletal remains (so the title). When he’s not listening to Duran Duran or Iron Maiden on his record player in an underground bunker, he’s attempting to develop a cure for the virus.
His test subject is quite unexpected: a Hulk-like zombie dubbed in the previous installment as an “alpha” (played by 6’9 Chi Lewis-Parry), who Ian fondly begins calling Samson. one would think that Ian is crazy to embrace an alpha zombie for his experiment, especially since Samson can rip a head from a body like more easily than I can open a glass jar (that’s because Ian is kinda crazy. But lo and behold, he begins to make progress with the monstrous figure.
“The Bone Temple” feels like watching two different movies. The first resembles 2008’s “The Strangers” as we follow the pack of Jimmys torment and brutally torture a group of innocent non-zombies at their farm with Spike feeling like a hostage himself.The second resembles “Young Frankenstein” as Ian and samson form a buddy comedy dynamic as the alpha zombie slowly recalls what being human is like. And like the late greats gene Wilder and Peter Boyle, the two of them make great dance partners!
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