28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Roger Ebert • • entertainment
Key Points:
- "28 Years: The Bone Temple," the latest installment in the "28 Years Later" franchise, intensifies the series' bleakness and brutality, focusing on a grim narrative involving a Satanist cult led by Jimmy Crystal and the traumatized protagonist Spike.
- The film contrasts moments of rare kindness with pervasive inhumanity, featuring characters like Dr. Ian Kelson, who maintains medical ethics amidst chaos, and Jimmy Ink, who offers brief compassion, highlighting the struggle to retain humanity in a devastated world.
- Directed by Nia DaCosta, the film employs striking visual spectacle and nihilistic themes, exploring religious symbolism and existential despair, though it lacks conventional plot momentum and deep character development.
- Ralph Fiennes' performance as Ian Kelson provides
