28 Years Later (2025)

 Second sequel to Danny Boyle's 2002 film '28 Days Later', which arguable ignited (for better and worse) the zombie movie craze of the 2000's and 2010's. The start of a new trilogy of films, '28 Years Later' shows us a United Kingdom nearly 3 decades on from the events of the first film, quarantined, blockaded (by NATO?), home to small surviving settlements of the living and zombies who are starting to subdivide into different types, some of which are pretty smart. The main plot concerns a 12 year old boy trying to find help for his dying mother and a largely thriving community on a small island that becomes a peninsula at low tied. We also learn a bit about the wider world which has gone on to develop much as ours has, with smart phones and social media. Ralph Finnes plays a hermit doctor, probably the most interesting character in the movie. The films pretty good, has a few interesting ideas and a handful of likable characters. Well see how this goes. ***