Boyle and Garland have, in their dotage, outdone themselves. The first film was good, the second almost entirely forgettable, but this third act, wow, fucking fantastic. “28 Swinging Cocks”, “28 Inch Cock” or “28 Dicks Later”, any could have been apt titles, but that’s too easy. This is the movie in which the anatomy is riotous, the intellect unashamed, the heart unexpectedly exposed.
I have an unpopular take. I liked the first, loved the second, and thought this was a trainwreck. The marketing was misleading. The movie was tonally all over the place. Jodie Comer was used as a prop. I thought the new zombie archetypes were cringey, e.g. “We call these ones the Alphas.” (Are they developing a video game?) The editing of the action scenes was sloppy - an Alpha is sprinting at you, but you have time to stop and talk about who’s going to shoot the arrow? I don’t want semi-sentient zombies with nicknames, I don’t want anyone holding hands with mommy zombies.
I may give it another watch at some point, but on first watch I was confused and disappointed.
I agree with you on all points. It felt like they had turned what was actually a serious, scary franchise into a goofy caricature of what it was before. Also the final ending scenes made my eyes roll.
Everything after the first act felt largely pointless. It started off well and then just shifted into a different movie. The final scene is stupid.
Both the new movies are just cash grabs. Garland should be writing original sci fi’s. Not a zombie trilogy.
The first one is my all-time favourite, the second one is alright/watchable and I absolutely detested 28 years later. The first act seemed interesting enough and I liked the “Junji Ito” slug zombies, but it was all downhill from there and I just felt weird watching it. What a mess.
Yep. They didn’t try very hard in some respects and were hoping to be carried by shock factor, which, lots of dick and a pregnant zombie giving birth, wow so edgy.
Have my upvote as I do enjoy reading other people’s perspective.