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Movie Name: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Directed by: Nia DaCosta
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Release Date: 16 January, 2026
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Languages: English
Production House: Columbia Pictures, Decibel Films, DNA Films
Budget: $- million
Taking place after the events of the first film, Spike is inducted into Sir Jimmy Crystal and his gang of acrobatic killers in a post-apocalyptic England ravaged by the Rage Virus. Meanwhile, Dr. Ian Kelson uncovers a deadly discovery that will have consequences that could alter the world.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is an upcoming post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Alex Garland. It was shot back-to-back with its predecessor 28 Years Later (2025), and will serve as the fourth installment overall in the 28 Days Later film series. The film stars Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, and Chi Lewis-Parry.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple will be released on 16 January 2026, by Sony Pictures Releasing. A sequel to The Bone Temple is in development.
Principal photography began on 19 August 2024. In September 2024, Cillian Murphy was spotted filming in Ennerdale, Cumbria with a crew reportedly attached to the film.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is scheduled to be released in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing on 16 January 2026. The first trailer was released on 3 September 2025.
The film was announced as part of a planned trilogy, with Garland serving as screenwriter for all three. In January 2025, Boyle confirmed that he would direct the final film in the trilogy.
A messenger on a bicycle awakens from a coma to discover that the world has been invaded by zombies following the outbreak of a virus.
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This zombie saga finds its fear beyond the virus
Story:
In this third straight instalment of the 28 Days franchise, Dr Ian Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) continues to cling to the fragile hope of discovering a cure for the wretched Rage Virus. But the greater threat now comes not just from the infected, but from an eccentric cult fanatic who exploits young children to form a disturbing army of “Jimmys.”
Review:
When Sir Danny Boyle made 28 Days Later back in June 2003, the film immediately felt different—raw, unsettling, and truly genre-defining in the zombie-horror space. A lukewarm sequel followed with 28 Weeks Later in May 2007, before Boyle returned with the hugely successful 28 Years Later in June 2025. This fourth instalment arrives just six months later, this time directed by Nia DaCosta (Candyman, The Marvels), and picks up directly from where the previous film left off.
The film opens with a tense and gripping sequence in which Spike (Alfie Williams) is forcibly inducted into the Jimmy cult. While the infected continue to hunt, kill, and devour any uninfected mortal in their path, it is Jimmy’s grotesque ideology and methods that inflict the deepest scars. Set against the bleak, post-apocalyptic Scottish Highlands, the film portrays a world where the shadow of death has not just loomed over life, but completely replaced it.
DaCosta and writer Alex Garland make a conscious effort to preserve the franchise’s high-tension horror by doubling down on gore and relentless bloodshed. Several scenes are so gut-wrenching and depraved that one genuinely wonders how they cleared the censor board. These moments are certainly not for the faint-hearted. While such visceral imagery has the power to shock and thrill genre loyalists, the narrative surrounding them lacks equal strength. The writing never quite provides enough emotional or thematic grounding to justify these moments within the larger fabric of a story that is ultimately about a virus turning ordinary people into uncontrollable monsters.
Ralph Fiennes once again plays the morally driven doctor with his trademark finesse, though the role offers him little that feels new or challenging. Alfie Williams is impressive as Spike, effectively portraying vulnerability and resilience in equal measure—a character who quite literally embodies hope in a world stripped of it. Erin Kellyman, as Jimmy Ink, complements Spike’s struggle with a quietly assured and impactful performance. However, it is Jack O’Connell as Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal—the psychopathic leader of the Jimmys—who leaves the strongest impression. Clearly having the most fun, O’Connell delivers a wildly unpredictable performance, portraying a man who courts chaos and seeks devilish power with frightening conviction. The cult’s reported inspiration from BBC journalist Jimmy Savile only adds to the unsettling undertone of the character.
On a technical level, the film excels at crafting tension and unease, aided by Sean Bobbitt’s compelling cinematography and Hildur Guðnadóttir’s haunting, atmospheric score. These elements, combined with the franchise’s formidable legacy, make the film undeniably watchable—but they don’t elevate it much beyond that. Large portions of the story drag, and despite a relatively tight runtime, pacing remains an issue. Opportunities to inject dark humour are repeatedly missed, largely due to underwhelming dialogue and uneven writing.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple justifies its place within the franchise’s storied lineage, but it fails to strengthen it in any meaningful way. Watching it as a standalone is not advisable, as too much context is lost. The film demands a fair amount of memory-jogging through previous instalments to be fully appreciated—and ironically, revisiting them only reinforces how much stronger those earlier films truly were.
