28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Is Sometimes Poetic, But Too Often Sadistic

Young actor Alfie Williams is back as Spike, the boy who survived a zombie outbreak with his father in the previous film. However, he was upset by his father’s emotional distance from his very sick mother. Towards the end of 28 Years Later, Spike and his mother find refuge with Dr. Ian Kelson (Ralph Fiennes), a solitary doctor who studies the infected – the zombies – and builds elaborate structures from bones to remember the victims of the ongoing zombie apocalypse. Dr. Kelson helps Spike’s mother pass away peacefully and teaches Spike how to remember her. The film ends with Spike on his own, facing danger from zombies, until he’s rescued by a strange, charismatic leader and their followers. The Bone Temple starts with Spike joining this unusual group, and unfortunately, that’s when the movie begins to struggle.








