Official Trailer
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- Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell
- June 19th 2025
- 115
- Danny Boyle
A 12-year-old boy named Spike ventures onto the mainland of Great Britain for the first time with his mum and dad.
Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland helped revitalise and popularise the zombie genre with their post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Days Later back in 2002. And now, after 23 years, they’re back with a new offering, 28 Years Later.
As the title suggests, it’s been 28 years since the Rage Virus spread throughout Great Britain and essentially turned almost everyone into zombie-like creatures called the infected.
Rather than reconvene with the first film’s protagonist Jim, played by Cillian Murphy, 28 Years Later tells a new story with a new set of characters.
It is essentially a coming-of-age story that follows Spike (Alfie Williams), a 12-year-old boy who has spent his whole life on Holy Island, also known as Lindisfarne, which can only be accessed by a single causeway at low tide.
The film begins with Spike going to the mainland for the first time with his father, Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), to witness and...
