This film picks up where 2025's "28 Years Later" left off, so it really isn't possible to talk about this movie without giving spoilers about the previous film.
“28 Years Later” left Spike (Alfie Williams) having just met some colorful, blond warriors. Well, it turns out they are a murder cult, wandering the British countryside fearlessly killing Infected and torturing and murdering any un-infected that they find. Spike is given no choice but to join them, but he is looking for a way out. Meanwhile, Dr Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) was living in something of a detente with the local Infected. We find him now trying to develop more of a relationship with the Alpha, whom he dubs Sampson.
Up til now, the “28” franchise films have treated the Infected pretty much like every other zombie movie: mindless beasts to be killed en masse, video-game-style. In “The Bone Temple,” we are reminded that the Infected are not zombies. They are not reanimated corpses. They are living people stricken with a virus. Through Dr. Kelson's budding friendship with Sampson, we start to peel back the layers of what is going on in the mind of someone with the Rage Virus.
If the monsters are a little more human in this sequel, the humans are more monstrous than ever. Jack O'Connell (“Sinners”) is menacingly charismatic as cult leader Sir Jimmy Crystal, but his cult's brutality is hard to watch. Even for a zombie movie, this film has scenes that will make you want to wash out your eyeballs.
If you can get past the gore and violence (If you are this far into this film franchise, I suspect you can.), “The Bone Temple” continues this story in a way that, even after 4 films, makes me want to keep watching.
4 stars out of 5
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