Like a bad case of Rage Virus, the zombie plague is back in “28 Years Later,” the tonally erratic, structurally misbegotten third entry in the long-dormant “28 Days Later” film franchise, which, judging by these results, should have stayed undead.
Director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland reunite after skipping the series’ second entry, 2007’s “28 Weeks Later.” “28 Years” is in many ways a throwback to the first film’s style, with a visual aesthetic that recalls the early 2000s — the first film was shot on early digital video, the new one on iPhones — and an over-reliance on throwback Bullet Time-style thrills that were wowing filmgoers and gamers around the turn of the century but have since been rendered passé. It’s a movie that seems designed to enrage viewers rather than engage them.
