If your idea of a good time is watching chaos unfold through the lens of an iPhone while contemplating the futility of hope—then congratulations, 28 Years Later is your next cinematic main course.
Yes, it’s really been that long. Nearly three decades after the rage virus first exploded out of a lab and tore through Britain like a pint of lager through a festival queue, director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland have returned to finish what they started. Well… sort of. It’s not exactly a neat little bow; it’s more of a blood-soaked firework finale.
This third instalment in the apocalyptic saga picks up 28 years after 28 Days Later and its follow-up 28 Weeks Later. And no, it’s not just about screaming zombies in tracksuits anymore—this one’s got layers. The latest trailer reveals a world still utterly knackered by the virus, with society now clinging to survival on a remote island village so heavily fortified it might as well be a zombie-proof Butlins.
Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, and Ralph Fiennes (who looks like he could out-act a plague), we’re treated to glimpses of a world where mankind has adapted, evolved, and possibly gone a bit mad. Two unlucky souls from the village set out across the mainland—because apparently, staying safe is too mainstream—and from that point, it’s less “errand run” and more “existential horror speedrun.”
The trailer is a full-body assault: bone-breaking, glass-shattering, skull-piling madness that’s either a masterclass in horror or a very elaborate Apple ad (yes, they actually shot it on an iPhone 15 Pro Max, because nothing says “bleak post-apocalyptic despair” like pristine 4K video). One scene features a priest losing his mind in a church full of charging infected, while another has a field erupt in chaos like a zombie-themed Glastonbury.
And just when you think it can’t get any worse, it does—because Boyle and Garland aren’t just here to scare you. They want to haunt you, make you question whether surviving is even worth it. The infected might be terrifying, but the people left behind? Arguably worse.
28 Years Later hits Malaysian cinemas on 19 June 2025, and if the trailer’s anything to go by, you’ll need more than popcorn—you’ll need paracetamol and maybe a support group.
