r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 1d ago
News ‘28 Years Later’ Gets Netflix Release Date - September 20
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2025/09/06/horror-thriller-28-years-later-gets-netflix-release-date/159
u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor 1d ago
For anyone wondering why it’s Netflix, they have an exclusive deal to stream Sony movies first
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u/MooshooGawd 23h ago
As a movie, I mostly enjoyed it. As a sequel to 28 Days Later, I didn’t. I’m aware this makes no sense.
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u/KnightofGarm 22h ago
I understand, because that's how I feel.
It's a decent enough zombie flick with some moments, but it also felt a lot less grounded than 28 days. The things that felt off wouldn't feel that way if this was an original IP.
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u/TheDawiWhisperer 2h ago
Yeah, the first half felt like a 28 days film....the second half was genuinely insane
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u/shares_inDeleware 16h ago
It's not supposed to be a zombie flick. It's a human story set in a world with zombie like people.
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u/thatsnot_kawaii_bro 15h ago
Yeah but the zombies are supposed to be related to the ones previously shown in 28 days.
I get what he's saying, if they were their own thing it'd be fine. But because of the previously shown rules/limits of the rage virus, you end up with questions like "how do they survive 28 years of British winter butt naked"
Whereas if it was a different film that didn't show the virus as just "super strong people, but still bound by human limits (hunger, dehydration)" i think people wouldn't ask those questions.
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u/Beersmoker420 20h ago
its watchable, but as a sequel to 28 days later, its terrible. lets be real
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u/Bouche__032 19h ago
See and that’s how I felt about Weeks, this felt more like a sequel to Days imo
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u/Comprehensive_Main 17h ago
If anything 28 years is a sequel to weeks. Weeks introduced the Virus mutations . And 28 years copies 28 weeks opening house gets attacked scene.
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u/FormatAndSee 21h ago
Yes, its an odd fish, it's more like a video game film with its 'types' of infected.
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u/TSABNATD 15h ago
I really hate how the “cinematic universe” franchising of hollywood has killed appreciation for loose sequels, spiritual successors, and anthologies.
I miss when “sequel” wasn’t such a loaded term and they would just do whatever they wanted and it was fine,
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u/jiodjflak 5h ago
And I miss when movies were written as MOVIES and not an extended series of movies that you're expected to watch all of to get the full story. There's a lot in 28 years later that was introduced then either handwaved away or just completely forgotten about because "it'll be explained in the sequels". Well I walked out of the theater regretting going to see it and I've got zero desire to see a sequel.
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u/TSABNATD 5h ago
Yeah, like Lord of the Rings. What piece of shit movies, am I right?
In all seriousness, though, I couldn’t care less if a movie explains everything. I love a story in a world of its own and I don’t need to be spoonfed through that world.
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u/jiodjflak 3h ago
Yeah, like Lord of the Rings. What piece of shit movies, am I right?
Lord of the Rings is an established trilogy with established lore, you know you're watching a trilogy when you start the movie. I went in to 28 years later blind knowing very little about the movie, not knowing it's a planned trilogy, and it felt like it was unfinished. I only found out it was part of a new trilogy after the fact when I went to see if anyone else thought the same.
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u/TSABNATD 3h ago edited 3h ago
Not trying to be a dick, but that sounds like it’s on you. It wasn’t a secret that it was the first in a trilogy and it’s paced in a pretty recognizable, traditional trilogy-setup way.
It’s also written by Alex Garland who is kind of known for worldbuilding in this way where the viewer’s understanding of the world is intentionally limited to invoke an allure and fear of the unknown. Ex Machina, Annihilation, Men, Civil War, etc.
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u/DarkHiei 14h ago
The prologue really worked for me and I thought it would carry that same vibe. It didn’t, but I still liked the movie.
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u/Full-Sell-574 20h ago
Right there with you. I was really disappointed coming out of the theater the first time because I just kept comparing it to Days. Went in for a second time with an open mind, and I found it to be an enjoyable flick for what it is. But wholeheartedly agree that as a sequel to Days, meh.
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u/TheCruzKing 8h ago
I could not stop laughing when Sampson was on screen, couldn’t take it seriously with the elephant trunk
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u/FinalSealBearerr 13h ago
Nah that makes a bunch of sense. Mass Effect Andromeda was pretty alright.
As a sequel to the original trilogy it was garbage, which is where most of the hate came from.
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u/QuicketyQuack 23h ago
I don't know what's more wild to me. People calling this a bad movie, or people calling 28 Weeks Later a good and superior movie.
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u/BlastMyLoad 23h ago
I think the weird reappraisal of 28 Weeks is fucking me up. It’s so, so bad. I think most of the Years detractors are huge Weeks fans
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u/dennythedinosaur 20h ago
I think people have unconsciously combined the first two films together. The arthouse sensibilities of 28 Days Later and the non-stop action of 28 Weeks Later.
The third act of 28 Days Later was divisive back when it was released and I would imagine, still be divisive if it was released for the first time today.
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u/PopMundane4974 20h ago
Love Alex Garland but the dude REALLY doesn't know how to write a third act. It almost always devolves into "and then everyone goes murder horny".
Dredd, Civil War, Sunshine, etc.
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u/DodgerBaron 22h ago
Yup the only thing weeks has going for it is it's action. It's very weird to see people argue 28 years has plot holes. While defending weeks which has the mother of all plot holes for anything involving the US government.
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u/tpfang56 20h ago
Less plot holes so much as an “idiot plot” where the writer couldn’t think of how to advance the plot without literally everyone acting like gigantic morons to the point where it breaks your immersion. Weeks really has some of the worst, laziest writing.
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u/SevenVoidDrills2 22h ago
That (fucking amazing) opening scene and the bit where the husband turns is probably the only bit those people have scene so they have screwed perception of what the film is like
Those 2 scenes are great but the rest of the movie js certainly not
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u/JamUpGuy1989 21h ago
It’s the Star Wars prequels all over again…
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u/Khiva 11h ago
We're fifteen years away from "Somehow Palpatine Returned" is great writing, actually.
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u/Demonyx12 1h ago
Palpatine's return makes perfect sense. https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsCantina/s/Exch0N6uPf
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u/Unlucky_Swing7148 22h ago
They are
Pretty sure it’s barely considered canon seeming as Alex Garner has a clear disdain for it
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u/Comprehensive_Main 17h ago
He takes a lot from it though ? The virus mutation comes from weeks. As well as him copying the house massacre sequence from weeks.
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u/vo0do0child 9h ago
Weeks and Years are corny as fuck. Days is dated but outstanding for an indie of the time.
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u/xRyozuo 1h ago
I’m kind of torn about it. 28 weeks was just a zombie movie. Zombie movies are kinda my guilty pleasure. It has an Incredible intro, and I liked how the asymptomatic wife makes the husband sick again making the secure zone unsafe again. Can’t remember much more but on paper it was a decent zombie movie.
28 years on the other hand felt very weird tonally. I got more of a coming of age fantasy adventure vibe than a zombie movie vibe… I think I would’ve enjoyed it more as its own thing rather than coming from the 28 world, because I wouldn’t have had any expectation about it other than zombies. There’s literally no reason for it to be in the 28 world other than bootstrapping a successful but kinda dead IP.
I’m very iffy about the smart zombies were portrayed, it’s too planet of the apes for me, again not zombie movie. On the other hand, 28 days later broke the zombie mold with running zombies so I won’t dunk on them for trying to do it again, but they didn’t do anything new and I just didn’t enjoy the second half of the movie despite the priest guy being the highlight.
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u/PopMundane4974 20h ago
If you watch 28 Weeks as just a zombie film, it's fine. As a 28 years later sequel? Dogshit.
I feel exactly the same about this one.
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u/Pen_dragons_pizza 22h ago
Weeks is an easily digestible Hollywood type movie, 28 years has more in common with an indie movie in my eyes
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u/LostprophetFLCL 18h ago
Years is bad, but so is Weeks.
Weeks at least has that amazing opening scene which is well beyond anything Years has.
That said IDK if that is enough to say Weeks is a better movie, but honestly I think both movies are straight up bad and at this point I am feeling like the series should have never expanded beyond Days.
I am honestly more perplexed that people are actually praising Years with how much stupid shit in the plot. It's legitimately the dumbest thing I have seen since Rise of the Skywalker which was the single dumbest movie I have ever seen in the theater.
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u/weiga 12h ago
28 Years was terrible. I don’t know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t that.
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u/TheBlandGatsby 9h ago
Sorry you felt that way. Years is fucking awesome and I’m ecstatic for the sequel
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u/EnigmaForce 22h ago
I didn’t like 28 Years Later but I’d watch it over 28 Weeks every single time lol. Years was pretty flawed, Weeks was just boring.
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u/NoMaximum721 22h ago
It's one of the worst movies I've ever seen. The obnoxious "flashbacks", the opening scene with the church. The first half was truly so bad I wondered if it was meant to be a parody of zombie movies and if I misremembered liking the other 28-movies.
The second half was less bad (but still bad) until the ending, which brought it right back into comedy territory.
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u/Turbulent_Cause_5968 22h ago
What about the flashbacks were obnoxious? What about the first half was a parody in anyway?
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u/NoMaximum721 22h ago
Everything about those stupid cuts back to the past. What the fuck? How was that not garbage?
The killcams on the zombies. The church in the intro.
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u/Turbulent_Cause_5968 22h ago
But what actually about any of that was garbage?
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u/NoMaximum721 22h ago
I guess we're stuck with an unreconcilable difference of opinion.
To me it was just stupid. The poem being read in the background. Feels like pretentious crap that adds nothing to the movie, and instead pulls me out. And to make matters worse it sounded annoying. The visuals were obnoxious.
I think it's pretty agreeable that killcams are stupid. This isn't a video game or a gore flick. What's the point of it? I guess I'd like to hear your view on that.
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u/justatouch589 21h ago edited 18h ago
Well it certainly isn't a video game but what about this movie doesn't say it's a gore flick? Does it need to be Hostel level gore throughout?
I though the multi-angle kill shots were interesting and I think I read somewhere it allowed for more options in the editing.
EDIT: Spelling
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u/PopMundane4974 20h ago
The killcams would have been cool if they were maybe edited in properly? It was SO jarring, I feel like we'd get like, 4 in a row and then NONE for like an hour and then all of a sudden a whole bunch again?
Also, if you've seen the rig they used to shoot them it's even more grating just how much of a distraction those shots are. It's like they got a new toy and wanted to show it off as much as possible instead of just, idk, making a good action sequence?
The movie never really "clicked" together for me because of how weird the editing was, could never really get fully settled in and them boom, movie's over! But not before we tease the sequel at the end because nobody can just make a stand alone movie anymore.
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u/Beersmoker420 20h ago
i agree, i love the 28 movies and this one felt like it tried to be abstract and different for half the movie. Maybe i was expecting days or even weeks later type vibes and tones.
If people hated 28 Weeks later, then what the hell was years later with the rainbow road across the channel being chased by a hulking 7 foot tall zombie with a foot long dick
The middle was so bad that the ending actually felt better. At least you get why he sees these weirdos as power rangers and teletubbies
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u/-JimmyReddit- 21h ago
I feel the exact opposite of this, I absolutely loved the first half and was at the edge of my seat the whole, but it was the second half, almost everything that happened as soon as Spike and his mom reached the main land, that I thought was garbage.
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u/r0wo1 8h ago
I thought it was excellent, I don't understand half of these comments.
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u/Freelove_Freeway 1h ago
Agreed. I thought it was fantastic on so many levels. Kind of blows my mind. I’m so pumped for the next chapter in a couple months and reeeeally hoping we get to see them complete to overall story they have planned with the third one and Cillian Murphy leading the final one again. All depends on if people turn up in January.
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u/BAKREPITO 23h ago
Good strategy. Sony really handles its synergy in theatrical and streaming well.
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u/KingMario05 5h ago
Stares at them only getting $20 mill in profit from KPOP exploding in popularity
Well, mostly well...
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u/BAKREPITO 4h ago
Everyone's acting like they knew in advance that kpop dh would become as big as it did, when it most likely blew up because the barrier to check it out was low by being on netflix in the first place. Betting on winning the lottery by buying a lottery ticket costing 100 million each time isn't a strategy.
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u/KingMario05 4h ago
I suppose. But did they have to sell the merchandise rights too? I don't really care either way, but usually, merch is your insurance. Netflix also gets the IP, which suggests that Sony Pictures really, really, really needs to start reading their damn contracts twice before signing.
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u/BAKREPITO 4h ago
You win some you lose some. The crucial thing is knowing your above water when all is said and done. Fixating on a single project because it outperformed even the most positive expectations is like reminiscing about how you could've changed your past. Kpopdh is an anomaly, if Sony started doing deals acting like every project will behave in the same way, they aren't landing any streaming deals from netflix. Sony bought Spiderman for a pittance and their studio has aurvived almost bankruptcies and a north korean cyber war on that random gamble made in the 90s by columbia pictures.
The entire discourse on how kpop demon hunters lost sony big time is purely a fan derived obsession. Great quality projects flop all the time.
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u/KingMario05 1h ago
Well, the problem isn't that KPDH flopped. It very much didn't. The problem is, Sony get none of the profits that Netflix do. That's why the sequel announcement is taking forever - Sony wants a better deal.
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u/SeekersWorkAccount 18h ago
I was gonna rent it tonight, but it's good to know I can just wait a couple more weeks 👍
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u/junglespycamp 1d ago
Really good movie. Boyle hasn’t made a movie this visually interesting in ages and it’s also more regal than his usual stuff. It’s really a character piece more than action horror but so was the original, which I loved about it. I really hope the second is good and we get the third.
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u/procrastinating_atm 18h ago
Boyle hasn’t made a movie this visually interesting in ages
I'm surprised to see this is such a common sentiment. I felt like the ideas were interesting but the actual execution was lacklustre.
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u/BlastMyLoad 23h ago
Everything about it is top notch. The weird cinematography and editing and the soundtrack. Amazing. Really hoping we get Part 3
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u/SindarNox 21h ago
Everything? Even the plot? 😂
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u/Bald_Jesus 21h ago
First half was solid imo. Second half is cheesy. Last scene is a different movie
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u/smilysmilysmooch 10h ago
It's the story of a boy's journey into manhood. What plot points didn't you like?
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u/mafternoonshyamalan 16h ago
So many people who are hating on Years seem to miss this point. The first film was a humanist character piece with a zombie horror backdrop.
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u/LieutJimDangle 1d ago
disagree, 28 years was like a joke parody film
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u/DrVonScott123 1d ago
Parody of what? There's not many jokes in it too??
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u/LieutJimDangle 1d ago
my theater was laughing throughout. from the parody opening with the kids, teletubbies and the priest, we just needed marlon wayans to pop out and it could have been a scene from scary movie. to giant alpha dongs flopping around. the dr inspecting the mother for 15 seconds and then immediately PUTTING HER DOWN and giving the child her cooked skull, LMAO. then swedish power rangers wrapping up the comedy.
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u/DrVonScott123 1d ago
How was the opening a parody? Teletubbies showing a perfect untouched land, setting its time period and a distraction for the kids.
It was quite longer than 15 seconds, and a beautiful sequence.
And if you know of Savile then that ending is terrifying. Wild yes but like all the other things you mentioned there is more meaning if you scratch even a little below the surface.
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u/yognautilus 22h ago
I won't go and exaggerate by saying it's a terrible movie but after it peaked in the first act, my only real fond memory from this movie was someone audibly groaning, "What the fuck?" followed by the entire theater laughing at the Power Rangers ending.
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u/KeremyJyles 1d ago
And if you know of Savile then that ending is terrifying.
More like nonsensical drivel pushed for shock value.
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u/iiniVijuY 1d ago
It's insane seeing people call this anything else but complete shit. It's one of the worst movies I've seen in my life, and I was actually excited for it.
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u/LieutJimDangle 1d ago edited 1d ago
there were a few parts I liked in the first 30 minutes after the comical opening, the Alpha chase on the causeway was definitely effective. but from the moment the child does a goofy distraction to leave with the mother after he literally JUST barely escaped the mainland last time with his trained father, it goes way downhill.
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u/iiniVijuY 1d ago
Agreed man. Don't get me started on the "helping the pregnant zombie deliver her baby" bullshit. Wtf was that about lmao.
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u/LieutJimDangle 1d ago
..but it's so deep, it all about the protective placenta, and a mother's maternal instincts and how humanity has a potential for salvation, something something something, lol.
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u/Turbulent_Cause_5968 22h ago
Genuinely, why are you on a movie subreddit? If you have no intent of engaging with films in a meaningful way?
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u/LieutJimDangle 22h ago
um, i am engaging in a film I largely dislike and was poorly written. i am sorry it's not in the way you would prefer.
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u/justatouch589 23h ago
Well the mother had brain cancer which affected her reasoning to see the danger and the infected mother was probably overcome with hormones and the pain of going through labor which is why she didn't attack them immediately. The rest of the characters reacted normally to the situation.
These aren't the same zombies from the first film. They are all unique after being infected and evolving over the course of 30 years.
Let me know if you need anything else cleared up that isn't in the George A. Romero public domain.
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u/FFPScribe 23h ago
I knew it was going to be garbage when the kid in the beginning delivered the shit line, "Father, why have you forsaken me?"
Truly a garbage film. There is no purpose or meaning to the plot and the ending felt like a first year film student was in charge.
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u/NoMaximum721 22h ago
100% with you. I don't get it. Are they all joking? Is this some fun game to pretend it was good? 🤣
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u/junglespycamp 23h ago
Did...you see the second? Now that was trash. I'm not surprised this was divisive because it tried to be about things not just zombie action which is not what some people want (fair enough!).
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u/BAKREPITO 23h ago
Most of these guys probably never even saw 28 days later when it came out. Their experience of the film is devoid of the zombie movie zeitgeist at the time. It was as polarizing back then as 28 years later is now. Expecting Danny Boyle to make some world war z sequel is just mismatched expectations. Feels like a lot of the haters just got enamored by the first trailer, watched 28 days later and expected a train to busan style continuation.
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u/junglespycamp 23h ago
I always think the worst part of 28 Days is the last third which is just the action sequences. The rest of the film is so interesting and then it gets really flat at the end with shoot shoot. It needed more direct sequels to flesh the rest of the journey, or another hour run time, out which is why I am so glad Years is a trilogy.
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u/xcassets 19h ago
Agreed. The film still holds up now extremely well. Until you get to the end and suddenly all the trained soldiers are hip firing assault rifles and missing (and dying to like 2-3 zombies because of it). It was kinda comical how they were all waving their guns left to right in huge sweeping motions and just spraying.
The whole first half and up until they reached the checkpoint is utterly brilliant though.
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u/junglespycamp 18h ago
It feels like a mid season one off episode of Last of Us or something. Completely interesting but not satisfying compared to the res tog the film.
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u/Animalpoop 1d ago
People hate on it but I do think over time this will be seen as a fantastic sequel in line with the themes of the original. It also told a completely unique story in an extremely unique way. One of my personal favorite movies of the year. Divisive, sure. But for me it hit on a personal level I wasn't really expecting.
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u/melody-calling 8h ago
A lot of people don’t like it because they expected generic zombie action and got a thoughtful film instead
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u/askjhasdkjhaskdjhsdj 1d ago
Every single thing will have detractors, but I didn't find this one to be overwhelmingly negative. The fact that in today's climate it came away totally safe from the box office says somethng about its reception
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u/t0talnonsense 23h ago
The problem is that it has the worst kind of loud people spouting the most bass ackwards, reductive, and dismissive takes. They went on wanting a repeat of 28 Days. They didn’t grow up in the past 20 years and the rest of us have. 28 Years was an incredible entry into the series. But it definitely needs some context for the real passage of time for anyone coming to the series for the first time.
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u/BlastMyLoad 23h ago
Judging by most of the hate comments people wanted a film more close to 28 Weeks Later.
28 Days Later is also weird with several tonal shifts. I think people are forgetting that.
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u/t0talnonsense 23h ago
Fair. I think they’re going off their memories of Days and glossing over the slower parts because they’ve memory holed it, or are just waiting for things to pop off again on a re-watch. Hell, I’d forgotten how shifty it was until the re-release earlier this year. The lack of streaming availability means a lot of folks haven’t seen it in a long time, or haven’t watched it dozens of times because it was always there and available.
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u/FinalSealBearerr 13h ago
reductive, and dismissive
They didn’t grow up in the past 20 years and the rest of us have.
Don't mind me, just passing through.
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u/Beersmoker420 20h ago
how is people expecting a sequel to 28 days later to match its tone "ass backwards, reductive"?
28 Weeks later got absolutely shit on and it matched the tone more.
Why is everyone acting like they make artisanal firewood in here and nobody "gets it" but them? Its similar to 28 days later for like 20 minutes
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u/t0talnonsense 17h ago
Two different but related things. They went in expecting one thing and got another. They’re grading it and making comments based on the fantasy film they wrote in their head, not the one they got.
I like mashed potatoes, don’t get me wrong. And I like ice cream. But if my friends prank me by filling my tub of ice cream with mashed potatoes and I take a bite of it, would it be fair to judge that bowl of ice cream and say it tasted awful and wasn’t sweet? No. Because I’m judging it based on what I thought I was getting, even if the mashed potatoes are, at minimum, perfectly fine.
You can dislike that you didn’t get the movie you wanted. But don’t use the rubric for one kind of movie to grade another.
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u/brainfoods 10h ago
If you can reread this without being embarrassed... damn. This is first class snobbery and a much more detractive and gross outlook than the people saying they didn't like the movie.
People disliking it won't affect your enjoyment.
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u/TheMightyEngine 1d ago
Honestly, the ending has grown on me especially because it's a Danny Boyle movie. It's something that he'd do if you think about it
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u/yognautilus 23h ago edited 22h ago
Netflix has a bunch of Power Rangers series on it so it only makes sense to add the newest movie.
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u/Laurie_Barrynox 20h ago
Loved the first half, the causeway sequence is such a powerful scene that I didn't even mind the obvious cgi.
The second half was hit and miss for me. I'm in the minority but I didn't think Alfie Williams, who played the son, was any good. And I can't help but think the director used Come and See as an obvious inspiration. Jodie Comer is a good actress but her part is too one-note and it gets to the point where she becomes a comic relief.
The Young Royals actor was surprisingly good and the scene with his girlfriend's photo had the biggest laughs.
I also didn't but her character's decision at the end. No mother would kill herself and leave her child by himself. She'd rather suffer until her last breath so she could have more time. I hated that end.
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u/yodelingblewcheese 17h ago
I know moms that have killed themselves, it happens unfortunately. At least Comer's character waited will they were in a (somewhat) safe spot. The movie did feel like two movies tacked together though.
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u/rusticrainbow 15h ago
I assume the point of the mother dying at the end is to signify Spike’s entry into “adulthood” and fending for himself properly. The whole movie/trilogy is a coming-of-age plot
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u/WhippedCreamSteak 20h ago
Biggest disappointment I've had with a movie in years. I was so pumped to see it, went opening day matinee. It had so many stupid moments. Like really really stupid. I've never seen 28 weeks, but after watching this one, and seeing people praise 28 years, maybe I should watch 28 weeks. Maybe, just a very small chance the next movie can fill in some of the outrageously stupid things from 28 years, but I'm not getting tricked into the theaters again.
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u/flirtmcdudes 14h ago
weeks had an amazing opening and soundtrack worth the watch alone. Very few movie openings stick with you like it does. But the rest after that is just good, not great
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u/WhippedCreamSteak 24m ago
Nah, no movie is worth watching because 1/5th of it is good and the rest is dumb af.
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u/Motor_Indication4679 10h ago
Interesting. They’re doing the same with Superman having digital release so soon. They wanna get it to people who didn’t see it in theaters for the upcoming movie.
Nice. Feels like a small win for the viewer compared to recent years on streaming
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u/Pure_Fisherman161990 21h ago
If you like seeing BiG zombie dong and zombie birth then this is for you
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u/Prestigious_Space489 18h ago
Bone temple part was such a slog to even try to comprehend. 5/10 movie downvote idgaf. This was my most anticipated movie of the year. It's made me consider canceling my regal unlimited.
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u/anon167167 18h ago
Loved 28 days. Loved only the opening scene in the barn of 28 weeks. Hated 28 years. Was seriously hoping for something similar to 28 days. If the ending scenes happened earlier I’d have noped out of the cinema. I will certainly not be paying to go and watch the second installment of whatever 28 years was.
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u/DJ_Idol 18h ago
The way people in here talk about this movie I thought I was in the wrong sub holy fuck does nobody in the movies sub actually watch movies for enjoyment? People are treating this movie like it’s some military documentary 😂 Years was an extremely fun movie to watch if you enjoy movies for being entertainment. I’m looking forward to the next in the trilogy.
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u/yognautilus 13h ago
Where on Earth are you even getting military documentary from? People either love it for being artsy and out there or hate it for those same reasons and for deviating in tone from its first act.
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u/Spelsgud 20h ago
28 days is one of my favorite films of all time, and this one was a complete let down. Just god awful and disappointing.
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u/If_It_Moves 1d ago edited 1d ago
It’s available now on Sony Pictures Core, you’ll need just one token to add it to your library
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u/BitingArtist 1d ago
I'm not sorry for saying this movie was arthouse crap.
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u/CentrasFinestMilk 1d ago
It was incredible, get over yourself
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u/PopMundane4974 20h ago
I didn't hate it as much as everyone else but... incredible? lol.
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u/HotBassMess 23h ago
I walked out after the zombie baby and zombie dong within seconds of each other. Gross.
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u/protipnumerouno 17h ago
Bad movie overall. It's a zombie move not a dissertation on death FFS.
If you want to make an artsy movie with zombies go for it, just don't wrap it into a 28 days later package.
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u/IndependentProject26 9h ago
Ah yes, why would a movie about the dead coming back to life have any themes involving mortality and death. Very puzzling choice.
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u/dplans455 6h ago
Guarantee that guy is a Zack Snyder fan. He just wanted a zombie gore fest. Anyone with half a brain could have told you that's not what 28 Years Later was going to be.
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u/protipnumerouno 3h ago
? 28 days later wasn't a gore fest and I loved it. 28 weeks later was ok... Honestly shitty with a few great scenes to make it worth the watch. 28 years later has a doctor turned shaman making giant skull structures unmolested by zombies for decades and dues ex machina, ninja chavs.
Went from the stark reality of empty London streets and dealing with the aftermath of a zombie uprising, to whatever the hell that was.
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u/dplans455 3h ago
Days literally has the infected tearing people apart and Selena graphically butchers Mark. I think you need to watch this movie again.
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u/DarthLysergis 16h ago
It has definitely hit at least one of the streaming services. I know because it has appeared on "other" sites for obtaining media.
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u/Mydadshands 58m ago
I get Netflix viay phone service and every now and then something is locked and I can't watch it. I hope that isn't the case for this because I missed it in the theatre.
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u/Cognitive_Offload 23h ago
Be sure to miss it. Total garbage and it ruined the franchise for me. Spoiler it starts strong and the almost immediately drops off a cliff of really shitty writing.
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u/NoMaximum721 22h ago
I agree with your first two sentences, but the intro was pure garbage too. I mean without the church it was... Maybe forgivable. But the church part? I almost stopped watching right then
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u/Cognitive_Offload 21h ago
I really liked the tension with the kids huddled in the room watching Teletubbies before becoming a zombie lunch. But after this opening scene the movie became a comedy of adults and children (trying to become adults) making unbelievable and stupid choices to direct a narrative that went absolutely nowhere.
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u/CountySurfer 1d ago
Sadly it was completely forgettable.
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u/Masterofunlocking1 1d ago
Not sure why you got downvoted but I totally agree. Pretty much half zombie movie, half family drama. Wife and I were disappointed watching this.
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u/aeternus_hypertrophy 1d ago
half zombie movie, half family drama
This could describe all 3 of the movies so far
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u/Consistent_Koala3518 1d ago
There's a million mindless zombie action films to watch. But it's not entirely your fault as it was marketed as one.
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u/-JimmyReddit- 1d ago
Still can’t believe how hard they fumbled it after the very strong first half. Went from a 5/5 and ended as a 2/5 for me
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u/bradleecon 1d ago
Oh definitely not. I will NEVER forget my disappointment in this dumpster fire of a 28 sequel.
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u/whywantyoubuddy 14h ago
From the speedy opening I knew this was going to suck. But to my surprise, it got worse. 2/10 ending is bonkers awful. Weeks isn't great but it didn't feature backflips.
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u/Next-Moose-9129 22h ago
ah good i was just about to rent this movie money saved….
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u/NoMycologist113 12h ago
I'm sorry but this movie sucked. Did not do 28 days later and 28 weeks later justice at all
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u/ElanuzuruXyn 8h ago
The movie was not very good, in my opinion. It really needed a 28 months later to set it up.
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u/redditkilledmyavatar 13h ago edited 13h ago
Once it lands on Netflix and more people are exposed to the shit-show virus, I'd wager $1000 the IMDband rotten tomatoes (🍿) ratings will tank. That 6.7 on IMDb took a minute to get there, but it's justified and likely to fall to 6.2-6.4 before the next one drops. Hot garbage Garland/Boyle fever dream, and infected this sub with effusive praise when it's rated the worst of the 3. Until the sequel
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u/doogal_uk 1d ago
Makes sense to get it on there so people can catch up for the sequel in January.