1 review for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
While I did like this, it feels like a bit of a step down from it's predecessor, at least for me. I know a lot of people love this one, but it just felt like something was missing. It was entertaining and Ralph Fiennes is once again excellent. But this one lacks the emotional and intellectual depth that I loved in 28 years later. In the previous one we got some really rich character work. Really good development of it's characters. But this film doesn't really seem to do that. The Jimmy's lack depth. They are fun characters, there just isn't really much to them besides satanic cult. This film isn't really driving towards one goal or focus. The previous one had a driving force of finding the doctor to help his mother, but ultimately learning to face accepting the reality of death and facing grief. It was such a emotionally resonant storyline that hit me so hard. This time around, there just isn't much to feel or think about. I will say that the storyline between Dr Kelson and Samson was interesting, but in the end didn't really leave much of an impact. But it was definitely the more interesting part of the story, it just feels like they could have done more with it. The film does look great visually, it's well directed and leaves things in a place where you are excited for what's to come. But this, unfortunately for me, felt like more of a usual middle chapter that feels like just a pitstop between two more interesting films. Maybe the third one won't be interesting, of course, I don't know that. But that's just what this felt like. I still enjoyed it, but didn't have the lasting emotional impact of the previous one, and I really missed that. Still, solid. 7.5/10
