28 Years Later
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: June 20, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 56 Critic Reviews
Positive:
46
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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60
iChristina NewlandJun 19, 2025
Boyle still has an eye for suspenseful action, and much of it is breathtaking. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawJun 18, 2025
Now we have 28 Years Later, an interesting, tonally uncertain development which takes a generational, even evolutionary leap into the future from the initial catastrophe, creating something that mixes folk horror, little-England satire and even a grieving process for all that has happened. And there are some colossal cameo appearances. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJun 18, 2025
28 Years Later is choppy, muddled, strange, and not always convincing. But I’m not sure I’ll ever forget it. Read full review
60
BBCCaryn JamesJun 18, 2025
But it takes on a quieter, more psychological tone and becomes infinitely better when Fiennes arrives. Read full review
60
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyJun 18, 2025
Even if 28 Years Later feels like being repeatedly bonked on the head by the metaphor hammer, Boyle’s still a largely compelling filmmaker, and the film separates itself from the first instalment by offering something distinctly more sentimental and mythic than before. Read full review
60
Total FilmNeil SmithJun 18, 2025
Though stronger in its more straightforward first half than in its experimental and hallucinatory second, 28 Years… still provides enough terror, splatter and suspense to satisfy. Read full review
60
Time OutPhil de SemlyenJun 18, 2025
Splicing in montage footage of marching soldiers, shots from Lawrence Olivier’s Henry V, and even archers in action, and layering in discordant sound design, Boyle reinvents the zombie movie as a bloody pop-art installation. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMatt JuulJun 20, 2025
28 Years Later isn’t sure what kind of movie it wants to be: Action-comedy? Gory grindhouse? Serious family drama? Despite some interesting concepts and commendable lead performances, its identity problems alienate. It seems like the years have finally caught up. Read full review
50
The Associated PressJake CoyleJun 19, 2025
This is an unusually soulful coming-of-age movie considering the number of spinal cords that get ripped right of bodies. Read full review
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