New thriller is ‘best film you’ll see this year’ now on Amazon Prime | Films | Entertainment

This brand new thriller has been hailed as the “best film of the year” and it has now dropped on streaming platofrm Amazon Prime. The popular zombie film has an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

28 Years Later, the sequel to 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later was released in cinemas earlier this year. Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle and Academy Award-nominated writer Alex Garland reunite for 28 Years Later. The film stars Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Edvin Ryding and Erin Kellyman among others.

28 Years Later synopsis reads: “It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway.

“When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.”

With a high rating of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, one reviewer described 28 Years Later as “one of the best movies of the year”.

The Rotten Tomatoes critics consensus said: “28 Years Later taps into contemporary anxieties with the ferocious urgency of someone infected with Rage Virus, delivering a haunting and visceral thrill ride that defies expectations.”

One reviewer said: “28 Years Later is twice the film that 28 Days Later is – it’s arguably one of Boyle’s best films. The director has outdone himself by raising his beloved universe to another level that I did not think was achievable.”

“28 Years Later is an exhilarating, deeply emotional resurgence of the 28 Days Later universe—proof that time can deepen rather than dilute a story. From start to finish, it nails the tone and tension that made the original so gripping, while charting a bold new course,” added another.

David Rooney of the Hollywood Reporter said: “28 Years Later subverts expectations in many ways… Boyle and Garland still have plenty of fresh inspiration for pulse-pounding terror.”

28 Years Later is available to purchase for viewing on Amazon Prime right now.