London, England – Horror fans don grab their popcorn, because the much-anticipated film 28 Years Later dey land for cinemas as we speak! Director Danny Boyle don return to his horror roots with this sequel wey connect with the everyday wahala wey we all sabi. Just how the world don change since COVID? Well, e get plenty gist to share!
For those wey miss am, the original 28 Days Later wey drop for 2002 give us mad chills as Cillian Murphy waka through deserted streets of London like say na apocalypse. Fast forward to March 2020, and everybody come dey experience their own ghost town moments thanks to COVID. No be small wahala o! Now, as proper Naija padi go talk, see as we don manage turn real life into horror film!
Now, Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland don come back to show us the sequel wey dey make sense in the present reality. In 28 Years Later, the focus na on survivors wey still dey deal with the aftermath of the Rage Virus wey don scattered everywhere. With characters like twelve-year-old Spike and him family, the film show how young pikin dem dey grow in a world wey don spoil finish.
Boyle don talk say this film touch on how humanity dey adapt to crisis, especially as e concern the divide between how elders remember life before the virus and how children no get any idea wetin e be. E even mention say horror fit capture our fears in plenty ways, making us feel all the kind vibes.
Next level of this film na how e don show say the infected don evolve too. Forget the regular zombies, some of them don turn Alphas, wey dey run fast and organize themselves no be small. Scalability wey we fit use check our own world situation? Na there the meat dey!
Jodie Comer wey dey play Isla, Spike mama, don talk how her character dey sick but still wan protect her pikin. Na serious emotional ride wey she dey experience, and from the pictures wey I don see, the film no go lack tense moments! As e dey hot for screen, you go dey ask yourself, ‘wetin go happen next?’
The reviews for 28 Years Later don dey roll in, and critics don hail the film as another classic. Some don come with their own criticisms, say dem dey feel like the movie dey hit dem with metaphor hammer too much. But as Naija people dey yan, ‘to each person him own.’
Boyle don even mention say dis film fit begin trilogy series! E wan ensure say Spike dey for all episodes, no be small ambition o! Wetin dem call him? Director wey no dey slack! Meanwhile, he don drop hints say the second film dey near completion and go show una more drama wey we fit relate with. Just imagine wetin go happen next!
In conclusion, 28 Years Later no just be another zombie flick; e dey hold up mirror to how our society dey relate with real issues. As Boyle wrap am up, he talk say horror genre dey give room for different interpretations, and na wetin make am appealing. The film dey drop for cinemas on June 19, and if you no ready to face your fears, abeg carry your popcorn go house instead!
