After 28 Years Later reintroduced us to a Britain ravaged by the Rage Virus for nearly three decades, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple introduced a little bit of light at the end of the very dark tunnel. Mainly, that there may in fact be a cure for the virus that has turned thousands of people into the feral Infected.
Since the British mainland was quarantined after the outbreak of the Rage Virus originating in 28 Days Later, society has broken down, with survivors congregating in little pockets of civilization. But “civilization” may be too generous a word — even in isolated villages like the one that Spike (Alfie Williams) grew up in, humans have degraded to their brutish, primal instincts. But nowhere is the degradation more real and terrifying than in the cult of Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell), the Satan-worshipping psychopath who terrorizes the countryside with his band of child soldiers that he calls his “Fingers.”
