Major spoilers below for anyone who hasn’t yet watched 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, so be warned, and don’t make Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal angry.
Though I’ve already shared a lot of love for Nia DaCosta’s 28 Years Later sequel in my glowing Bone Temple review, I had to completely stay away from talking about the ending there (for obvious reasons), to the point where I could have burst. Now that the critically lauded genre-masher is now out there to watch amidst other 2026 movie releases, the time is right to talk about how wildly subversive the movie’s third act and conclusion is, and how antithetical to traditional horror it all feels.
