, “The first film was actually very moving, too…so [hiding the film’s tearjerker story] is born out of the right instincts. They’re just a bit worried [about selling it on that]…” The movie was sold as a horror movie, which it is, but it also takes the horror circumstances to tell a gut wrenching story about survival and loss. 

The Sony Pictures website gives an overview of the movie, stating, “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 groups 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.” The movie is described with a lot of horror and little emotion. 

The promotional material worked, as the movie debuted with $30 million at the domestic box office. Another sequel is on the way, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, is premiering in theaters in January of 2026.