'28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' Proves Ralph Fiennes Can Do Anything

'28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' Proves Ralph Fiennes Can Do Anything

When Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later ended on a strange, almost jarring note, introducing a gang of tracksuit-clad, wig-wearing cult members just as the credits rolled, it left audiences uncertain whether the moment was a genuine tonal pivot or an odd misstep. Nia DaCosta's follow-up, The Bone Temple, answers that question decisively: it wasn't a misstep. It was a promise, and DaCosta spends the entirety of her sequel making good on it, delivering one of the most purely committed genre films of the year. Picking Up the Threads Written once again by Alex Garland, who has scripted every installment in the franchise dating back to the original 28 Days Later more than two decades ago, The Bone Temple follows young Spike, played by Alfie Williams, as he's taken captive by Sir Jimmy Crystal, a self-styled cult leader played with unhinged commitment by Jack O'Connell. Running parallel to Spike's ordeal is the story of Dr. Ian Kelson, played by Ralph Fiennes, an isolated ph…