28 Years Later
Other than being confirmed , little is known about what28 Years afterward ’s storymight involve . Although Garland , Boyle , and Murphy are all returning , it is unclear whether the movie will keep up on from28 Clarence Day Later , or habituate the 2007 sequel,28 Weeks afterward , as its launchpad . Although28 Weeks Laterdid not mention Murphy ’s character from the original , the movie nonetheless acquaint several significant element to the story – especially in its dramatic ending when the outbreak appear to go world-wide . However , one more minor item could shape28 Years subsequently ’s story even further and conflate the motion picture with another Murphy enfranchisement in the process .
Theory: The Infected Will Be Smarter In 28 Years Later
Although one of the hallmarks ofthe infected in28 DaysandWeeks Lateris their animalistic savagery and complete lack of rational thought,28 Weeks Laterprovides hints that they are not mindless monsters . Throughout the movie , for example , Robert Carlyle ’s septic Don is shown to almost haunt his children across London , despite what should be a completely debilitating shape . This is a marked change from how the infected are portrayed in28 Days Later , where they recede all sense of indistinguishability . This development suggests that , as the story advance , the infected have the potential to get smarter .
Although sassy infected would change how they are take in throughout the rest of the franchise , it also makes sense for the story . Were28 Years Laterto feature the accurate same antagonists as every other entry in the series , they would quickly lose their impact . Showing some sort of phylogeny and perhapsmaking them even more dangerous is the obvious way to ensure they persist a threat , while still staying true to what was hinted at in28 Weeks Later . However , while this approach would certainly fit the narrative , it also risks making the28series more like anotherCillian Murphy horrorseries .
28 Years Later’s Infected Theory Risks Copying Another Cillian Murphy Horror Franchise
If28 Years Latergoes down the smart zombie route , the movie could end up resemble theQuiet Placemovie series . As it stands , there are several departure betweenA Quiet Placeand28 Days Later – the most obvious of which is that John Krasinski ’s post - apocalyptic horror movies revolve around an foreign invasion rather than an septic eruption . However , were28 Years Laterto make its villains impudent , it ’s easy to see how the two franchises could be conflated – not least because of Cillian Murphy ’s involvement inA Quiet Place Part II .
Unlike the infected in28 Clarence Day subsequently , which are purely responsive and are almost senseless in their pursuit of survivors , the devil inA Quiet Placedo expose vindicated animate being cunning . Though they can be tricked and defeated using auditory sensation , they are also capable of stalking and ambushing their prey , rather than blindly attacking with no regard for personal safety machine . Giving28 Years afterward ’s zombies bang-up cognitive index could thereforerisk hit their search approach too similar to the creatures inA Quiet Place – a comparison that would become even clear , study the two franchises ' eerie post - apocalyptic options and share actor .
From Cillian Murphy ’s return as Jim to an explanation of how the Infected have keep on to survive , 28 Years subsequently must let in these critical moments .
How 28 Years Later Can Differentiate Itself From A Quiet Place Part II
Although making28 Years Later ’s infected more thinking is bad , there ’s also a scenario where such an approach actually help the movie stand apart fromA Quiet Place . The existence of smarter septic could cause the movie to ask deeper questions about their humans and whether they can either be save , or whether they represent the next stage in human evolution . Such a footstep wouldmake the film feel more adjacent to other post - apocalyptic full treatment like Richard Matheson’sI Am Legend , as pit toA Quiet Place ’s approach of making its antagonists explicitly inhuman .
Beyond sharing a performer in Cillian Murphy , A Quiet Placeand28 Days Later ’s redolent post - apocalyptical setting inevitably ask in comparison . However , even if28 Years Laterdoes make the infected more like the intelligent predators seen in theQuiet Placefilms , it wo n’t necessarily mean the two become indistinguishable . TheA Quiet Placefilms are a story of survival against all betting odds , while healthy taint in28 Years Laterwillshift the focus onto exactly what it is that makes its characters human . In many way , these base overlap . However , it does n’t have to be the case that28 Years Laterbecomes a mirror of Murphy ’s previous work .
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