Danny Boyle and Alex Garland revisit their iconic British zombie apocalypse, kept as raw, relentless, and unpredictable as ever.
Decades after a virus reduced Britain to an unliveable, closed-off wasteland, a small band of survivors persevere on a small coastal island. A father and son venture inland in the hopes of finding others – but the new world order holds more infected, and human, horror than they are prepared for. Reviving the series after years of rights issues, director Boyle, writer Garland, and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle keep its brilliantly grounded horror and
action intact, on a chillingly larger scale than ever. With an outstanding new cast led by Jodie Comer and soundtrack by Hildur Guðnadóttir and Young Fathers, it shows yards more promise than most revived franchises: indeed, two sequels are already in the works.
