Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT 28 Years Later will have to reinstate three important elements from Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later to be successful. Over two decades have passed since 28 Days Later's release, but the movie's unique take on the overly saturated zombie genre still ranks it among the most creative and hard-hitting horror movies of the early aughts.
RELATED: 28 Years Later Would Finally Justify Danny Boyle's Controversial 28 Days Later Ending Change While Danny Boyle's quasi-documentary filming style for the movie played a crucial role in adding layers of authenticity to 28 Days Later's narrative, it was Alex Garland's taut writing that made the characters relatable. Considering how the director-writer team-up between Danny Boyle and Alex Garland was the primary driver of 28 Days Later's success, it is fair to say that they are two of the three essential ingredients that need to be involved in 28 Years Later.
28 Days Later also made a mistake by not adopting one of its alternate endings. Out of three alternate endings planned during the movie's production, one involved Jim dying from a gunshot wound towards the end. Since this alternate ending gave 28 Days Later higher stakes and realistically portrayed the unpredictability of the central zombie-ridden world, it was a better fit for the movie.