DaCosta says 28 Years Later sequel keeps punk‑rock tone in Jim's low‑key return

Movieweb reports Nia DaCosta has explained how 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple adheres to the "punk-rock" nature of the franchise and why Cillian Murphy's Jim returns in a deliberately low-key, domestic moment. The film's 109-minute runtime is stacked with monumental moments and electric characters, but DaCosta told Entertainment Weekly she wanted Jim's final scene to reflect the domesticity on the page: "I wanted it to reflect the domesticity that was on the page.

He is making toast and tea for his daughter, he's teaching her history, and they live in a cottage in the Lake District in the post-apocalypse... And also, this is a punk-rock, metal series of films. When you think of franchise filmmaking, you don't think about movies like this. So I wanted to stay true to that, as well.

I didn't want it to be like, 'Here comes the hero on his horse.' No, this is f****** bike messenger Jim. He can barely run up some stairs in the first film. Now he's a dad. And so I wanted to present him that way." On screen, the movie cuts to Jim homeschooling his daughter Sam (Maiya Eastmond) in a cottage before Spike and Jimmy Ink arrive fleeing the infected; armed with guns, they head out and Jim decides to help.

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Culture, Nia Dacosta, Cillian Murphy, Jack O'connell, Lake District, Danny Boyle