I've seen it twice now - I Wasn't able to rate it after a first viewing. Its the hardest time I've had rating a film maybe ever
After all that hype and anticipation (28 Years Later is one of my top films ever), I had to actually pinch myself that I was watching 28 Years fukking Later after more than 2 decades. For me, this is one of those Holy shyt I'm playing Half Life 3 moments, but in film.
On my first viewing, for the first.. I'd say.. 45 minutes, this was legitimately an 11/10. Cinematography was fukking mind boggling, it looked different than any other film, there was crazy stop motion kill shots, the iPhone look was awesome. The soundtrack, the quick cuts to old War footage and .. That awesome fukking chase scene. If the whole movie was that .. Straight up 11/10.

But then the tone slowly, but surely started to change to something less .. Bleak and cold - Which to me is what made the first film so memorable. That world was dark as hell. terrifying.
In this, the community they had made it feel more Walking Deadish - everyone was safe behind those walls. That to me right away puts this at a disadvantage because the tone of the film to is right away going to be less bleak. I felt the doctor having a tranquilizer dart he spits at the Alpha was kind of cartoonish. On my first viewing.. All of these thoughts came into my mind while watching, and I was distracted.
I didn't know whether I thought it was 7/10 or 12/10. It was legitimately both.
Then.. On my second viewing.. I got none of that. Everything made sense, the tonal shift didn't bother me, because i felt it went along with the story this time.
Cinematography, chase scene, editing, acting (another great child actor) went up to a 12 - The other stuff now made sense.
So with that said
... 9/10.
Thats where I land finally.
Especially knowing theres a sequel dropping in January. That weird ending will make much more sense come January