Just wanted to offset the insane review bombing of this somewhat mediocre but not terrible film. This review will have some spoilers but I try to keep much of it vague. A lot of these reviews appear to be mass written by AI, often repeating the exact same points word for word, making completely false statements about the film, and completely missing the ideas and themes that have been present in this series since 28 days later. For example, many of these reviews keep crying about the parallels in the film made with wars of the past that are compared in cut aways between people fighting infected today and people fighting other people as far back as medieval times. There is an important quote made by the character Major Henry West in the first film, 28 days later, "People killing people, which is much what I saw in the four weeks before infection, and the four weeks before that, and before that, and as far back as I care to remember. People killing people, which to my mind, puts us in a state of normality right now." It illustrates that the uninfected and infected are currently at war, and though it seems new it is really not so different from many wars of the past. This could even provoke one to consider if some zombie films are really so much different from many war films. This is just one example of what I think the film gets very right about the 28 series. The film generally captures the horror of the films that came before. I was felt a great amount of suspense and anxiousness throughout the film, it built tension well. I found the new elements interesting with the infected and rage virus interesting as well as the general themes presented through the character "Dr Kelson". It's not as good as the first film but I think it's as good or better than the second.
Kind of like the second film the leading character(s) is a child. However, unlike the second film, its a proper coming of age story about a boy growing up in an abandoned, desolate, broken world. It's a journey of him finding meaning and purpose, with his most important lesson being learning to let go. Over all I would recommend it as a decent film.