Okay, maybe I’m reading too much into 28 Years Later, but when has that ever stopped me?

ONE SINGLE SPOILER AHEAD!

This movie was weird. Especially by the end. But honestly? Life is too short not to get weird. Why are we all so afraid of embracing the weirdness of life?

One thing I know for sure: Jodie Comer continues to be magically sensational in literally everything. I’ve loved her in every role, but this one hit different. I’m not a mother, but I am a woman, and watching her character navigate both womanhood and motherhood (in the apocalypse, no less) was moving. There's a scene—disgusting and heartwarming in equal measure—where she helps an infected woman give birth. That moment, for me, shows that the bond of womanhood transcends logic, disease, even death.

Which brings me to what I think the whole movie is trying to say: humanity is more terrified of death than it is of being cruel. But death? Death isn’t the enemy. It’s inevitable. What’s evil is what people do while they’re alive—betraying their partners, abandoning each other, choosing selfishness over compassion. Jamie's character spends the whole film physically fighting off death, but his morality? Already rotted. His son saw through that.

(Also. Side note. Why in God’s name did they name that kid Spike?)

(Also, I loved the fact that Jack O´Connell was in this film, granted it was just at the end.. He proved to be amazing in Sinners and his role in this film was just fun and quirky and I loved it.)

Back to the symbolism—the biblical imagery was wild. A miraculously conceived baby? Remind you of anyone? And when that baby is later sent across the water in a little basket? Even the causeway gave me thoughts of Moses parting the Red Sea. Whether intentional or not, the religious undertones elevated the film’s tension—and gave it a mythic, almost sacred mood I didn’t expect from a third installment in a zombie franchise.

While it wasn’t my favorite movie of the year, I liked it. It had guts—literally and narratively. It dared to be weird. And if that’s not cinema worth watching, then what is?