28 Years Later is a captivating return to form that casts away cheap nostalgia and doubles down on the powerful nature the first movie was known for. Danny Boyle and Alex Garland recognized that the message of empathy versus conflict still carries a charge, and pick things up in a sweeping epic that doesn’t miss a heartbeat.

This reboot follows “28 Days Later” (2002) and “28 Weeks Later” (2007) and marks the return of director-producer Danny Boyle, screenwriter Alex Garland (“Civil War”) and cinematographer Anthony