28 Years Later 4K UHD (2025)

[sojrner]

Originally Posted by TheNickSweat

I don't really care about it being a cliffhanger. I care about how terrible of an ending it was in comparison to the rest of the film, and then the terrible camera quality of the rest of the film on top of that. You don't have to agree with me or anything. That's just the way it is...for me.

Glad you liked it!

Ok, so after finally seeing this (schedule kept pushing me to other releases until this last weekend), I'm leaning to the disappointed end of the spectrum. Visually it was fine, audio was ok, but the story/plot just felt like it was padded and edited for that cutoff end (and continuation) rather than a natural, satisfying progression or conclusion. A few annoying elements,

[Show spoiler]like not killing the alpha once drugged for reasons,

wouldn't be an issue with better pacing, but after

[Show spoiler]the obviously telegraphed second outing and random character introduction,

the tone shift there and then

[Show spoiler]the (also random) Tarantino-esque, but brief, ending (finally) connecting the intro

... yeah, I was kinda bored.

Completionism will probably have me buy it and give it another shot, but so far this one pales next to the other two.

[Pieter V]

SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT

BRING HOME
“ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR. PERIOD.”
– Jake Hamilton, FOX TV

28 YEARS LATER
AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL JULY 29TH
ON 4K UHD STEELBOOK, BLU-RAY & DVD SEPTEMBER 23RD

“*****”
– Ed Potton, The Times (UK)


“A triumphant evolution of the original horror classic”
– Meagan Navarro, BLOODY DISGUSTING

SYNOPSIS
It has been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped from a biological weapons laboratory. Still living in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amid the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway. When one of them decides to venture into the dark heart of the mainland, he soon discovers a mutation that has spread to not only the infected, but other-survivors as well.


SPECIAL FEATURES

4K STEELBOOK, BLU-RAY™, DVD & DIGITAL EXTRAS

• Days to Years
• Capturing the Chaos
• The Survivors
• Becoming The Infected
• Behind The Cameras

Steelbook and Blu-ray™ include a digital code for movie and bonus materials as listed above, redeemable via Movies Anywhere for a limited time. Movies Anywhere is open to U.S. residents age 13+. Visit MoviesAnywhere.com for terms and conditions.

CAST AND CREW

Directed by: Danny Boyle
Written by: Alex Garland
Produced by: Andrew MacDonald, Peter Rice, Bernard Bellew, Danny Boyle, Alex Garland
Executive Producers: Cillian Murphy
Cast: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams and Ralph Fiennes

SPECS

Run Time: Approx. 115 minutes
Rating: R: Strong bloody violence, grisly images, graphic nudity, language and brief sexuality

4K Blu-ray™: 2160p Ultra High Definition / 2.76:1 • Audio: English Dolby Atmos (Dolby TrueHD 7.1 compatible), English, French (Doublé au Québec), Spanish 5.1 DTS-HD MA, English & French (Doublé au Québec) Audio Description Tracks 5.1 Dolby Digital • Subtitles: English, English SDH, French, Spanish • Approx. 115 Mins. Color • Some of The Information Listed May Not Apply To Special Features.

[Bubbles-11]

Some pretty heavy implications that the 4K Standard may have been cancelled by Sony, do correct me though

[eightslicesofpie]

Originally Posted by Bubbles-11

Some pretty heavy implications that the 4K Standard may have been cancelled by Sony, do correct me though

Of course my timeline refreshed and I lost it but I did just see a tweet with all 3 cover arts--steelbook, 4k standard, and standard blu (the latter two are matching but the banner on top of 4k says 4k + blu + digital)--so I assume it's still on. Of course someone could've just photoshopped it themselves but I don't know why they would've, and they would've had to work fast to get it to match that brand new bluray art that came out lol

That being said, I do not know where they got the image from. But anyway, just fyi!

(I have the standard 4k preordered so I'd be bummed if it got canceled)

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by eightslicesofpie

Of course my timeline refreshed and I lost it but I did just see a tweet with all 3 cover arts--steelbook, 4k standard, and standard blu (the latter two are matching but the banner on top of 4k says 4k + blu + digital)--so I assume it's still on. Of course someone could've just photoshopped it themselves but I don't know why they would've, and they would've had to work fast to get it to match that brand new bluray art that came out lol

That being said, I do not know where they got the image from. But anyway, just fyi!

(I have the standard 4k preordered so I'd be bummed if it got canceled)

Sony also had front and back cover art for the standard Kraven and had it for pre-order but they cancelled it in the US. Sony's only released two standards in 2025, Venom 3 and the ridiculously priced Until Dawn, and the only future standard currently scheduled (for now) is Karate Kid: Legends. All the rest have been steelbooks or MOD. Even I Know What You Did Last Summer is steelbook only.

Sony and Disney just don't give a shit about their customers anymore. It's bad enough to force one kind of packaging on people, but these prices are just pouring salt in the wound.

[Poya]

This has DV. Don't know why they didn't announce that.

[jddf]

If the movie was so good or one of best in 2025 why the BD version is left with only 5.1 audio, not even 7.1?

[jddf]

Could the BD art be worse than the movie itself?

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by jddf

Could the BD art be worse than the movie itself?

As soon as I saw it I added it to the worst covers thread. So terrible.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Bubbles-11

Some pretty heavy implications that the 4K Standard may have been cancelled by Sony, do correct me though

Just to be safe, I just preordered the steelbook, in case the standard UHD never materializes, and the steelbook sells out in preorders, as Sony/Disney steelbooks tend to.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

Release date: September 23rd, 2025 together with 28 Days Later (2002).

If Days is coming out that day too, seems weird they wouldn't announce them together...

[Rollo Tomassi]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

If Days is coming out that day too, seems weird they wouldn't announce them together...

And why there is no announcement for Weeks....

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Rollo Tomassi

And why there is no announcement for Weeks....

That's a Foxney title. True, Sony distributes home video for them too now, but Disney probably had no incentive to create a new 4K master of that film, just to promote another studio's sequel.

[Rollo Tomassi]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

That's a Foxney title. True, Sony distributes home video for them too now, but Disney probably had no incentive to create a new 4K master of that film, just to promote another studio's sequel.

Okay, didn't realize that! Shame...

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Rollo Tomassi

Okay, didn't realize that! Shame...

Days was financed by a UK company, and only distributed by 20th Century Fox. Once the rights reverted to the Brits, they did a new distro deal for Days with Sony, along with the deal for the sequel trilogy, which was financed by Sony.

Weeks was financed by 20th Century Fox, they own it in perpetuity.

[Rollo Tomassi]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Days was financed by a UK company, and only distributed by 20th Century Fox. Once the rights reverted to the Brits, they did a new distro deal for Days with Sony, along with the deal for the sequel trilogy, which was financed by Sony.

Weeks was financed by 20th Century Fox, they own it in perpetuity.

Well, so much for getting the trilogy in 4k then....
But apparently we have to look at Years as some kind of reboot?

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Rollo Tomassi

apparently we have to look at Years as some kind of reboot?

Not sure I follow. Everything in Days seems to be canon in Years, although the ending of Weeks does seem to be negated in Years, so I'm not sure if the second film is considered canon.

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

As soon as I saw it I added it to the worst covers thread. So terrible.

It's the international poster though. Honestly, for being the designated "cast" one, it's not that bad.

[Show spoiler]

[Rollo Tomassi]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Not sure I follow. Everything in Days seems to be canon in Years, although the ending of Weeks does seem to be negated in Years, so I'm not sure if the second film is considered canon.

There'll be more sequels and Years apparently starts a new trilogy?
"28 Years later: Bone Temple" will be released next year. At least, that's what I found...
Haven't seen Years, yet, so I can't talk about the ending.
Needless to say, Weeks is canon to me, so if Years ignores some of the developments in Weeks, I'd honestly find that hard to swallow....

[Homegrove]

There's a throw away line in it that Garland wrote to undo the ending of Weeks. That's it for Weeks' contribution to the new entries.