Overview
- Serving as the second entry in the rebooted ‘Years’ trilogy, the film is directed by Nia DaCosta from an Alex Garland script with Danny Boyle producing.
- Critics highlight standout turns from Ralph Fiennes as Dr. Ian Kelson and Jack O’Connell as cult leader Sir Jimmy Crystal.
- Reviews describe the sequel as the goriest chapter yet, emphasizing themes of human brutality and fanaticism over the infected threat.
- The narrative follows Spike’s forced immersion in a violent cult alongside Kelson’s cautious experimentation and bond with an Alpha infected named Samson.
- The film opens in the UK on Jan. 14 and in the US on Jan. 16 with an R rating for strong bloody violence, gore, graphic nudity, pervasive language and brief drug use, and a third installment is confirmed with Boyle expected to direct.