28 Years Later: Mark’s Verdict + Jodie Comer and (Oh) Danny Boy(le) on the film

Kermode & Mayo’s Take

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Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Tv Reviews, Film Interviews

4.4 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2 alongside Take 1 every week, with bonus reviews, more viewing recommendations from the Good Doctors and whole bonus episodes just for you. And if you’re already a Vanguardista, we salute you. It’s not quite 28 years, but we have been waiting a whole 23 for a Danny Boyle helmed sequel to the 2002 zombie apocalypse classic ‘28 Days Later’. He and Jodie Comer, who stars in the new horror shocker, join Simon to discuss ‘28 Years Later’. It’s the first in a trilogy of follow ups set amongst the new society that has developed on the remote Holy Island after the Rage Virus has rendered mainland Britain uninhabitable. Danny and Jodie unpack the horrifying and fascinating world of the film, and we’ll be bringing you The Good Doctors’ verdicts on it too. We can guarantee you a spoiler-free review in Take 1—but tune in to Take 2 sharpish if you’re after a spoiler-tastic deep dive... More reviews this week of ‘The Last Journey’—a Swedish documentary about one son’s bid to help his father regain a zest for life via an elaborate road trip adventure—and ‘Elio’, an intergalactic new Pixar offering that sees a misfit kid appointed as Earth’s ambassador to the universe. Plus our usual rundown of the Box Office Top 10 with Mark’s takes and yours, more alleged ‘hilarity’ from The Laughter Lift, and top correspondence from you lot on everything from your cinemagoing antics to films that just need a slap. Timecodes (for Vanguardistas listening ad-free): The Last Journey Review: 06:47 Box Office Top Ten: 12:59 Danny Boyle and Jodie Comer Interview: 24:27 28 Years Later Review: 38:35 Elio Review: 52:32 You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo Please take our survey and help shape the future of our show: https://www.kermodeandmayo.com/survey EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode has been brought to you by Netflix. It's Ben here with a word on the next round of heavyweight docs. Netflix are releasing this month. I'm telling you, Netflix is the place for some of the hardest hitting true stories out there. Case in point, Grenfell Uncovered, which starts streaming on the 20th of June. Now, this feature-length documentary examines the disturbing chain of events that led to the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017.
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1:02.1	Before we begin, a quick reminder that you can become a Vanguard Easter and get an extra episode every Thursday.
1:08.5	Including bonus reviews.
1:10.3	Extra viewing suggestions.
1:12.0	Viewing recommendations at home and in cinemas.
1:14.7	Plus your film and non-film questions answered as best we can in questions, Schmestian.
1:19.1	You can get all that extra stuff via Apple Podcasts or head to extra takes.com for non-fruit-related devices.
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1:32.9	a vanguard Easter, we salute you. Brief chat then throw to Mark for review line up.
1:50.4	Hey Mark.
1:51.3	Hey, sign.
1:53.1	I need to do a brief chat with you before I throw to you for a review lineup.
1:57.4	Is that okay?
1:58.0	Okay, fine.
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