Jul 3, 2026 · 33 min · 12 segments
In this episode, Reed and Micheal close out their deep dive into the works of Nia DaCosta with her latest film, the second entry in the 28 Years Later trilogy, "The Bone Temple". Synopsis: As Spike…
Michael NorthHost
Reed SmithHost
How do you feel about it now? Since if I'm not mistaken, this was the movie that in fact made you.
That's not only Nia DaCosta's last movie, but is in fact the movie that made you want to choose Nia DaCosta as our next director, as our director we're reviewing.
I mean, I guess maybe it's the main movie, but it's also for Littlewoods and Candyman.
towards this movie in terms of what you did with it what you did for it was pretty uh pretty outstanding i'll say
um so i'm a bit of a george romero fan and it had hallmarks of those like vintage zombie movies as far as, like, the intensity, gore, and I guess dark social themes went.
I guess maybe The Walking Dead show did that too, but for me, that show just kind of lost its footing after four or five seasons.
But with this movie, it's a pretty good exploration of, you know, The, uh, the dark, the darkness in humanity, uh, you know, I guess the dark soul of humanity.
Well, Michael, by also mentioning things like the darker side of the humanity, are you specifically talking, though, about the whole Jimmy's group or, like, Jimmy Crystal that Jack O'Connell plays and the evil things they do in the gang?
Yeah, he represents like in the end times, people will look to somebody who will lead them out of it and, you know, create some kind of rationale for why everything's happening.
But Like, he thought Ian Kelson was the devil until he realized, oh, no, he's actually just a guy.
So he had to convince his followers so that they don't break faith with him that this is the devil.
How do you feel about it now? Since if I'm not mistaken, this was the movie that in fact made you.
That's not only Nia DaCosta's last movie, but is in fact the movie that made you want to choose Nia DaCosta as our next director, as our director we're reviewing.
I mean, I guess maybe it's the main movie, but it's also for Littlewoods and Candyman.
towards this movie in terms of what you did with it what you did for it was pretty uh pretty outstanding i'll say
um so i'm a bit of a george romero fan and it had hallmarks of those like vintage zombie movies as far as, like, the intensity, gore, and I guess dark social themes went.
I guess maybe The Walking Dead show did that too, but for me, that show just kind of lost its footing after four or five seasons.
But with this movie, it's a pretty good exploration of, you know, The, uh, the dark, the darkness in humanity, uh, you know, I guess the dark soul of humanity.
Well, Michael, by also mentioning things like the darker side of the humanity, are you specifically talking, though, about the whole Jimmy's group or, like, Jimmy Crystal that Jack O'Connell plays and the evil things they do in the gang?
Yeah, he represents like in the end times, people will look to somebody who will lead them out of it and, you know, create some kind of rationale for why everything's happening.
But Like, he thought Ian Kelson was the devil until he realized, oh, no, he's actually just a guy.
So he had to convince his followers so that they don't break faith with him that this is the devil.
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