Alex Garland returns to write Part 2 (shot back-to-back with predecessor) and Nia DaCosta replaces Danny Boyle as director.
Ralph Fiennes - Dr. Ian Kelson
Jack O'Connell - Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal
Alfie Williams - Spike
Erin Kellyman - Jimmy Ink/Kelly
Chi Lewis-Parry - Samson
Emma Laird - Jimmima
Sam Locke - Jimmy Fox
Summary
After Spike kills Jimmy Shite by severing an artery in his leg, wee lad officially becomes a 'Finger' in Sir Lord Jimmy's cult.
Charismatic psychopath believes his father Old Nick (Satan in Christian tradition) is telling him to unleash wrath upon the world by giving 'charity' to unsuspecting souls.
Meanwhile, Samson has become addicted to the morphine inside Kelson's tranquilizer darts, so seeks the good doctor to get his fix. Over time, an unlikely relationship forms.
Dark radiance blackens even sunlight
The Jimmys are no longer acrobats (probably a creative decision), how they met and managed to survive is never explained, Spike doesn't get much to say or do, most of the previous film is completely ignored and the infected may as well not be here, but I still had a blast.
Jimmy tells Kelson he was eight during the initial outbreak in 2002, making him 35 or 36 in 2030.
O'Connell is 35 in real life and will be 36 in August.
Pretty cool, right?
Jimmy oversees sadistic torture with demented glee, and while he was more terrifying as Brett in Eden Lake, unhinged performance was still brilliant.
Howzat!
Not to be outdone, Fiennes chews up perilous landscape like never before.
Oh, from Duran Duran to Radiohead, great music collection btw.
18 certificate is entirely justified and Hildur Guðnadóttir's brooding score knocks things out of the park.
Climax
Fucked up fever dream is set up by Jimmy threatening to feed Kelson his own intestines if he didn't pretend to be Satan.
The following night, the Jimmys arrive at the Bone Temple and Kelson blows hallucinogenic dust into their faces. Host then belts out a pyrotechnic-filled mimed performance of Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast.
Spectacular sequence is nuttier than squirrel shit.
Jimmy fatally stabs Kelson and Ink kills the remaining Jimmys. In the confusion, Spike stabs Jimmy and Ink knocks him out. They comfort Kelson as he dies and Ink carries out his final command by crucifying Jimmy off-screen on an inverted cross. As Samson carries Kelson's body away, Jimmy views hulking brute as Satan before an infected appears, presumably killing him.
Wow!
Ending
Jim (Cillian Murphy) is homeschooling his daughter, Sam. Hearing screaming outside, they see Spike and Kelly fleeing the infected, grab rifles and make haste to help.
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