“28 Years Later” opens in theaters on June 19, which is the sequel to “28 Days Later” (2002) and “28 Weeks Later” (2007). All the “bad things” in the three films trace back to an event in the first film when animal activists broke into a British lab and accidentally released the “Rage Virus.” This highly infectious disease turns its victims into raving people who seek to bite others and have them become “the infected.”

“28 Days” was a big critical and box-office hit. As the first film ended, a few people escaped infection, but almost everyone in the United Kingdom was infected. The second film showed tiny groups of survivors trying to find safe refuges and the help they got from others uninfected.

The 2025 film first focuses on a small number of the uninfected who live on an island just offshore from England. Its heavily defended causeway keeps out the infected. Things change when Jamie, a scavenger, manages to walk over to the mainland. He is accompanied by Spike, his 12-year-old-son. They discover many secrets and horrors of the outside world.

All three films were made in the U.K. and virtually all the actors in the films were British or Irish—and the same thing is true of the writers, directors, etc. There wasn’t a Jewish actor, director or writer working in the first two films.

Here’s a kvell-worthy biggie: British Jewish actor AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON, 34, is the third film’s star. He plays Jamie. He will also star in a fourth incarnation of the franchise, which is slated to open in January.