There are two periods of your life. There’s before you see Ralph Fiennes absolutely devour an Iron Maiden musical number in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, and there is after. And oh, how I pity anyone who’s still living in the “before.”
The electrifying sequence comes in the third act of Nia DaCosta’s zombie banger, when Sir Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell) brings his “Fingers” to the Bone Temple for an audience with Satan, aka Old Nick. Except the devil they encounter isn’t really Old Nick. It’s actually Dr. Ian Kelson (Fiennes), the temple’s contemplative architect.
’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ review: Nia DaCosta delivers an exhilarating horror epic
However, Dr. Kelson is under strict orders from Jimmy to sell the illusion that he is Old Nick. If he doesn’t comply, he can kiss his life goodbye. So what does Dr. Kelson do? Throws on a leather jacket; daubs charcoal all over his eyes, teeth, and bare chest; and performs the literal hell out of Iron Maiden’s “The Number of the Beast.”
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