Give me my 99 minutes back! well... maybe only the last 60

Rating: 3/10 (11 May 2007)

Just like the 1st one... a very engaging topic and a good start. IF you have read any of the reviews of the movie and the story as well, everything is about the 1st hour of the movie. The rebuilding of London, the start of the new RAGE virus, US military control, a possible cure. Very interesting build up and plenty of direction.
Then it becomes ZERO plot other than the 2 child actors doing what they can to stay alive. YUP... thats it, no other involvement with the cure, US military, NOTHING. The US military involvement isn't even shown in the last 1/3 of the movie. Just lots of "stay alive just because" plot as the build up of the movie and plot lines just end. You are left when the credits roll with the feeling of... ummm well it started off cool.
The 1st two minutes are NOT engaging at all but lead to a VERY COOL sequence, then... after the 10 minute opening sequence, the carnage they started was the best the movie has to offer. People comment on the helicopter scene. Yeah... thats pretty sweet, but really... if you are looking at one blood bath scene that lasts about 5 seconds as the savior of the last 1/2 of the movie, I suppose you are easily amused.
If you remember the 1st one, the DVD had a TON of alternate endings and i wasn't too impressed with the way that it ended, and if you see the alternate endings, you will clearly know why they chose the one they did. The problem with this movie isn't that it kicks the door open for a 3rd, but rather the last 1/2 of the movie that has zero character development and completely absent of any plot that was built up in the 1/2 half.
I give it a 3 for the potential that the movie had, but nothing more as the last 1/3 of the movie felt like nothing but zombie movie filler.