Excellent as a horror movie, but not very realistic

Rating: 8/10 (15 March 2008)

As zombie movies go, this is a really good movie. John Murphy's soundtrack is really powerful, the scenes are rough and intense without being gratuitous, the acting is reasonable.
I compare zombie movies with colonial army movies. You know, naked drug crazed Africans attack the organized British armies and win because no one expected them to be so ferocious and oblivious to pain. But this can only work once. Someone please tell me why no one put an automated machine gun on a pole. Or simpler still, bring a tank! As soon as a zombie appears, everybody starts acting like a scared kitten!
And there is a personal disappointment here as well. I knew the movie was with Robert Carlyle and I expected a larger, maybe lead role, as I know he is a great actor. Well, if I think about it, the role was big compared to those of the other actors.
Anyway if you want thrills, this is the movie for you. But you gotta bring your own suspension of disbelief and leave your woman some place else.