Enjoyable MOVIE

Rating: 7/10 (20 September 2007)

The first part is in reaction to low rated reviews, after that i'll discus the movie, so if you've never seen it, skip that part.
Before I begin I want to say a few things in reaction to some of the very low rates this movie got (like ones and two's). Please remember that it is a MOVIE, so stop comparing a movie to how things would happen in real life ! I mean come on, of course it is not realistic that they are repopulating after 2 months. But ehm, the whole virus is unrealistic as hell, so why bothering giving this movie a 1 for not being realistic?
Now the movie.
The movie has a constant sit-on-the-edge-of-your-seat-and-jump-up-every-now-and-then rush. Especially in the first half of the movie you will see much creepy things. The empty streets are again very effective to make it even more creepy. At some point in the movie 2 kids do plenty of odd things even a grown up would not accomplish in a life time , but that does not make the film annoying or anything. There is very much gore but it affects the movie perfectly well. It's certainly not overdone even though I'm not a huge fan of gore.
The second half of the movie kind of repeats what was happening before, again with pretty odd moves on humans side, and a few clichés (Car won't start... do they have to put that in almost every movie??), but it doesn't ruin the movie.
The ending is clearly made for an sequel but I thing everybody expected that even before seeing the movie (at least, I did. 28 months and then of course 28 years, I would bet on that). Anyway, the ending although made for a sequel did satisfy me.
I recommend this movie for all thrill movie seekers. It's a pretty good sequel of a pretty good first movie. Oh and before I forget, good acting (for most of it). Most horror movies are all about screaming and running and although that is also added in this movie (doh), other emotions are well placed and not stretched for to long.
I'm curious how everything is going to develop in the next sequel.