Just didn't do it for me.. original far superior.

Rating: 4/10 (21 May 2007)

It just never really grabbed a hold of me like the original did. The husband leaving behind his wife was creepy and interesting in the beginning... But from there on out it was rather boring and filled with plot holes.
Why aren't guards posted to stop the children from leaving the hotel? Why did Don have security access to enter his wife's holding/observation room? (I know he showed off his access to his children at the hotel in the opening.. but why would he have full military access?) Why wouldn't her room be guarded at the very least? The evacuation of the people and subsequent "Code Red" chaos was shot so chaotically.. i couldn't tell up from down. Kinda cool on a visceral level.. But wore thin fast.
Why was it kept a "big secret" that the children might be immune to the virus and carry the cure? This reminded me of a "Children of Men" redux... where a secretive few sacrifice themselves for the children.
But a simple radio plea to the military that we have a "potential cure for the virus" with us that we need delivered to a medical facility should have been attempted.
Why not at least tell the children themselves, so they know not to sneeze on anyone if they are bitten! Overall it was just far too stupid to be enjoyable.
Also i know they used a cheaper digital camera for "stylistic" purposes.. But the whole movie looked badly out of focus and plain ugly.
Overall, i was greatly disappointed.