Rubbish

Rating: 1/10 (6 May 2018)

Everything about this film is a failure, apart from the purely technical aspects. The production team is quite competent, and there are no complaints regarding cinematography, sound, or any other 'technical' features. The acting is good, too. However, the script doesn't give the actors much to work with. It's a very poorly written script, and the bane of this film.
The script is so faulty, on every level imaginable. It provides no exposition, no explanation for what's happening, and to make things worse, inconsistencies and lack of logic make it impossible for the audience to fill in the holes.
The film follows a family from beginning to end. The family is on a survival mission, in a post-apocalyptic world, where seemingly everyone has been wiped out by a mysterious type of monster. One could forgive the film the absence of exposition regarding these monsters, but one cannot forgive total lack of logic regarding the monsters.
Now, the monsters are blind, and seemingly almost deaf. How they get about is a mystery. But if you make a noise loud enough for them to pick up on, they will come running from a mile away, and instantly kill you, somehow pinpointing your location even though they have no way of doing that. You see, they can stand only inches away, and if you breathe silently and perform minimal movements, they won't hear you. Now, you'd think that, being blind, they would have exceptional hearing, but they don't. Only loud noises are picked up by them. Also, they don't pick up movement, if it's silent. Now, how would a blind creature with such limited perception of sound even avoid bumping into walls or trees is beyond me. What's even more confusing is that they are seemingly everywhere, ready to pounce on you within seconds of making a noise, yet they never notice people walking about, or hear footsteps. They will fail to hear footsteps even from a distance of a dozen yards, yet if you drop an object in your basement, they will pick up on that from a mile away. Of course, even these confusing rules are inconsistent in the film, and when the father is killed off in the end, he is stalked by a monster even though he is not making any noise. Add to this confusion the fact that characters act like idiots, and literally beg to get killed, and it's enough to alienate the viewer.
But the real problem is the lack of character engagement. I did not care about this family at all. The dramatic core, about a girl being blamed for the death of her kid brother, is never really developed. It comes down to her brother telling the father late in the film that she blames herself. This is over a year after the death of the kid. And only now are they having that conversation? But the real f-you to the audience is an abrupt ending, which makes no sense, and is emotionally dissatisfying. It's like it doesn't even belong in this film, and goes against the tone that has been established. The monster is finally killed, with a shotgun. Yes, that is its weakness: if you shoot it in the face, it dies. What??? And the film takes time to establish that these things have seemingly no weaknesses. What a load of crap.
At the end of the day, this film is boring nonsense, with some jump scares thrown in, and an even more disappointing ending than one would expect.
I DO NOT recommend this film, even if you are looking for nothing more than light entertainment.