Very powerful, effective and realistic....... apocalyptic chaos brought to life.....

Rating: 8/10 (23 September 2006)

This is a great movie, truly, a very powerful and emotive movie. the acting was top class (including an underused Julianne Moore), it could have been over acted but wasn't, could have been tacky and sensationalist but the cast and director maintain a very level headed, dramatic, yet believably. Thats the charm....and power of this movie....its incredibly realistic. This doomsday scenario is made believably....and thats pretty hard hitting. Unfortunately, there is a draw back, they went too far to make it look gritty, the shaky camera technique, apparently "documentary style". the sets, locations and effects are all superb, therefore in my opinion the gritty look is completely unnecessary. its realistic enough and doesn't add at all to the action. All in all, its a great realistic, and challenging movie... definitely worth a look.....