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Rating: 1/10 (20 March 2004)

I am an ENORMOUS fan of horror movies. They are by far my favorite genre of film. This movie was so insanely boring, I almost fell asleep. I know you are not supposed to take these films seriously, and I never do, I found 'The Exorcist' to be a barrel of laughs, and I was expecting a similar reaction to this film. Well, I did not get it at all, except for like the first 15 minutes or so, when I was in stiches. The remaining hour and a half or so, I was just waiting for it to end.
There is a period of about an hour in the film where absolutely nothing happens. A group of survivors hole up in a shopping mall to keep safe, and uhhh well that's your movie folks. Nothing happens from that point on, until the end. This movie is nowhere near as consistent or as exciting as last years '28 Days Later." I also accept that these movies are not supposed to be realistic at all, I reinforce they are my FAVORITE films, but I somewhat expect them to be consistent. You have some charaters who get bit, and turn into zombies within minutes, and others who take hours or days to turn. Completely inconsistent, and it got a bit annoying. Anyhow, go see it, if you must, hopefully you will get more enjoyment out of it than me. But if you truly want to go to the movies, and see something funny, 'Starsky and Hutch' is still out there.