Terrific Start, Solid Progress, Poor Ending.

Rating: 8/10 (18 May 2004)

This flick opens on a surprisingly strong 9-star-level (until the opening credits) and holds at least a respectable 8-star-level until about the middle.
But then, incomprehensible to me, it crashes more and more often because of absolutely unnecessary foolish and imbecile actions of several characters, especially when Ana (SPOILER) get's back to Steven to fetch the boat key: Couldn't you just stand around there just a little longer, gazing at the scenery and the rapidly approaching zombie pack, could you? Hello-oo?? The consequences of her incongruous dullness at that moment made me really angry. Nothing comparable to this happened during the first half.
This gives the impression that the cast & crew, in the course of the making of this movie, ran out of time, money, skills, creativity and genius. Though this disappointed me a lot, it still deserves an overall 8/10 rating, since it's outstanding in spite of everything.