ambitious and explosive

Rating: 8/10 (7 January 2008)

The movie is centered on Will Smith and on his amazing performance (heroism, dark irony and the final generosity) but the story as well is really terrific, since it shows stunning futurist effects, action, gore and grief, in a zombie thriller that is also a survivalist tale (a parable I'd dare say). Solitude and anxiety haunt the whole film, New York city locations are an indelible portrait of this catastrophic world, that is a bit similar to the one depicted in other movies of the same genre lately released ("28 Days" and "Children of Men"). The story is propelled to a climax that is really explosive, the agoraphobia is impressive but every single moment of the film is worth seeing