Tame and cliché

Rating: 6/10 (16 September 2008)

Okay, let's see this movie for what it really is - It's a zombie movie. Zombie movies are a 'niche' kind of films. They are traditionally b-style movies, with unknown actors, plenty of blood, and plenty of dismemberment's. And some people love them while some people hate them.
So. What happens if you take this formula and make it go Hollywood? Well, the entire movie gets tamed down and clichéd beyond repair to make it accessible to the masses. The lone hero has a trusty dog as companion, and blows himself up to save the human race. We get a great acting high-budget hero alright, but no blood or dismemberment's, and horrible CGI. Sigh. Not a tribute to the genre at all, but a botched attempt to cash in on it. It's not all bad, but it could have learned from resident evil or 28 days.