A great film riddled with plot-holes

Rating: 6/10 (12 July 2008)

SERIOUSLY MAJOR SPOILERS CONCERNING PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING!!! I didn't catch this movie when it was first on in cinemas, even though most of my friends recommended it to me. I guess I just thought it would just be a lot of Will Smith fighting things. It wasn't.
Although it had a lot of fighting, it also had a lot of heart, and I felt sad during Sam's death scene (especially as my dog was lying at my feet at the time), and at the death scene at the end. It is a worthwhile experience.
However there were a lot of plot-holes, I felt.
How did a cure for cancer turn into a deadly virus? Why didn't Neville throw the grenade out of the glass box at the end (it probably wouldn't have saved him but surely it'd be a better chance of survival)? How did Neville work out that the cured zombie's blood was the cure? Why does Neville think everyone's dead even though there are news broadcasts? Why didn't the woman wait till the sun had fully risen before driving Neville back? Why did Neville walk so easily into the trap the zombies had set up, even though he knew that there was something awry? What triggered the trap? Why didn't Sam try harder to wake him up while he was in the truck (e.g. barking loudly)? Now I'm sure some of you know the answers to these questions, but the point is that I din't while I was watching it and it just seemed very contrived.
However, thats not to say I didn't like it. The action scenes were fun, even though the CGI was terrible, and it was all in all a good film.
7/10 -Blip