Obscurant anti-science fantasy with serious overtones of religious fanaticism

Rating: 3/10 (2 May 2008)

Perhaps the movie's title alone should have convinced me that this movie is another product of banality. But, I have to admit, I was somewhat interested in knowing what science had done wrong this time...so I watched it.
Well, again the whole Faustian scenario that unfolds in this post-apocalyptic film is pure fantasy.
First a virus is genetically manipulated to eradicate cancer in patients, which it seems to do quite successfully. Then, additional, unexpected mutations 'naturally' occur, and soon there is a horde of supercharged, homicidal zombies after the flesh of the living.
I found few if any good qualities in this film.
The zombies, while nasty and secretive, might scare your grandmother or your younger sister at best.
Will's acting might please his hard-core fans, but the monologue and the script overall are too dull to give him anything interesting to work with.
The digitally enhanced streets of the post-apocalyptic New York make for a nice post card, but fail to earn the movie additional points.
Not so surprisingly, the plot is unsurprising and loaded with religious overtones of banal obscurantism like, "God didn't do this - we did".
Need I say more?