More story, less god needed

Rating: 3/10 (24 December 2007)

It was good in many ways, but really felt as though another 30 - 60 minutes could've been added to build out the story. Also, there's elements that are just a bit silly ... racing around the city in the Ford Mustang at crazy speeds with deer bouncing in every direction, his seeming inability to shoot one of these deer, being a couple of metres from lions who more or less ignore him, jumping out of a first floor window and suffering no injury, playing golf off the wing of Blackbird SR71 on a warship. Minor quibbles, but too often I was asking myself 'why?' or 'how?'. Just because it's scifi doesn't mean it has to lose all sense of reality.
On the positive side was Will's acting - he carried it well, but he couldn't make up for a fairly poor script.
However, what really turned me off the film was the god / religious nonsense that litters the film and swamps it at the end. When the woman and child arrive at the compound for survivors (that god told her about), the gates open to reveal chocolate box church with bells ringing. It looked like a cross between The Stepford Wives and a Branch Davidians compound. Shudder. I was expecting to see 'Executive Producer: Jesus' appear in the credits.