Disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (3 January 2008)

Having read the original novel, I expected much from the new film adaptation. The start was promising but that soon faded into a mix of poor and unconvincing CGI work, and a total disregard for any of the books original concepts.
As far as action movies go, it was an OK film, with nothing particularly outstanding, apart from Will Smith, who i felt played his part very well. But as a film adaptation of the book, it was an abomination. Very little from the book made into this film, apart from character names. The locations, and situations have all been changed beyond recognition into a bog standard post-apocalyptic film. Like a lot of book to film tie-ins, this film was corrupted by Hollywood and turned into a clichéd film of heroism and action, rather than kept as a tense thriller depicting a mans desperate struggle for survival. People who have read the book beforehand I'm sure will agree, but for those who haven't it's a film worth seeing, but with little lasting appeal.