entertaining, but a let down

Rating: 6/10 (16 December 2007)

First off, i was looking forward to this movie a great deal. It was hyped quite a bit, and being a will smith fan (but an even bigger zombie movie fan) i decided to see it on opening night. The movie starts slow, showing the audience basically what we saw in the trailers: will smith wandering around the deserted NYC with his dog Sam. The film continues at a slow pace slowly revealing more information about the creepy 'dark-seeking' villains as well as the series of events that led to this situation. Essentially, the movie turns into Castaway on Manhattan + a toned down zombie movie, with a rushed end and poor final message.
granted, very few movies can be 'better' than their original book, but this was a long shot off.
*Spoilers* my recipe to make this movie better:
+ zombie killing (at least triple the kill count) + at least one shotgun + more variation of Bob Marley songs - PG-13 rating - obviousness of religious connotations at the end