too much of a videoclip

Rating: 6/10 (27 April 2002)

This movie had quite some promises in my book, but alas it failed to deliver. **SPOILERS**
Horror movies, even bloody action movies, are a rare find these days. Those that do come out are low budget direct-to-video releases and the cinemas are dominated by standard Hollywood fare.
Therefor I was excited to hear that a zombie flick was about to hit the movies, but my excitement was short lived.
In the first action scene, the music so dominates the picture that I was wondering whether this was a movie, or a videoclip. Sadly enough, this goes on for the entire movie. Whatever happened to atmospheric music that subtly accompanied the picture, the kind where you only realize its importance when you turn it off? Instead of this, we are pleasured with loud rock and rap music.
The movie itself could have been much better too. The story is rather flimsy to say the least. (spoiler alert) Most all of the rescue squad dies in the first trap, so there is nobody left to become zombie food. The zombies are slow and drudging, and there is little to be feared from them. Yawn, boring. No excitement, no danger, no threatening monsters. Just slow, walking dead. (end spoiler)
Sadly enough, if this is the best horror Hollywood can come up with, they should go back to the standard stuff they churn out.