Pleasantly Surprised

Rating: 8/10 (16 March 2002)

I read all the reviews for this movie before I dragged my boyfriend with me to go see this film. After reading the reviews, I got the notion that it was a great film for lovers of the genre, but lacked something to be desired for sci-fi/zombie movie loathers. Well, doesn't that assumption make sense? Anyway, I'm not going to spoil the movie, just suffice it to say, I was pleasantly surprised thinking it was going to be another mindless piece of celluloid. It turned out to be a movie filled with a dreaded atmosphere, and a continuing sense of foreboding, and actual morals. I think my only complaints about the film were the music (yes many other people had reservations about it), and the fact that I wanted to see more at the end, I wanted to know what happened next. Now that can be either a deterrent, or an advantage. Here it's both because there's no real sense of closure, but you actually care enough about the characters to want to know what happens next (rare for a video game-turned film). Oh, and my boyfriend liked it too.