Disappointing to a Great Game

Rating: Null/10 (8 September 2002)

Being a fan of the game series since it was first released on Playstation, and a knowledge of story--- I don't know what happened to this film. The movie starts off with promise, nice little exposition, and a state of confusion... but the real confusion comes in when the actual plot starts. Not to give parts of the movie away, but the character developement was "eh." Really didn't care for anyone to live or die. The zombie effects were a poor, by just giving them contacts, and painting their skin a bit blue tone. I didn't get the same chill from these zombies, compared to the ones in the Video Game. A lot of the connection to scenes (maybe deleted footage?), but people went from point A to D, without explaining how they got past the zombies in B and C. The film would have made me happy if they would have ended it at a certain point, but they had to go on to say "Sequal". Highlights though, include a "nice" score, and great sets. If your looking for it to be close to the game experience, just play the Remake for GameCube. If your looking for a zombie chiller, watch some of George A. Romero films.