Disappointing Overall

Rating: 3/10 (3 May 2006)

OK as a fan of the computer game I was really looking forward to seeing this film and also slightly afraid of seeing it without having a pillow within easy reach to hide behind during any tense scary moments expected!
I was completely disappointed though. Main reasons:- the acting was bad, the monsters were not nearly as frightening as the game version, the sound affects were not used as effectively throughout, it was soooo long and drawn out!
OK so the acting... lets start with Sean Beans bad American accent who thought that it was a good idea to have him do this?
Radha Mitchell surprisingly bad (really loved her when she was in neighbours and Pitch Black) and if I had to hear her scream Sharon or Honey one more time my head would explode, this film would be great for drinking game although you would probably be unconscious with alcohol poisoning after the first 15 minutes. The character was mind numbingly stupid running backward and forwards throughout the town, screaming, dodging monsters, running away from the only person with a gun who is shooting the monsters, standing still when she should be running, Screaming Sharon and honey at every opportunity!!!
Jodelle Ferland was a bit sketchy at first but then I think she got much better the further into the film you got she really got into the whole I am evil part.
Laurie Holden I quite liked throughout the film but if I'd have been her I would have saved Radha Mitchells butt less and found me some way out without her!
Alice Krige, she does a good evil lady! I enjoyed her screaming, "Burn the witch!" at every given moment this was not annoying like "Sharon, Sharon, Honey!" but very amusing. I found myself using this phrase throughout the weekend!
OK now the Monsters... Not as scary as expected and I think I may have laughed out loud when the gyrating kinky nurses came on the scene, seriously they should have given them poles to dance around! And the characters seemed to do far too much running and not enough kicking ass!
Sound effects... The main scare factor in the game comes from the sound effects, this was not used to maximum effect. The whole static noises when the monsters are in close proximity but you don't know where, was actually made a point of but then completely abandoned...
Length of drawn out movie... I think I may have given birth two my first two children whilst waiting for it to end.
OK so there must be some good points... It does keep you quite tense through most of the film, Laurie Holden is enjoyable to look at, the kinky nurse monsters are hilarious with their disco beat moves, and it has some excellent sets.
I would not watch this film again but it's not as bad as date movie, why oh why would Alyson Hannigan do that to me it was like mental torture!
Perhaps would recommend viewing just to see the kinky nurse monsters...