Thought it was a B movie

Rating: 5/10 (28 August 2009)

Another reader said he hated the movie because he was expecting so much from a Shyamalan film. I kind of liked it because I had a totally different experience: I picked up this movie at about 10 minutes on a hotel where I was staying the night just waiting for my connection flight the next day, and thought "cool, a B movie in a post-catastrophe world. Soon zombies are going to pop". I recognized Whalberg's face, but couldn't quite figure out where I had seen him before, so I just guessed it was from another low budget, specially because his acting was so laughable.
There were no commercials, so my illusion lasted till the final scene. I kept waiting for zombies, but settled for the crazy old lady with the pale face, and Whalberg yelling "why can't you give me just a minute" as if he had just entered acting school.
Campy, apocalyptic with half-baked environmental ideas. Not terrible if don't know that this guy also directed "Sixth Sense" and you are just passing time at a hotel. Don't recommend renting it, though. "Day of the Dead" is more gratifying.