Delightful tension

Rating: 10/10 (21 June 2008)

You know what? When I entered the cinema to watch this film with a friend of mine, I had already decided that this movie stinked. I hadn't watched a trailer, nor had I read any synopsis, all I knew was that it had something to do with the apocalypse. Considering the horrible disasters Lady in the Water and The Village had been, I thought this movie would be as bad. I can't believe how wrong I was.
When the movie started, it seemed a little messy, it didn't really explain much of what was happening, and it was just people committing suicide. It still wasn't bad, but from one opinion I had read somewhere before, I thought it was going to collapse at some point in the middle. Not only it started getting better and better by the minute, but it just sustained the tension and created a perfect atmosphere at all times.
It all starts in a park, where people stop moving all at once, and without any warning, they start killing themselves. The same thing happens in other places to different people. According to the news, a new toxin was released into the air by a terrorist group, and it resulted in people losing their minds and committing suicide. But they also talk about the government, and the nuclear plants on the northeast area of the united states. Whatever the reason is, people start leaving their homes and try to escape this weird toxin. The story focuses on Eliot and Alma Moore, who try to escape with a friend and his daughter. The acting is more than good, and the amazing effects used in every death make you hold on to your sit more than once.
The tension this movie creates from beginning to end is astounding, specially considering that it was made by the same person who created Lady in the Water. I simply can't understand why other people didn't like it, and can only assume that the gory deaths and the overwhelming tension just was to big for them. But not for me and my friend, at least. We loved it. However, this is just an opinion, just like the ones before which qualify this as horrible. So, for all of you who haven't seen it and want to know how good or bad this is, there's just one thing to say: go and decide for yourselves. I think you won't be disappointed.