Possibly the best film ever made.

Rating: 6/10 (21 June 2008)

OK, no, not really, but I hope I grabbed your attention there.
As the cloudy beginning credits rolled, my friends were already scowling at me out of boredom and frustration for having dragged them along with me to watch the film. But that glare turned to immediate fascination as the first suicide took place, satisfying their philistinian mindset. The first 5 minutes are as violent as the film gets, with about 50 on-screen suicides taking place at the same time. Already the media are blaming terrorists, or an occult revelation, or maybe this is a message aimed for the gas company to lower their uncompromising prices? Whatever it is, Mark Wahlberg does not want to partake in it, thus he, his wife, his friend, and his friend's daughter all seek refuge from the city.
Unfortunately, the evil predator catches up with them while they're on a train, and decides kill them all. Their endeavor to survive overcomes them, however, and they *literally* run from the invisible threat. When one of them is separated from the cluster (fatality +1), they depend on merely their wits and endurance to survive the predicament. They attempt to seek refuge in abandoned homes, under evil trees, and in the middle of nowhere, but the compulsive predator continues to try and kill them.
That's really all there is to it. And for the first hour or so, it's actually quite chilling revel. But alas, the film descends into forced elemented situations, as it eliminates characters for the sake of abolishing their unwanted existence, and characters abruptly make bizarre, inanely futile decisions, which all lead up to its overtly melodramatic climax which doesn't even hold a twist, possibly its biggest flaw.
But hey, the film eventually turns to brainless drama, but for the most part it withholds a taut atmosphere, and didn't bore me to tears, and that's more than I could ask for with its horrible reputation.