Really Did Not Like This Film!

Rating: 2/10 (30 March 2008)

I am a huge film fan and will watch almost anything getting trough around 10 films a week. i saw this film on IMDb and thought it got a good review and i really like the plot, not to mention that it was based on a Steven King novel. i thought the film would be quite similar to the film "Dawn Of The Dead", the zombie horror where a group of people take shelter from these un-dead humans in a local shopping mall. But when i watched this film i was constantly irritated with the stupidity of the characters. Being rather incompetent at almost every task, and i know people are going to say that they were in shock but no person would ever be so dumb. I was literally shouting at the screen in disbelief at what they were or weren't doing. Their attempt to save their lives was so poor and short lived if it were real i would feel ashamed to be classed in the same species bracket. Other than the actual story the acting was below average, but the film was shot pretty well if you ignore the cheap and clichéd fades used to change scene. Its a shame the plot is good and a better screenplay would have made so much difference. i would not recommend this film to my friends but if you want to watch a horror/thriller and have no access to anything else watch it. My overall rating is 5 out of 10. Thank you for reading.