interesting spin on a clichéd formula

Rating: 7/10 (11 December 2007)

I thought this movie was pretty good, although it could have been trimmed some without any loss and gained some momentum I didn't know about the ending so it came as a surprise. I think the ending makes the movie a lot more subversive than the typical movie in this genre When you think about on it, the main character, the "everyman" with whom we automatically identify, made one bad decision after the other and yet we keep rooting for him because thats what we're conditioned to do And his last decision was the most ill considered of all The whole story would fall apart if somewhere in the store where all of the characters were trapped someone had had a cell phone, or there had been a functioning radio or TV. In that sense the ending is somewhat of a cheat. I won't comment on the Marcia Gaye Harden character, although I thought her performance was very good Buy my opinion would probably make someone mad.