Are you KIDDING?!

Rating: 1/10 (25 May 2008)

I warn you, this film was made-for-TV (seriously, time the fade-out and in's. one every 10 minutes or so), and even by those standards was painful to sit through. It's claim to fame is a pathetic attempt at a punch-out ending. This movie touches on several subjects of human nature that about 500 other films have already covered, so... Mr king, I don't really need any more "deep messages" as I've seen 'em all before. As for it's terror factor, I've been more frightened by a fuzzy-wuzzy hamster.
***Spoiler Warning!!***
But given all it's directorial and editing shortcomings, this movie's real failure is it's ending. Let me break it down for those of you considering this film. The character development simply does not make sense. The supporting characters in the film each have a specified, stereotypical role. They are thin and lifeless. The main protagonist, on the other hand, spends the whole movie with such a strong will to live. His whole persona is built on that drive for survival. Then after facing monsters, aliens, and a crazy mob of religious zealots he is finally brought to his knees by an empty tank of gas. That's right. Ran outta gas. Nothing to do but give up on life and put a few bullets into my kid. His actions are simply unrealistic given how his character is portrayed for the first 2 hours. I'm not complaining that it wasn't a happy ending. Far from it, I love unconventional endings, but this one was an absolute failure. The protagonist was not driven to a point of desperation severe enough to justify blowing his kids brains all over the car seat.