Unfortunately a mess

Rating: 4/10 (9 June 2018)

Seeing this film at a relatively high 7.2 score convinced me that this would be worthwhile. Directed by Frank Darabont? The writer / director of the Shawshank Redemption and Greenmile- sign me up.
Starting off strong and intriguing, unfortunately there is little merit in what follows, the movie slowly descends into a murky dramatic mess- you may find yourself laughing at parts of this ''horror'' movie.
Throwaway philosophical lines, fruitcake bible lady and her flock of sheep believers, characters trapped in a small enclosed space making idiotic decisions.
Oh and don't forget the hilarious CGI monsters, even in 2007 I can only imagine they would have looked silly.
Funny enough the movie parallels the The Walking Dead in many ways. This comes as no surprise as Darabont is also the writer for the latter.
As much as The Walking Deads boorish drama dragged down many of the seasons- this isn't much different. Except we have less screentime and less reason to care about these characters.
Miss out on this one, the high score is misleading and the ending a hilarious mess.