NOT Funny, NOT Interesting - It must be an American thing.

Rating: 2/10 (31 October 2013)

Where to start a critical review on something that IMDb has given a 7/10 for? In a film like this you are looking for two key things, a robust story line, but more importantly, comedy. This film failed to deliver on both.
First, I will comment on the story line. In films like this I do not expect this to be great. The apocalyptic hell that has arisen created a setting of which the meat of the film, being the comedy, could bounce around in. The survival aspect is where the actors attempt to provide a semi-comical and drug focused positive out of a desperate situation. Story line wise, there is nothing new here. If you have watched any horror or zombie films you will quickly release where the story line is taking you. Apart from being mediocre for most of the film the plot line deteriorates very quickly towards the end of the film and boarders on completely ridiculous.
The main issue I have with this film is the comedy. I must draw to the fact that this is a Seth Rogan film. The 'marmite' love him or hate him factor will be the audience's main decider on the quality of the film. As a British audience we generally do not understand why the Americans find Rogan funny. His drug centered comedy and slow and sluggish delivery of unfunny lines is something we can neither relate to or find amusing. The only dim light that appeared through this comedy smog was that of Jay Baruchel who's more interesting and articulate voice brought my attention back to the screen.
Without giving away spoilers it is difficult to describe the truly tedious and boring film that I wasted a few hours of my life on. I will give this film a 2/10 as I think I laughed once during this film. Perhaps ironically, the only way to enjoy this film is with the use of narcotics, as without them you will wish that you had been one of the lucky people that was dragged into the abyss in the first ten minutes of this film.