On its own OK, but an insult to the book

Rating: 5/10 (23 June 2013)

Firstly I don't usually write reviews as in ever but having loved the book and then seeing this after looking forward to it I had to add my 2p.
As a film it's OK, not great but decent enough, however I can only assume those who've rated this highly have never read the book. I knew they'd changed the plot but I was still expecting something closer to a world war not contagion with zombies. Compared to the book this is awful and I have no idea why Brooks allowed his name to be attached to it. It starts off promisingly but pretty soon devolves into Brad Pitt travelling a bit while whining about his family. The book was always for me more about the ingenuity and compassion of the human race when fighting for survival this captured some of that in the beginning but forgot it pretty quickly, the last hour and a half was essentially as I've said contagion with zombies. All the main sequences were in the trailer so if you've seen that is probably enough unless you really like Pitt and if you read and enjoyed the book just stay away and wait for the DVD
Oh and paying extra for 3d is pointless there's like 10mins worth of good 3d the rest just isn't worth it