One of the most believable apocalyptic films yet..... but.

Rating: 7/10 (19 July 2013)

This film had everything to be brilliant. A believable idea and a cracking budget.
This was a good film I enjoyed it and didn't particularly feel it was too long or at any point check my watch. Which is good. Certain areas ended up being slightly unbelievable and "all a bit to much" for instance the plane crash etc.. but a bit of poetic license and fair enough, why not! The film dried up slightly towards the end, you sort of new what was going to happen at the end before it did happen. But I want to stand up for this film as i have seen people commenting on certain aspects of the film that let it down.
Zombies; They are not the normal bumbling Zombies that groan and shuffle about. These are quick "I Am Legend" type creatures. People talked these down, personally I think slow moving, brain eating zombies are slightly un-scary and certainly wouldn't provide tense moments in the film. These Zombies are apparently so due to an infection, one that does not alter the strength or agility of humans so why would they not be like human type animals? I cant get my head around the criticism here. I saw no problems with them.
The Virus; Now on a few reviews I have seen people say "how could idiot zombies know who has terminal illnesses just by looking at them.. doctors cant do that" Now, this is a great part of the film - a clever new play on the Zombie film. The Zombies are actual like a Virus. A supped up version of a virus that could be in your system - that only attacks healthy cells in your body to make you weak and pass on the virus to other strong cells which means the virus will survive, not attacking unhealthy cells which will not "function" correctly.. So they go around killing all the healthy people (I actually think this is a really good angle to come from and this for me, makes the whole film believable) while ignoring the terminally ill ones.
Brad Pitt; Why send him in one team? Especially when they all die within 25 minutes of them being introduced! Yes I struggled to understand why they didn't send lots of teams to investigate and crack on with saving the world, but to be fair i only over thought this after wards, not during the film. ANyway - he was sent because he is good at what he does,investigating. He does it well, he becomes a bit of a hero by realising this, fair play. But, you didn't really care about the character or his family or anyone really.. not enough character building in the plot affected this but it doesn't effect the film as a whole.
Only a short piece, but the film is worth a watch and I will probably buy this on DVD when its released. A good idea and an enjoyable watch, not a best ever film but a good crack at tweaking an old favourite.
Watch it with an un-critical eye and you will not be dis-pleased but be mindful, if you are looking for plot holes and errors, you will find them and ultimately ruin this for yourself.