Read the Book instead

Rating: 6/10 (8 October 2013)

Outside of a few things, Warmbrunn, dogs hating Zombies, Moscow being pretty bad ass, and the use of the term African rabies in the first five minutes, there was very very little from the original book in this movie. I was hoping to see the battle of Yonkers, and what happened to North Korea in this movie, along with many other scenes from the book. I wanted to see the shambling dead taking over, more 'Max Brooks Approved! Anti-Zombie Weapons', hell, I would have loved to see them use horses to get the the W.H.O. (which are considered just below a bike in terms of 'Approved Transportation in a Zombie World')
I loved seeing the handful of book references when the popped up every now and again. But there was maybe ten percent of the book itself used in this movie. Warmbrunn could have mentioned that it was him and about a dozen others who had put together the zombie email, or mentioned that there were people on the internet who had gotten very close to the truth themselves before the network went down. When they showed Moscow, they could have mentioned that they had to fight back before spring and the Zombies thawed. They could have shown Canada trying to close their borders as Americans fled North. There was so much more they could have slipped in, if they had only given the writers a little more money out of the CGI budget.
However, the movie itself was a fun one. Using a virus on yourself in order to hide from the Zeke was a new concept that to my knowledge has not been seen in Zombie movies before this. It was stupid if you'd read the book, but a clever idea. They did follow a few major incidents from the book, including New York being overrun very quickly and that Patient Zero was never officially located. There was a possible in China, Korea, and of course Africa, which was touched on during the story.
All in all, do NOT get your hopes up that this will follow the book. Watch it for the movie, but try not to look into it too deeply. You will disappoint yourself that way.