Kevin Burnett

This film is worth the watch, but I'm still giving it a thumbs down. In short, this is a movie about Sam. A seemingly good guy, collecting some belongings from his ex-girlfriend's apartment/flat while she has a party. While he's hidden himself away in room sorting through his property in what seems like a decision on what to keep or throw away, Sam falls asleep to awaken the next day to a full-on zombie apocalypse, and without a clear destination he can run to, chooses to remain in the apartment building he was in. The movie, while well acted, missed a great opportunity for a "Flight Club" like reveal. In my opinion the director should have shortened the second act significantly, and expanded the 3rd act with "Sarah" proportionately. Not wanting to give any spoilers, but the reveal at the end of the 3rd act should have been more significant, while the 2nd act spends a significant amount of time on what's ultimately mundane housekeeping missions, such as cleaning the apartment of blood, the searching for food, and determining which apartments were occupied or not. I was very disappointed in the 4th act. It felt rushed and implausible. Our protagonist should have had more obstacles to overcome in his escape. As well, the writers and directors can't seem to choose between slow walkers or frenzied runners. It's whatever seems to work better for a particular scene, and that's really apparent by the conclusion. As I said, it's worth a watch, at the very least as background noise while doing chores, so you're not bogged down during the slower parts of the film. In the end, I do hope a talented team might take this film and remake it with a better balance with an emphasis on the changeover at the end of the 3rd act.

After just reading a few of the first lines of these "reviews" I expected Saturday-night-SyFy-Channel-quality special effects, poor acting, and a predictable storyline. I got none of that. The special effects were good, the acting was far better than what I was led to believe, and the story truly subverted my expectations. This was a movie that, at first, hinted at possibilities of some very common tropes in science fiction... a happy home shattered by dysfunction as a family member suffers from premonitions of an alien invasion and things to come. A protagonist reluctant to address the issues bothering him, and a wife struggling with a career and a family. By the end the movie subverted those expectations, and totally grayed the line between good and bad, and the identity of every character we came to know from the beginning. I don't expect a high level of execution and delivery from most science fiction. Rarely does any science fiction achieve that level of acting and production, except for the most expensive and well produced movies. Yet this movie isn't a "B grade" sci fi flick I was led to believe. The acting was acceptable and convincing enough to enjoy, and the special effects were on par with the best Hollywood has to offer. In the end, not only was my expectations of the story subverted, but my expectations of the quality was too. This is a decent movie that's well worth your time if you're into the science fiction genre.