Alfred Harries

Starts well but quickly starts to meander narratively ending up essentially nowhere with no satisfaction, despite tons of foreshadowing pointing towards a satisfying showdown between a troubled but morally upright teenager and some kind of demonic entity - none of which happens and the film just fizzles out bizarrely. The antagonist just doesnt go through with what she has been aiming to do for the whole film over a crisis of conscience, affected by none of the events of the film. Full of needlessly gory moments that mean absolutely nothing to the plot. Bit of a waste of time, but happy to support modern horror in cinema.

Giving this 1 star is just bizarre to me. Ignore what you're reading online, this is a beautiful to watch, good value zombie film. Lots of tense zombie set pieces (chases/fights/escapes etc) set against a decent enough human story that carries your interest through the film. Lots of intrigue, an interesting sentimental ending to what has been quite a dry and down to earth series of films. Yes, the final scene is whacky, but it doesnt ruin this film, it just sets up what looks to be a far less serious and slightly off-the-wall second film. I think the 1 star reviews say much more about the kind of brain-dead audience members and what they've come to expect from their marvel slop (which im not averse to). Even if you hate this genre, giving this 1 star is just utter nonsense. Thoroughly enjoyable, better than 28 weeks, looking forward to the 2nd one

Meaningless, poorly written, poorly acted (for the most part) and terribly heavy handed metaphors and analogies that achieve nothing. After a good first half an hour of a well drawn main character and world building, the film abandons all the themes and narrative it has built just to meander randomly between different arcs and events that have essentially nothing to do with the larger story of the film. The story erratically flits from one narrative to another, trying to take on so much, but none of them work or are meaningfully or satisfyingly resolved, or even relate to the larger story. It feels like a film written by 10 different people who can't agree on what it should be about.