Not too crazy on zombie stuff, and I never played the titular game. Which makes me a true neutral viewer here, and yet the immersion was fast. Good, good.
The first 2 episodes were IMO the best: The pilot in particular, was rich, fast and multilayered in terms of emotions. After that, it becomes more episodic, and deals much more with the various bands of survivors encountered on the journey than the infected themselves, some of which were typical video games contraptions.
The tone is personal as the two main characters slowly unveil themselves to the other, but there are a couple of episodes where they focus elsewhere, both of them with homosexual overtones (which by now are mandatory I suppose). Remove these flashback episodes, plus the pilot which sets the terrain, and that's what, 6 episodes, all of them under an hour?
That's not much but it is enjoyable, for the good dialogues, excellent cinematography and great acting. It isn't an action-packed zombie flick (althought there are some good action scenes here and there), but more like a road movie. I will probably watch again.
The first 2 episodes were IMO the best: The pilot in particular, was rich, fast and multilayered in terms of emotions. After that, it becomes more episodic, and deals much more with the various bands of survivors encountered on the journey than the infected themselves, some of which were typical video games contraptions.
The tone is personal as the two main characters slowly unveil themselves to the other, but there are a couple of episodes where they focus elsewhere, both of them with homosexual overtones (which by now are mandatory I suppose). Remove these flashback episodes, plus the pilot which sets the terrain, and that's what, 6 episodes, all of them under an hour?
That's not much but it is enjoyable, for the good dialogues, excellent cinematography and great acting. It isn't an action-packed zombie flick (althought there are some good action scenes here and there), but more like a road movie. I will probably watch again.