Reviews

I wasn't going to post a review on this, but then saw the negative reviews and had to say something. It's not THAT bad of a movie, sure it's predictable ,a zombie outbreak caused by a virus, survivors trying to figure out a cure etc etc, it's been done before and done better. And it could have been better, but it's not the 1 star bargain bin drivel that it's been painted as here. It's a good popcorn movie if you just wanted to switch your brain off for an hour!

I've had this film on my watch list for a while now, as I have an interest in true crime. I was initially surprised when Zac Efron was announced in the lead role but he was perfectly charming as Ted, which leads me to one of my big problems with this film. They skirted around some of the things he did, I guess to give it the 15 rating that it has. It plays on your sympathies a LOT, there were times when I felt sorry for him and I had to catch myself and remind myself that Ted Bundy was a POS who did awful, awful things. I have no problem with Zac Efron, he was amazing in the role, but I think on the whole they could have just done away with all the heart string tugging moments and just stuck to the facts.

I'm a huge sci fi fan and had big hopes for this movie but ultimately left the cinema disappointed. The premise on paper is amazing but it falls flat on its face in execution. It starts off well with a big opening action scene that's visually stunning and...that's it. The rest of the film again has some great visuals but for the most part it's just long monologues from Brad Pitt that don't really make any sense in context. It seemed like at times that his character was losing his mind and I felt like I was too. I kept drifting off into my own brain because my daydreams were far more interesting than the plot. None of the scenes or set pieces made any sense to the storyline and there was a looming sense of doom that didn't really develop into anything. Character development was also non existent, I didn't care for the journey he was on or anyone else at all. Nothing was explained at any point, the Space monkey scene seemed odd in context, there was no urgency to any of it and the "big twist" i'd heard about in reviews didn't appear (or if it did, it was so rubbish that I missed the reveal) I was honestly expecting it to turn into a time travel movie where it turned out he was his dad in the past, which would have been ridiculous but way more interesting compared to what we ended up with. I stayed to the end out of politeness but I really didn't want to. It gets two stars for its visuals but sadly they weren't enough to save it. Don't waste your time or money, see something, ANYTHING else instead!