Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the word 'zombie' was used even once in the story. I have a lot invested in this because I just watched two zombie flicks in a row ("Shaun of the Dead" and "Zombieland"), and it's going to get around that I've gone completely off the rails. So I'm going to put a lot more stock in the necroambulist virus angle the picture went with rather than straight out zombiefication.
Anyone looking for a recommendation on the film, be aware that it's a pretty dark affair and there aren't any light spots I can recall. Granted, you had Maggie (Abigail Breslin) out one afternoon with her friends but it's overshadowed by the somber and depressing nature of her disease. The picture actually scared me a few times with it's sense of foreboding, knowing that the only end in sight was death for anyone infected with the virus. The story line went to great pains to inform that of only three scenarios - quarantine, a pain inducing cocktail or a 'make it quick' death - all would end in the same way.
It was cool to see Schwarzenneger in a different kind of role here, one in which he doesn't have to muscle up and blow the screen away with wanton destruction. He even produces a tear agonizing over his daughter's fate, so that's saying something right there.
Oh well, I may wind up hating myself in the morning, but I guess this comes pretty close to a zombie film. But even with that admission, I'm not ready to concede that that was the most unbelievable part of the story. You know what was? How about when Officer Holt (J.D. Evermore) went after Wade? Who in their right mind tries to go one on one with Armold?
Anyone looking for a recommendation on the film, be aware that it's a pretty dark affair and there aren't any light spots I can recall. Granted, you had Maggie (Abigail Breslin) out one afternoon with her friends but it's overshadowed by the somber and depressing nature of her disease. The picture actually scared me a few times with it's sense of foreboding, knowing that the only end in sight was death for anyone infected with the virus. The story line went to great pains to inform that of only three scenarios - quarantine, a pain inducing cocktail or a 'make it quick' death - all would end in the same way.
It was cool to see Schwarzenneger in a different kind of role here, one in which he doesn't have to muscle up and blow the screen away with wanton destruction. He even produces a tear agonizing over his daughter's fate, so that's saying something right there.
Oh well, I may wind up hating myself in the morning, but I guess this comes pretty close to a zombie film. But even with that admission, I'm not ready to concede that that was the most unbelievable part of the story. You know what was? How about when Officer Holt (J.D. Evermore) went after Wade? Who in their right mind tries to go one on one with Armold?