A
group of four friends are travelling in a
desert on their way to a beach while
trying to survive a deadly virus that's
making towns extinct but then one by one
they are catching it which makes things
very difficult for any of them to stick
together in which one of the friends
named Brian (Chris Pine) tries to take
over everything and says who stays or who
goes which causes alot of harm to
everyone. He even leaves his girlfriend
Bobby (Piper Perabo) out for dead in the
desert after she is caught as infected.
His younger brother Danny (Lou Taylor
Pucci) is forced to find medication to
keep them alive or trying to steal
gasoline from any vehicle that drives by.
Suddenly something happens to Brian and
he is forced to decide whether to kill
his brother or him and his school friend
Kate (Emily VanCamp) to catch what he
has.
The film was a bit
hard for me to follow but it almost made
sense which looked like a great
struggling moment with everyone trying to
avoid the virus and even dumping the
others behind who was infected even if
they were very innocent which looks very
tragic and depressing.
There's a good shot on the character Frank blocking the road and trying
to talk to the main character's in the car and
then a good shot on a little girl peeking out of their
own car with a mask on her to protect
herself from a virus with the other people panicking once they see this as
well as Meloni coming up to them
and smashing their car window with them
trying to speed away and dodge around his
car which looked suspenseful with the
camera shots on all of this.
There's a good moment with the lead character Danny looking into a vehicle with a
shot on a dying
corpse with their eyes opening up and he
jumps which gave it a good horror feel to
the picture.
There's a good struggling moment with Frank trying to take Jodie to an
outhouse outside with her acting weak and
him supporting her which looked like a
good take between father and
daughter.
A good moment with Brian looking around a pond and poking in
the water along with a good shot on a
corpse in the water with him panicking
and almost falling into the water as well as a good shot on him holding onto a
board hoping not to fall in and calling
to his friends which makes you wonder if
he will break free as well as a great
suspenseful shot on his hand slipping off
of the board.
There's many good shots with Brian driving wildly on a golf vehicle and then
crashing it along with good shots on the
locals golfing and smashing the
windows of a mansion.
There's great takes on some
survivalists breaking in the mansion and
getting demanding with everyone along
with forcing both Bobby and Kate to
take off their tops to spot any viruses.
There's a great raging aggression with Brian dragging Bobby out of the
vehicle and leaving her out for dead with
him getting aggressive towards her and
her crying telling her that she loves him
and pleading him to keep her with him
which looked very disturbing and
psychologially done which was the
strongest moment in this film.
There's a good moment with Brian grabbing Danny against his
vehicle and getting obnoxious with him in
which this scene looked very intense.
There's a nice camera shot behind Danny going into a house and trying to call for
someone trying to get medicine as well as
a good shot on him looking scared with a
dog sneering at him while it's eating a
corpse and a nice shot on him slowly
trying to reach for some medicine that's
displayed near the dog and then later on
a good shot on the dog leaping at him and
attacking in which you wonder if he will
survive.
There's a good moment with Brian talking weakly towards Danny near a bonfire and about to fall asleep
with a nice shot on him trying to reach
for his gun and keys while he falls
asleep.
Bottom Line: We've seen this before in flicks like Pulse or Cabin Fever so it's
nothing like what we haven't seen at all.
The film can be intense on who will
survvive this vicious virus which gives
the film a nice pointer for being saved
as an average flick but that's about it.
There's some good scenery of abandoned
towns in the film as it almost looks like
a Day of the Dead type
of fashion. The film was well polished
too with the camera shots on everything
used in it. There's also nice areas of
the desert too which makes it unpleasant
if you were stranded without a vehicle
too.
The film is fairly
boring, confusing and a bit pointless but
there is a bit of a happy ending with the
survivors finally reaching their
destination that they want to go to but
at the same time I can see a sequel
happening but with new characters and
finding out what to do with this virus
and making everything extinct.
The acting is in
fair shape as Lou Taylor Pucci (Danny) has the right young man looks for the
film as well as his innocent attitude
too. He also shows some descent timing in
what he does in the film and some well
paced energy too.
Chris Pine (Brian) was the best out of the
whole cast showing a nasty arrogant
attitude in the flick but sometimes he
draws some good humor in certain spots
making out he's kind of an okay guy. He
does well with his blocking when he gets
physical towards someone bringing
everything out with every scene he does
in the film as well as acting obnoxious. He also knows how to act
sick too once he's infected making it
seem realistic too.
Piper Perabo (Bobby) really knew how to act
outgoing and friendly in her role of the
film as well as showing a great raging
emotions during her last performance in
which she convinces the audience that you
really want to help her. Does well at sobbing
when she takes her top off while being forced to do so to check for viruses. She was a true
character actress.
Christopher Meloni (Frank) had a nice
supporting role in the film as a
sympathetic surviving parent in the film
showing a good attitude as well as doing
well by getting aggressive in order to
survive too. He was very believeable in
everything he did in the flick.
There's many
bloody infected shots on people with the
virus which looked like the grossest
rashes you've ever seen on someone.
There's some gruesome burned up looking
dead bodies.
There's low classical
scoring for the film mainly trombone
playing with some violin sounds too which
suits the type of film it was sounding
low and depressing plus there's some low
keyboard music and the odd piano playing
too all done by Peter Nashel.
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