Now this is an unusal approach to your regular infected/zombie fair. The setting of this film is aptly claustrophobic and surprisingly enough, it never derails into a zombie showdown with hands and teeth clawing their way through windows and floors. The film sticks to its guns and focuses on the relationships and mental states of its few principal characters. This is what captivated me for the first hour of the film and I was glued to the screen. Great cinematography, direction and performance by Stephen McHattie, whose sun-worn face is the best canvas for concern I have seen in quite some time.

Yet, the film’s ‘reveal’ is rater far-fetched and while I give Kudos to the film makers not to blame some meteor or ritual for the outbreak of violence and mass cannibalism I think the film slightly derails into philosophical ramblings and vague theories afterwards. I do not expect a big showdown by no means, like I said, keep it focused, but some sort of closure would be nice. Although, the film stayed with me for a while and I tried to figure out what really happened. On the other hand, I am not a fan of film makers who deliberately muddle and obscure the ongoings and meaning of films just to make it ‘avant-garde’, because a good story is a good story, tell it and if you don’t I will suspect that you had no rabbit in the hat in the first place.

The performances are good and the film will not make you jump out of your seat but opts for the more intelligent and subtle approach, being uncomfortably eerie and full of dread.

A bold and good approach to a worn-out genre which goes a bit off the deep end in the last 25 minutes. Still worth a watch.