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I mean.. this is a really bad movie. I'm embarrassed for SLJ & JC.. I can't believe they'd release this.
sagbelly
I have not read the book, so I am not comparing this film to the book.
It was just garbage, there were 3 endings, what was that all about.
What triggered this event, why was every dreaming the same dream. Maybe I just did not get it, or perhaps I was distracted by the bloody pigeon that has fallen down the chimney. Damn racket!
Neil Welch
When a tone/message from mobile phones - sorry, cellphones - has the effect of rebooting the listener's brain (which means nearly everyone) and turning them into ravening zombies, Clay decides to go looking for his son, picking up other survivors on the way.John Cusack, Sam Jackson, the wonderful Isabelle Fuhrman, a Stephen King story driven by action and event - what could go wrong?This movie, basically. The book, to be fair, was never one of my favourite King offerings - it just didn't work for me. I found it far too generic a zombie-world offering and the characters did little to live in my memory.The film takes that and doesn't so much add nothing, it (unbelievably) reduces it. So what we have is a film which is largely jittercam zombie-avoidance. Which wears thin pretty quickly, particularly as there has been so very, very much of it in recent years.I can't think of a reason for saying "Go and see this film."
thekarmicnomad
Most peoples mobile phones emit a signal that make them go crazy.I read the book sometime ago and wasn't particularly impressed.
It has a fairly good premise but Stephen King can never resist a show down with a literal bogey man that just makes things ridiculous.This film is OK.
I don't think it deserves as many 1*s as it got, but if you were looking forward to seeing this I can see why people were disappointed.
Being forewarned by all the bad reviews I wasn't expecting much.Everything about this film is below average from acting, to script to camera work.
But it is ok to watch.The story is pretty silly and futile.
As things progress it is hard to tell where the characters are going, or why, or why some people are affected and others not.
AD
