I just saw this movie, so I will now participate in this thread.
The first half of the movie reminded me VERY much of Silent Hill. The music, the scenario, the atmosphere... it was all the surreal landscape I have come to expect from Silent Hill. The only thing missing was the thick mist. I had a quote from Silent Hill 2 running through my head when I was watching it.
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They are attracted to light and sound. You are probably better off sitting quiet and alone in the dark, but even that probably won't save you.
Regarding the movie's story:
When they left London, things went straight downhill. The whole intermission was just boring. When they arrived at the blockade in Manchester though, in spite of some plot details that really didn't sit with me well, it became interesting again. When the zombies were attacking the mansion, and there was fighting between the survivors and the soldiers, it became very much a Resident Evil scenario.Regarding the movie's plot details:
Soldiers fight to protect their country, and live for the battle. I found it was simply way too contrived to portray the soldiers in this light. Soldiers should be fighting first and foremost to protect their country and remove the plague. In this case, they had a pretty solid plan going. Wait until the infected starve to death, then rebuild. They knew there were other survivors, and they knew they could hold their own until after the plague. So why bother raping the women and children? They had a future to fight for. It just seems to me that when a movie needs a bad guy, the military always takes the spot, and that just strikes me as wrong.Aside from plot details that bothered me, and the boring "intermission", I really liked the movie. It was almost like a tribute to two of my favorite games (Resident Evil and Silent Hill), and I just loved that. The ending really sucked though.