REALITY: This was a little bit heartless, which is a shame. The simple plot is strong enough to provide a creepy setting and there are a couple of jumpy horror moments, but I didn't care as much as I could have. Olyphant and Mitchell are a couple living in a small town in Iowa. A virus breaks out that makes people start acting all crazy and violent. The government swoops in to try and contain the situation and chaos ensues. This is as solid a premise for a horror film as any, but the few "emotional" scenes that are present were pretty weak and I think they let down the film quite a bit. Also, there is a lack of consistency in how the virus actually affects people. Some of them stare blankly into the distance before and after they kill people, while others seem exactly the same as they were before the virus, just a bit more violent. It doesn't make a huge amount of sense, and I'm pretty sure that the original would be a better alternative to watching this, but all that said, this wasn't too bad. It just wasn't all it could have been.
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I like Olyphant & Mitchell, but it sounds like this maybe needs better scripting or directing. Hmm.
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