Very well done - Eric Hessiner is an exellecnt write, Suzanne Bier a very good director and Sandra Bullock a terrific star. At the end of the day it pretty much just is an episode of The Walking Dead. A very well done episode but it's not terribly fresh. There is a different angle with the creatures turning people insane if you see it... it offers potential into stories about the power of sight, etc... a little like Day of the Triffids.... but that's not really dealt with. At the end they stumble upon the blind community but that's it... I felt like that should be act two.
You've got the opening attack then a cross section of people holed up in a house, and various conflicts. So many scenes feel awfully familiar - a visit to a shopping center to loot supplies, people sacrificing themselves for the group. The actors include John Malkovich, Jackie Weaver and Sarah Paulsen... it's all well done. The journey on the river is very pretty. I liked it... I just kind of wish it had used the blind stuff more.
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