It's a little hard to sum up this movie. At its most basic its a survival horror flick but to leave it at that would be a gross injustice. At some points the movie almost seems like it wants to leap out into popcorn horror land, only to be rather unceremoniously (and sometimes quite brutally) dragged back into the bleak "reality" of dealing with the aftermath of Zombie Apocalypse (tm).
And bleak it is. Make no mistake. Whether its the casual and sometimes quite horrible ways in which characters die, or the rather blasé attitude to their predicament that the characters often display, the overall theme of the movie is rather dark indeed.
Ostensibly the story of the main male character, a young-ish boy called Martin, the movie follows his travels with the enigmatic "Mister", who is an experienced vampire killer. Mister teaches the boy how to survive and kill vampires and they meet up with any number of other travelers as the story progresses.
However, it would be unwise of you to grow too attached to any of the characters as the grim world they inhabit takes its toll in rather unpleasant ways.
It would also be wrong of you to go into this movie thinking it might be like Zombieland. This movie owes more to the likes of "The Road" than it does Zombieland. The humour is very thin on the ground here and even when the characters find a refuge from the outside horrors, the one thing you can guarantee is that the respite will be short-lived and rudely disrupted.
Perhaps if the film has any point to make it is this - that even when all is lost and things are at their worst, that even when nightmares walk the land, the creature that is most dangerous to man, is man himself. It's a rather depressing thing to take away from this movie, but that is what I got.
Even at the end of the journey, there are no guarantees that everything turns out for the best. Just a vague hope.
So to summarise, though I found the movie entertaining, it was also rather depressing. I'd still recommend it, just make sure you know what your going into beforehand.
And bleak it is. Make no mistake. Whether its the casual and sometimes quite horrible ways in which characters die, or the rather blasé attitude to their predicament that the characters often display, the overall theme of the movie is rather dark indeed.
Ostensibly the story of the main male character, a young-ish boy called Martin, the movie follows his travels with the enigmatic "Mister", who is an experienced vampire killer. Mister teaches the boy how to survive and kill vampires and they meet up with any number of other travelers as the story progresses.
However, it would be unwise of you to grow too attached to any of the characters as the grim world they inhabit takes its toll in rather unpleasant ways.
It would also be wrong of you to go into this movie thinking it might be like Zombieland. This movie owes more to the likes of "The Road" than it does Zombieland. The humour is very thin on the ground here and even when the characters find a refuge from the outside horrors, the one thing you can guarantee is that the respite will be short-lived and rudely disrupted.
Perhaps if the film has any point to make it is this - that even when all is lost and things are at their worst, that even when nightmares walk the land, the creature that is most dangerous to man, is man himself. It's a rather depressing thing to take away from this movie, but that is what I got.
Even at the end of the journey, there are no guarantees that everything turns out for the best. Just a vague hope.
So to summarise, though I found the movie entertaining, it was also rather depressing. I'd still recommend it, just make sure you know what your going into beforehand.