Extinction (2015)

the audience applauded

Absolutely Fantastic

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

OK the first thang that struck me is that even though the zombies are gone, the human survivors are living in a world with no rule of law whatsoever ever -- yet no one has a proper firearm. Also society has become essentially hunger gatherer, yet no one is banded into group. it is one thing to suspend disbelief and accept zombies as a reality, that is part of every zombie flick, but to present utterly unrealistic social structure or the fact than no one in their right mind would without an AR or at least a glock is absurd.

This didn't start off too promising for me - a zombie attack on a bus load of passengers with lots of blurred, shaky cam (I hate that), indicating yet another zombie apocalypse movie (yawn, this has been done to death). But then it's fast forward 9 years to a frozen place called Harmony, where we find three survivors from the bus attack. Jack is living with a young girl called Lou, who refers to him as Dad. Next door is Patrick, a drunk who lives with his dog. They are no longer on speaking terms until events take a turn for the worse.. This film is a slow burn, it's more about the relationship between these three characters than the zombies (perhaps infected would be a better word to describe them). So it may put some horror fans off who may become impatient but I found the film to be well made, well acted and although it is quite predictable I was intrigued as to what was going to happen. One thing that I thought stupid however was that these creatures appear to be naked apart from wearing white pants! If you like horror combined with drama then highly recommended; if you just want a zombie gorefest either get prepared to hit the FFWD button or give it a miss.

that beginning!!! great way to start! haven't seen one like that since 28 weeks later, so kudos!the acting was really good too, you really get in to the whole drama, you believe them and root for them. Now my question!!! How did Emma survive to get bit?? everyone else died in the sec and transformed! but Emma got bitten and them boom she was living with them like she is superwoman or something! and theeeen she died this time for real! can someone explain please!

The world has come to an end, flesh hungry zombies now inhabit the planet, only two men, Patrick and Jack, and Jack's daughter Lu survived. Living in the aptly named town of Harmony, which is now snow covered and surviving only just. A divide separates Patrick and Jack, but soon they must unite when the Zombies hit the town.I had read the usual reviews an was almost put off, it's true we have been swamped with Zombie movies over the last few years. You can't even visit a Cinema without the latest offering attempting to outdo the last. But there is something strangely enjoyable about Extinction, put together in an altogether more serious and grown up manner it has some very good points, some really strong production values, it certainly looks good, it's well acted, Matthew Fox puts in a good shift, even if he is hardly recognisable from the Lost days. Some great tension, a few jumpy moments.On the downside the film is overlong, at almost two hours I did lose interest a few times, some of the scenes are a bit too dialogue heavy, they could definitely have done a bit of editing to get it to ninety minutes. At times the story seems almost small scale, considering the enormity of what's occurred, the confines make it a bit small at times. Some aspects of the storyline were glaringly obvious too, you knew what was coming.Not a film you'd go raving about the monsters and the effects, it's more then that, it focuses more on the characters, the story of survival and human relationships. Pretty good, 7/10