I went into this movie, not knowing much. It was date night and not much playing, so I took mercy on my husband and let him seem some action. The movie did leave a lasting impression, meaning that I freaked out in the dark for a week or so.
The movie has Will Smith all alone, or so you believe, in New York City. Apparently, a virus has gotten out of hand and the people that are infected are dark dwelling, face eating monsters. Will Smith, like in most of his movies, is hell bent on saving the world instead of himself. I will let you decide if he was successful or not.
I will use the overused term, on the edge of my seat, because I was for most of the movie. You knew something was going to jump out on the screen, but when was the big question. So I was in a constant state of prepareness to not scream like the little bitch that I am. I am nothing, but sophiscated at the movie theater, my high class event. So yes, this movie was a thriller.
There was one thing on my side, though. The monsters and their pets, were less than life like. Did they scare me, sure, but so did some of the Scooby Doo monsters. I am a wimp. This little fact helped my sleepless nights, after this movie, because how can someone be scared of a computer generated monster that can only scream and jump.
Some purests will say it was not as good as the book, but once again I do not read, so I have no way to back that up. The simple fact is that this has been done, and apparently it will be done again next year. I think zombie killers are back up on the Hollywood idea board, so go out and see them before the classy vampires are next in line for their turn, again. Hollywood is keeping true to their resolve to be green, recycling old ideas is a constant theme.
