1/10
Where was the acting? I am not amused
20 September 2010
Warning: Spoilers
This film started similar to that of 28 days later, and tries to recreate the atmos of a deserted London, the line 7 million people until today...did have some intrigue, but this was soon dispersed....a guy(William) wakes up in the middle of the road in the financial district of London, and he wanders around in silence for about 15 minutes...vandalises a car in the vain attempt to see someone. He eventually meets up with a Drunk Henry, a young girl named Chloe,a military Sargent armed with a rifle called Mason. They too have no memory, and aimlessly wander the streets.

The tension is poorly attempted by having a first person camera angle watch this trio, given the impression that they are being followed. This does not add any suspense and frankly destroys the atmosphere it tries to create, also the quiet whispering and blue lights which only adds to the confusion of why these characters are all alone in London.

A few bizarre flash backs trying to keep the suspense, which in turn fails to add intrigue. and the four link up with a further trio Issac, Isabelle and Robert....you soon realise that they are all linked to one another. Big surprise. Chloe is Henry's daughter, Robert is Masons Captin, William is a reporter on the story of the young girl, but Henry forces a cover up, Isabelle is linked to Issacs wife....but Issac appears to be the loner, quoting from the bible and is oddly silent most of the time, the seven aimlessly wander the streets trying to find a reason. One unconvincing theory is a dirty bomb was detonated and everyone was evacuated. would have been more believable if the actors were not so stiff in front of the camera, and the lines were delivered with some skill, they all seemed to lack a sense of direction, no real vibe was felt with these actors, they all just waited their turn to deliver their lines and didn't react well together. Danny Dyer plays a small cameo role, black hoody, bandaged and blood coming from his eyes, He hunts each of the seven and succeeds in taking a few out. This character should have had more time on the screen, but i assume that this to add that air of mystery.

The occurrence of the young girl who appears on a few occasions tries to give you some diretcion to the plot, along with the flashbacks, which is frankly weak. A girl is kidnapped and two armed men who you can possibly guess are special forces go to rescue her (Robert and Mason), but she is killed. Which then leads to the father, Issac, wanting to act his revenge on those involved and covering it up.

Which leads you to the final conclusion all the characters were in a restaurant and Issac blows him self up with a nail bomb killing everyone, but Chloe who for some reason gets a second chance, and has starred the "grim reaper" (Danny Dyer) in the eye.

The plot was weak, the acting poor i would have thought that Issac played by Ronan Vibert would have added some class, but it lacked any sense of direction, this film with the proper director and someone that could actually write a suspenseful script would have been so much better, if this was filmed by Hideo Nakata it would have been awesome.

I had some hopes that this would be a good UK film but I am left thinking why the hell was this created.
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