Martin Freeman with his likable goofiness always reminded me of the innocent and harmless (co)star. Which doesn't do him justice. With a limited scipt, limited setting, and limited scares he elevates this horror movie into a love story / drama.
Freeman, and his wife and child live in a world ravaged by zombies. It's almost impossible to live there, with hardly any food or other humans. The whole atmosphere breathes "give up!". To make things worse, the world takes his wife from him, but not before she infects him as well.
With only hours left, and people around him who are either crazy or infected, he sets out to give his child a chance to live and literally carries his child on his back, fighting the infection and the odds.
There are various moments where the battle becomes too much, but because of his love, he always finds the strength to take that one more step, where any other would have given up. And there lies the message. The message is love in his purest form. Love doesn't keep you alive, but it gives you the strength to keep others alive. Freeman carries his child, but also the whole movie and the audience on his back.
Freeman, and his wife and child live in a world ravaged by zombies. It's almost impossible to live there, with hardly any food or other humans. The whole atmosphere breathes "give up!". To make things worse, the world takes his wife from him, but not before she infects him as well.
With only hours left, and people around him who are either crazy or infected, he sets out to give his child a chance to live and literally carries his child on his back, fighting the infection and the odds.
There are various moments where the battle becomes too much, but because of his love, he always finds the strength to take that one more step, where any other would have given up. And there lies the message. The message is love in his purest form. Love doesn't keep you alive, but it gives you the strength to keep others alive. Freeman carries his child, but also the whole movie and the audience on his back.