Extinction

Cringe, pretty cringe, unfortunately. It felt fake, starting with the unpleasantly digital looking exteriors, but mainly with regard to the portray of the microcosm of the three protagonists, in particular that nine-year old girl raised in a snowy wasteland by one guy – I don’t think she would ever behave and talk the way she behaves and talks in the film. In short, when it comes to the characters’ behaviour, it wasn’t believable. And at least form the moment Matthew Fox starts arguing with the radio things begin to feel almost unintentionally funny. The coveted emotions with which the film plays a lot didn’t have any effect on me. The decently looking monster and the fairly good horror tempo in the end deserve three stars, but I was expecting more and, to me, Extinction is a wasted opportunity. (01.08.2015)

Zombies are a subject matter that's mostly approached as dumb B-movies, but sometimes creators do dare to do something better. The apocalypse is portrayed here with originality, featuring snow, which isn't something you often see in connection with zombies, but primarily it focuses on the characters and their past and present. This leads to the fact that there are strong and weak points. Overall, it was good. (11.12.2015)