DeviousMrBlonde

I find it very difficult to find anything redeeming about this film. It's not funny, it's not scary and it's not even b-movie enough to be so-bad-it's-good.

I'm bewildered by the gushing essay long reviews here, there is no way somebody of sound mind could find this film to be good, charming for trying so hard maybe, but in no way can it be viewed as good.

The whole thing reeks of a high school writing project. The protagonists are pushed from one scenario (where they get to beat up zombies) to the next (where they get to beat up zombies) as fast as possible in the hope that no one recognises there's no actual plot. Silly, childish stuff, and definitely not in a good way.

I was at the "World Premiere" tonight at the Fantasy Filmfest in Hamburg and I have to say Carriers was completely underwhelming. I liked the general premise but every step of the story is driven plot turns which feel more and more forced and only seemingly take place to get the story as far as the MacGuffin, in this case a secluded beach where the characters will be able to hide from disease and humans alike.

On top of that the characters of the brothers become annoyingly cliché as each lives up to their sensitive-liberal-brain/makes-the-hard-decisions-conservative-brawn stereotypes. It's a pity because the film does make some hard and interesting decisions with the characters but the ideas simply aren't there to keep the tension and overall story steaming along.

A very very average film which is well made and is still worth a view but ultimately disposable.

Epilogue - why does there always have to be a scene in American apocalypse films where the characters inappropriately fondle an American flag to dramatic music? The scene was completely out of place in a film that plays it straight and realistic the whole way through.

Terrible terrible (that's right - so bad I had to write the word twice) dialogue. I can't believe I actually watched this for the second time in my life last night. I had vague memories of not liking it the first time but I said I'd give it another try as I've been starved of good sci-fi since Dark City and of course I've watched the Alien Quadrilogy way too much (AvP doesn't count as an Alien movie).

It's about as scary as a pillow. There was some tension at the beginning but once things get going it just gets boring. Nothing original whatsoever, painful forced dialogue, and once the "action" kicks in any attempt at creating a story goes out the window and we're treated like morons wanting nothing more than loud bangs.

In saying that, the beginning is relatively enjoyable although I found the rip-offs of Alien much too obvious to the point of actual plagiarism.

It's just a VERY average movie. In fact I found myself thinking at many points in the film, that this should be standard viewing at all film schools, it is a master lesson in what NOT to do.

At the end of the day Anderson is just a hack, there is absolutely no evidence to the contrary. I cannot believe FOX (although it is FOX after all) are considering letting him do something with AvP2.

NOW THAT IS A SCARY THOUGHT!!