coeluracat

This was just so bad that I don't know where the good reviews came from. I can only guess that they are relatives and friends of those involved in the production.

Imagine 5 separate groups of friends and family who all decide to write a zombie story and then film it independently with no previous script/screenplay, acting or directorial experience......it then gets cobbled together into this amateur monstrosity.

• Dialogue was delivered as though being read directly from the piece of paper it was written on.

• At one point the actresses were clearly challenged when trying to speak, act and walk, all at the same time...snail pace.

• Acting was so wooden I'm surprised they weren't covered in bandages from the splinters.

Do yourself a favour and give this a big miss as it has no redeeming qualities.

1 star - For Effort (either theirs in making it or mine for watching to the end)

1 star - For reasonable zombie makeup attempts on a couple of occasions.

I watched this based on a friends rave recommendation on how good it was - I was disappointed to say the least.

I literally had to force myself to finish all the episodes as by the second one I was bored.

The story centers on a barrister, named Ingrid Lewis, who defends John Webster against stalking charges, only for Webster to turn his attentions to her.

The story itself seemed drawn out with lots of repetitious flashbacks, poignant and pointless walks and silences that appeared to act as filler just to make it last 6 episodes. In the book, by Jane Casey, from which this series was adapted I could see that this would have been time used to give the reader the inner thoughts, monologues and mental turmoil experienced by the characters, however on the screen it really just resulted in boring overused filler that added nothing to the screenplay. The story is fairly basic and shallow with 'twists' introduced to try to fatten it up, however for those who like a good mystery it was obvious where this was all leading and the ending was no great surprise.

None of the characters were particularly likeable and failed to elicit even a modicum of empathy for the situations they found themselves in due to lack of character depth in failing to humanise them outside of the main mechanics of the story.

Ingrid Lewis, the main character, seemed to have no problem finding time in her busy schedule, as an up and coming career focused Barrister, to drop everything while she interfered in a Police Inquiry. John Webster being self employed it was easier to understand how he had the time available to come and go as he pleased. The other characters, whether victims or related family members didn't evoke any sympathy in the viewer and perhaps had some of the 'filler' time been devoted to fleshing out the characters a little this could have been avoided.

Emma Appleton was mediocre in the series. Perhaps it's just me but she seems somewhat limited in her acting skills, facial expressions etc. Or maybe she just tends to play repetitive characters.

Colin Morgan was excellent despite the poor script and screenplay he had to work with.

All other actors may have been very good but due to their easily forgettable characters they really didn't make much of a impact and were just there to provide some interest and complication in what was a fairly unimaginative story.

Overall if you have time to waste and don't want to engage your brain you may enjoy it. It's less of an edge of the seat story and more of a can I keep my eyes open to the end.

I rated it as 5/10 as it wasn't absolutely terrible but was no more than mediocre.

I remember seeing this in the cinema when it first came out. Friend and I didn't have a particular movie in mind to watch so just picked this when we got there.....big mistake.

Despite looking forward to a comedy, who wouldn't with the likes of Rosie O and Dan A starring, this left us completely flat.

We still talk about it to this day, although my friend did end up falling asleep as it was so boring. It has to be the least memorable movie I have ever watched.

The cinema was reasonably full when we went in and the only entertainment we had was watching the audience walk out. Only 6 of us made it to the end credits.