Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

nicole_llanos that beginning!!! great way to start! haven't seen one like that since 28 weeks later, so kudos!the acting was really good too, you really get in to the whole drama, you believe them and root for them. Now my question!!! How did Emma survive to get bit?? everyone else died in the sec and transformed! but Emma got bitten and them boom she was living with them like she is superwoman or something! and theeeen she died this time for real! can someone explain please!

BA_Harrison In the snow-bound town of Harmony, three survivors of a zombie plague—Patrick (Matthew Fox), Jack (Jeffrey Donovan), and Lu (Quinn McColgan)—live a day-to-day existence, convinced that the infected have long since gone (wiped out by the cold), and that they are now alone on the planet. They are wrong.Director Miguel Ángel Vivas attempts to distinguish Extinction from the average zombie film by focusing on a small-scale drama that unfolds within a familiar apocalyptic setting. But after an hour or so of maudlin, plot-hole-ridden dreck guaranteed to have the eyelids drooping, Vivas ultimately resorts to the same bag of tricks used for so many other modern zombie movies—wobbly camera-work, rapid editing, growling sound effects to make the zombies seem more threatening, and CGI to 'enhance' the appearance of the undead—all in a desperate bid to wake up his audience.The last twenty minutes or so of Extinction admittedly provides a few solid scares, but nothing that we haven't seen many times over. So much for taking a different approach. In the end, his film is just one more forgettable entry in a very overcrowded sub-genre.

airsnob So overall this is a great zombie movie. Don't listen to the haters. They simply have bad taste. Overall what can we really expect from a zombie movie anyways guys? So coming to it with that mystery solved , I walked away pretty satisfied. We all have heard the plot although reading the reviews I'm really shocked that people interpreted it in their own way. Like these two guys didn't know each other before the bus. But anyways I guess it's left up to interpretation and it pains me to say that ( a very obvious sign of a childhood friendship is at the dinner table when Lu asked what he liked to do as a kid and he said play hockey with my friends and the friend had a very obvious reaction ) OK so my only complaint about this movie is that Jack , the adopted dad and apparent fling of the mothers ( but we never find out for sure because dad was drunk and you know how drunk guys get . Or did he start drinking after the affair because he seemed to be a normal guy before the zombie invasion ) but Jack is obviously gay. I think this is becoming my pet peeve with movies lately , the actors can't seem to keep their gay out of it when they are supposed to be playing straight guys. Nothing against gay guys but it really takes the fantasy and illusion out of it and is downright distracting when the main lead is gay and we are also supposed to take seriously that he was a contender in this love triangle. Yeah. He can't. So that happened and it sucked. But other than that, this movie actually impressed me most at the end. Why? Because there was some deep messages there.. This dude Jack all throughout the movie was trying really hard to be a good dad and he was a good dad by default. How can you not be a good dad when you dedicate your life to a kid? But in the end, what makes us good parents is much different than making your kid do homework at 6. Or obey you all the time. It's sacrifice. A parent would be the only person on the planet that would gladly give their lives for their children to live. Only a real dad can do that. A real good dad. In this case it's the biological father , but in some cases it isn't. This movie managed to teach a great lesson about what real parenthood is about. While we are surrounded by soccer moms and grand birthday parties that would put a 16 year old to shame, a real good parent doesn't always look the part. Doesn't do everything right. Doesn't need everything in its place or in order. Because a real parent is willing to lay down their life for that kid. The truth is in them at all times and it colors everything they do. The bad dad in this case was still the best dad. He sacrificed his entire life for her to be near her and at the end to let her live. He didn't need any credit in that. He didn't need any props and that is what it's all about.

Coventry When are they finally going to stop making so many redundant, derivative and overly pretentious new zombie movies?!? No wait… Better question: when am I finally going to stop watching all those redundant, derivative and overly pretentious new zombie movies? If there are two sub genres that have truly outstayed their horror welcome, it's the light-headed zombie comedy and the depressing zombie apocalypse drama. The first of the two can still be enjoyable, in case you manage to switch off all brain functions, but the latter are usually very tiresome and pompous movies from aspiring young directors that desperately try to add something new without realizing that literally everything has been done before in the zombie film industry. The unique selling point of this "Extinction" (apart from the fact that it's a Spanish-American- Hungarian-French co-production) is an allegedly heart-wrenching sub plot about two fathers emulating for the love of their 9-year-old daughter Lu and, later in the film, the strange discovery that the zombies have seemingly evolved into robotic/mutant type of creatures. Their bite apparently isn't infectious anymore and they communicate with each other through shrieks, but seriously who cares? There's quite a bit of action in the opening ten minutes of the film, with a bus full the humanity's final survivors violently getting invaded by a horde of zombies, and then the plot leaps forward nine years in time. The world turned into a snowy apocalyptic wasteland and former love-rivals Jack and Patrick live as neighbors but don't interact with each other in a town called – ha ha – Harmony! Even though they haven't spotted a zombie in years, Jack is totally paranoid and doesn't allow his daughter Lu to set foot outside of the house. Patrick sends out radio broadcasts and goes out hunting with his dog. When the new and improved zombies return, they are forced to set aside old disputes and rivalries in order to survive. 80% of "Extinction" is dull and predictable. The remaining 20%, the opening and climax, aren't dull but nevertheless predictable and identical to dozens of other zombie flicks. The drama aspects entirely miss their effect and, in fact, aren't even that remarkable. Truly worthwhile zombie apocalypse dramas do exist but are rather scarce, like "The Battery" for example, while "Extinction" is just another millionth forgettable zombie flick.