I have to agree with aletannu above, and say this wasn't all bad. I have seen much much worse.
Sure, this movie contained not only a few, but a handfull of those "what were they thinking?"-moments. Like when a soldier stabs a creature in the head with a knife and you can see the rubber prop knife wobble, or when they use the same corridor flipped upsidedown to make it look like another passageway, or the very first scene were some kind of commander and some tech guys are talking infront of some computer screens and makes it look like a sci-fi from the 70's.
When it is time to vote, this movie is still very much dragged down by its many flaws. But lets not forget what was good with it either:
* The monsters aren't half bad actually. This monster is not CG as in many other zombie/monster movies, which is a huge plus. The monster actually looks scary and looks real even in close up scenes. That is above average for the straight to DVD monster movies nowdays.
* The general mood in the film, the "fight for your life"-feeling is there sometimes and at those moments I was more forgiving when it came to strange dialogue and flat characters. You really have to watch this for what it is and not comparing it to movies that had much higher budget.
* Quite a few of the soldiers acting felt pretty convincing at times, even though the dialogue were cliche. Give them a break, they didn't have much raw material to do character development on. So based on the input, the output isn't all that bad.
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