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Another horror film that relies on the stupidity of its characters.....


in order to work.

Lazy writing and lazy film making.




Peace.

That had not occurred to us, Dude.

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You did such a wonderful job explaining how the characters were stupid. It appears more likely that the viewer (i.e. you) is the stupid one in this case.

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OP, what exactly did the characters do that was so stupid? i'm not saying this movie was amazing or amazingly written but it was a decent albeit been there done that movie. i don't really recall any character doing anything that was unreasonably stupid. maybe the son for going around the town to see what the soldiers were doing with the townspeople and then going over to see the girl across the street but no one else (that i can recall and i literally just watched the movie 10 minutes ago) did anything stupid.

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The son unlocked all the trailers containing the undead. Stupid.

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xmuZkroXx, yes, he did unlock the trailers but

1. he didn't know they were zombies at that point (i don't think he did).

2. he thought he was helping the people inside.

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In either cases, I don't think letting loose vans full of people infected with unknown deadly disease in your neighborhood is a good idea either.

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Totally agree. This movie was a joke. Every character made the stupidest and most irrational decisions every step of the way. One example: Sonja's mother is obviously very sick. Dino insists that she be allowed to stay. Then when the mother's health detiorates even further, Sonja - when asked - lies and says she's better.

Another inexplicably stupid move: immediately after Sonja's mother passes away, Gustav and Sonja begin having sex. What? You woke up with your mother's corpse spooning you, and minutes later you're having sex?

How about the daughter sneaking out of the house to find her rabbit. Why did her mother not keep a closer eye on her? How did she escape unnoticed?

Of course Gustav unlocking the cargo containers full of zombies was another boneheaded move for reasons that need not be explained. How stupid of him to have snuck out of the house in the first place, too.

I could go on. But suffice to say, this movie was rubbish.

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