Very well executed

The greatest movie ever made..!

Excellent, a Must See

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

What is the problem here? Any science nerd who doesn't get a thrill from this -- hey I'll even give a fast forward or two -- maybe isn't really a science nerd. No, not really Great Science Fiction? Maybe not but this is more about the setting and the 'realistic' physicists, than the plot and the production. Or I would have just skipped the movie and moved on and not whined about some student movie not impressing me like Avatar.These are the people and equipment who actually DID discover the Higgs Boson, which made the entire physics Standard Model that has come out of relativity and quantum mechanics complete with its greatest confirmation ever!!! That was the culmination of 100 years of specific work on that model! The work done by these scientists and students at that lab -- NOT their movie production ability -- has become a meme that has been the subject of jokes for years. What nerd doesn't want ANY GLIMPSE of that actual accelerator which cost $13 BILLION dollars (so they can make a $2000 movie and show us the guts and their playing around in them???By contrast, not a single bit of String Theory has been backed up experimentally, regardless of how much you may like Michio Kaku. ;)I am a physics nerd, I took extra-bonus physics during my undergrad (electrical engineering) degree in the late 70's, back when Trekkies were all about Captain Kirk and i was more anti-Trekky then ... then around 1990 when working on my MSEE I took more physics, and I've used relativity both in my academic work and in my job in Bell Labs and Boeing Military.Now I've gone back to school at Wichita State University, so that I can learn what's new in physics. That's where I heard about this film. Our instructor was an experimental physicist at Fermilab in Illinois, which I then visited a few weeks ago. He knows some of these people personally, and the other day I brought in DVD's I got from Fermilab to give out to the classmates, and they mentioned this film Decay. It isn't intended to be Great Art for the Snobbery Critics; it's some actual nerds doing actual nerd imagination things at the most expensive nerd toy on the planet!!!REAL nerds will get what I mean, and were just waiting for this chance to pop up! Those who pointed this was a free film and it was with real stuff so that's a cool factor, thank you.Alan

First, let me say that the cinematography and editing in this film were very decent quality: highly professional at first viewing. And the music score, while not groundbreaking, was more than suitable; again, professional quality. The effects were hit or miss, but largely well done, especially one long shot of a realistically gnawed prosthetic dead body. That's it for the good points, now for the not-so-good. The acting is passable, if you don't mind face-twitching and arm waving to reveal emotional reactions. The dialog isn't great, but I've endured worse— although at times I was expecting to hear "dammit, Jim, I'm a Doctoral candidate, not a special forces commando!" However, the big problem is the story line. Not the overall concept— it's a zombie movie so we all know what's going to happen, and being at the Large Hadron Collider in Cern, we know the plot is going to center around particle physics and the action will take place in the laboratories, offices and physical plant—which is interesting to see, by the way. But the story line is predictable, vague in too many areas of detail, and doesn't give much idea as to who the main characters and what their jobs are. Also, too many scenes telegraph the impending action with a leaden heavy hand: lights dim and flicker out, putting parts of the set in darkness, then the lights flicker back on: OMG-scream-there's-a-zombie-right-in-your face!!! (Yawn…) Various conventions of zombie — and generic action—movies are observed, but not in a consistent manner. As for the ending, there's a nicely conceived double twist, yet one that demands a more competent actor in the relevant role to make it satisfying.

Stressfully dumb. Never seen anything this lame. Its such a slow movie not sure if its the directing or the actors just sucked. Good storyline but totally boring acting and direction too slow, and lacking logic. The girl who is supposed to be the main actor looked like she was already bitten before she actually was. Not sure what her qualities were other than being blonde. Totally didn't look sharp at one point one of her friends is bitten and then she runs off and stays in a corner while her friend gets devoured, totally lacking logic. and whatever those things were they moved faster than the ones that were not infected. I say this is a case of more money and time than brains. If you wanna be stressed out watch this. I wanna punch whoever directed this. Whoever directed this trying using your brain. Logically if there is any kinda danger ppl don't react like that. that was very annoying. Try writing and directing for smart people with a brain. This didn't make any sense.

As another reviewer said, its free to download and there is much worse on the Scifi channel! I came across it by accident while looking at a news article about something completely unrelated and found the whole idea of a movie made by physicists working with the LHC intriguing, so downloaded it. You have to keep in mind that this was an amateur production and as such is excellent quality, well edited, and a cool plot. The zombie theme may have been done many times over, but not like this.Despite the zombie theme it does have an air of realism to it, and its amazing to see the tunnel complex of the LHC which the general public do not get to see. I found it amusing and enjoyable to watch, and at no point did I think 'what a waste of time' and turn off as I have with so many other films, most of which fail to engage in the first ten minutes. Not so here - give it a chance - ten minutes in you will be hooked. Shaun of the Dead fans look out for the reference in the freezer at the start...