It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Extinction: Two Men And A Little Lady, And Zombies.Yes theres a Zombie Outbreak or Zomboid rather as they are not dead. Starts out with all but 4 of a busload of evacuees being wiped out in an attack. Two men, a woman & a baby girl survive but the woman has been bitten.Nine years later. The men (living next door to each other) are bitter enemies, the girl lives with one who prefers a cloistered existence, the other is more of a survivalist. Flashbacks reveal the roots of their mutual animosity and the fate of the woman.The Zomboids have developed and are encroaching on the humans territory, this and their feelings for the girl force the men to cooperate. To scout out new territories.and to search for other survivors.While it does owe debts to I Am Legend and The Walking Dead this film succeeds on its own terms. A convincing Post-Apocalypse SF/Horror Thriller. 7/10

I agree with the reviews I read, this is a cut above many of the zombie flicks.I was amazed when I realized that I was watching Matthew Fox and Jeffrey Donovan - it was well into the movie before it dawned on me - MF is unrecognizable until close to the end of the movie.I wonder how they ended up in a Spanish/french funded and directed production but they should be glad they did as this was a professionally shot movie. No idea what the budget was - it was certainly not a $50MM dollar flick, but whatever it was it no corners were cut, especially in the special effects - they were not complex but they were well executed and shot.The score, the cinematography, the acting were all excellent. The movie built up its suspense as it carried on, I found I was fully invested for most of the movie.For any fan of sci-fi, or the zombie genre, but desiring some real character, acting, and suspense this movie will not disappoint.

The start was gripping making your eyes glue to the screen to see what happens next as you will know it's all going haywire in this zombie survival film. You can almost curse at the ineptitude of Matthew Fox because you're so used to him playing the hero in Lost. They survived and 9 years later you get to witness their survival in a frozen America. And this is where the direction took for the worst. The action/horror scene from the start suddenly became a soap opera and it makes you wonder whether they're the same film. It almost looks like they hired a different director for the opening scene and cut on the budget and hired an amateur for the middle scene. There is nothing wrong with zombie film having drama especially when all the actors are all good including the girl. But the whole thing felt like it was written for TV rather than the big screen. Really? The scene with the sunset takes that long? Then there's the big finale at the end where all of them strive for survival inducing the viewers that their outlook is hopeful. All in all, good acting, OK story, weak direction.

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.