The first half tries to emulate the energy of the first movie but instead of using the same low-budget grime it instead employs a bunch of wanky techniques like intercutting archive footage and overlaying poem recitals, and it just makes it all feel like a film school project. Gave it weird The Beach/Lock Stock vibes. The first movie still stands up, but this was just really slow and unengaging. The second half picks up a bit with the lead character trekking through the wilderness to find a doctor and encountering all the weird evolved elements of the UK after 28 years of rage virus - suddenly it feels like its own film, with a reason for existing and a different tone, and the switch to nicely shot 4K feels more logical and appropriate. Unfortunately, though, it's all still fairly derivative - we've seen all this stuff in I Am Legend, TLOU, Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes etc. And then it ends with a really odd turn into Fury Road rip-off territory that might have worked if it had been integrated into the movie at all, but here just adds to the overall sense of a creative team throwing a bunch of ideas at the wall and hoping it all somehow coalesces into a story.
Rating: some interesting stuff but a bit of a mess and nothing ground-breaking
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