Months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, a small group of survivors fight their way cross-country to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina. Three small groups of survivors of a zombie plague join forces to reach the ferry boat to a sanctuary that they are not sure that it does exist in the Catalina Island. Along their journey, they are hunted down by hordes of zombies and only a few of them survive. The big burly black guy wielding a hammer played by Ving Rhames in the movie was Tyrese in the Walking Dead comics, while the athletic black woman with the katana played by Lesley Ann-Brandt was Michonne in the comics. Other than being called Henry & Cassie and Tyrese having hair, they were basically direct lifts.<br/><br/>However, not a bad effort for SyFy - effects were okay and there was some good tense moments in the movie. The actors did a decent job with their material, the apocalyptic LA landscape was done fairly well, though I don't know if they ever explained that satellite/space station streaking through the sky. No big stunners in terms of originality - shamblers and runners for zombies, though they didn't expand on the zombies getting smarter/laying ambushes, either. The special effects are really bad but the plot, I found, was better them some. I have offend asked myself when watching zombie movies…why don't the people armor themselves and why do they just have guns to fight with? Well this is the first one that I have seen that people do armor themselves and fight with whatever they find. I also liked how the zombies got more smart as time when on. Granted, it is not the first zombie movie that I have seen that they did that but it was good to see someone trying to do something different.<br/><br/>Altho, I do not know if this is the case but some movies are made or broke by the editor. Yes, little more character development would be nice, more flow in the plot would also help.<br/><br/>All in all this is not a bad movie for what it is.
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