This movie is terrible. The plot is rediculous and unrealistic. No hospital would evacuate and leave a baby alone, how did criminals get to the floor if the floors below were flooded? This movie is a nurse's nightmare! Changing the IV bag with dirty hands and contaminating it and no baby can live off of plain IV fluids! A preemie would never have a heartrate of 73 and a BP of 121/80, and where did some random dog come from? I love how the protagonist is white and all of the criminals are minorities and there were black people on the roof shooting at the rescue helicopter, the hospital lacks supplies which would never be the case in real life, the baby starts breathing right as he breaks the battery which is so predictable it's laughable, it doesn't represent new Orleans which is majority black but the hospital was full of majority white people, the black doctor abandoned him but the white nurse stayed, oh my gosh this movie is so bad I am angry at myself for wasting so much of my life watching this crap. The dialogalog is boring and lackluster and the acting is terrible. Paul rest his sould can't carry a movie alone. There's no emotional connection to the baby and there's so many holes in the plot it's embarrassing. And instead of the flashbacks they should have just put a scene with just words saying they couldn't think of anything else. All the great reviews are just sympathy reviews I'm sorry but this is the second worse movie I've ever seen next to Uncle Sam where the man who was thrown in the air still had the string attached .

Unfortunately, films are supposed to be 90 minutes long. What you have here is a great 50-minute idea. There are two choices for the filmmaker. Make a 50-minute film (which won't qualify for most festivals and certainly not for wide release) or come up with more plot complications for your script.Some of the reviews say this isn't "realistic." They didn't pay enough attention to the news in 2005. Things like this did happen during Katrina, and they will happen again, guaranteed. People who take too much effort to keep alive get triaged and left to die. Major disasters don't come around often, and people in "civilized" countries think they are immune to this level of logistical problem, but they are not. Next 9.0 earthquake in California, it will also be this bad and worse. People will be dying in the hallways or hospital lawns, unattended, undrugged, in pain, bleeding. So that's not a problem I had with it. I believed in the realism.The real weakness is, there's really only one plot problem to be solved, and we keep getting riffs on that one thing. Watching this felt like listening to a song with only two notes...and for 90 minutes. When the dog arrives, you nearly weep in relief that it's something else (though not much of a something), but the dog doesn't get to stay around or get developed as a character. (and the baby isn't a character at all. It's a Macguffin, at best.) By the time other characters appear, you're already numb with boredom, and it's too late to save the film.But Walker's acting is good, so it deserves some stars.

I have always been intrigued by the catastrophe/natural disaster genre. I admire the non-fictional originality of this film. I'm not aware if this kind of situation actually happened to any of the Katrina victims, but it's sorely interesting.First of all, mostly solo movies are difficult for an actor to portray the story in a way that will hold the audience's attention. I was impressed with Walker's ability to do just that, as I also recently watched "Brick Mansions"-- his other final film-- and I was hugely disappointed. His reactions to the situation were mostly small; I was riveted as I watched his character, trying to decipher his internal emotions by his facial expressions and body language. With all he goes through, I could feel the stress and anxiety that surely plagued the character. I tried to place myself in his shoes.Second, I felt the movie places large emphasis on the importance of family. I believe a father's first priority is to care for his own, and provide for this family. I felt a strong sense of this in the writing, as Nolan did everything within his power to save his adorable baby girl.In connection with that, the director did a swell job of always having something happening on screen. Nolan was always trying to do SOMETHING to help his situation. Unfortunately at times, it still got a little dry. I admired the small inserts of comical relief; it was just the right amount. Finally, the ending was just heartwarming; I had a subconscious smile on my face that lasted.Overall, I praise the originality of this film and the obvious efforts that were put in by all those involved in the project. Definitely worth my time.

initially the concept of a family enduring a personal crisis in the midst of Hurricane Katrina seemed worth a view. It took but moments to become annoyed with the overly-delightful wife and contrived story of the romance and marriage of Abigail and Nolan. Flashbacks failed to engage the viewer. The story's hospital leadership obviously had failed to plan for any type of disaster, either internal or external. The evacuation reminded me of the desperate people trying to board the last helicopter out of Viet Nam. Every man for himself. What kind of physician discusses the outcome of a crisis birth with the spouse/father in a hallway near a crowded waiting area? This guy slaps the poor fellow on the back, implying a hearty "Buck up!". It seemed obvious that the producers cut the film budget by failing to employ a consultant in health care. Every aspect of the hospital and infant care scenarios shouted " Implausible!!" From the kitchen encounter to housing an unstable newborn in a glorified but outdated incubator in a private room with no nurse in direct attendance: ridiculous. Paul Walker's acting ability in showing us the path to delirium due to sleep deficit and near- panic were worthy of a few stars. But his skill could not buoy a sinking tugboat.