Even the colour of this film has a bleak, grey and washed-out feel. But the characters and plot are believable, beaten down by years of struggle to survive after an apocalypse the details of which seem unimportant now. The challenge is for the group to keep going through the bitter the competition for food in an environment where nothing seems to grow. Only those that started out as the fittest are left now and even amongst these survivors one looks like he might have pneumonia. In these circumstances and in unrelenting rain, they decide to risk a stop at an isolated farm house despite deep, and, as it turns out, well-founded, misgivings about whether it's going to be safe.The acting throughout is strong and believable and despite the film's low budget, they kept back enough cash for copious amounts of blood which flows pretty freely as the action intensifies.I noticed minor flaws, but very unimportant set against the strongly drawn characters and the relationships between the members of the group - friendship, trust and mistrust. Certainly not a feel-good movie, but one to make you think. Worth watching.

So Many Movies, Including the Big-Budget Ones Drain Color, Mute Color, Overuse Filters and Generally Make a Lot of Modern Movies Look Anemic and the Wish for that Good Old Technicolor is Frustrating and Depressing. So When Low-Budget Directors Decide to Make Their Apocalyptic Artsy Movies with that Kind of Palette it No Longer Seems Dismal and Dystopic it just Seems Common.Why Not just Film the Thing in Black and White. Now that's Stark, and if Need Be the Flashbacks to the Good Old Days Could be Done in Color for Some Contrast. The Decision to Use the Washed Out Look Here Fails to be Artistic or Symbolic, it's Just More of the Same Old Dull.The Movie Itself isn't that Dull. In Fact, it is a Slightly Above Average Go for This Type of Thing and there are Some Intriguing Characters and CGI Violence that Deliver the Goods. It's been Hammered for Not Explaining the Backstory for the End of Life as We Know It. But that's Doesn't Wash. Does it Really Matter. The Earth and the People of Earth are on the Road to Ruin and there are a Multitude of End of Days Scenarios, Take Your Pick.Nuclear War...Overpopulation...Chemical Poisoning of People, Air, and Water...A Wandering Comet...Disease...Genocide...Climate Change...Alien Invasion...Etc...Etc...Etc.Overall, Recommended for Fans of Low-Budget Horror, Dystopian Displays of Survivalists, and Bible Types...The Cannibalism Thing Comes from the Good Book. This is a Good Movie if Not a Great One, Although it Does have a Great Ending.

The acting was actually very well done despite all odds. While the writing and directing were an atrocity to films. The director didn't seem to understand the concept of peripheral vision, and believed simply panning the camera was an excuse for people "teleporting" away. Its almost as if he believed everyone was a ninja and could simply disappear in plain sight. The writing was equally bad, although the movie was set in a post- apocalyptic world no explanation was ever given. Was it a nuclear war, a virus, a violent climate change, I don't know? Because the writer didn't feel that back-story was a part of his job description. Couple that with poorly developed characters also lacking a back-story, a horrible plot, shoddy dialogue and you get yourself the box office bomb named, The Day.

Why the 7 when most people thought it barely passed muster or just plain sucked. Well...2 reasons. I thought it was smart adding the whole stabbing through the boarded up windows tactic. Seen many Z movies and I remember thinking why didn't somebody think of this before and I remembered the whole "gotta be the head" issue. But the method would work just as well in any "viral/contagion" film. Secondly, the end. GOTCHA!. Not going to spoil it. But this is the main reason I rated this film 7/10. In three minutes I went from OK that wasn't a total waste of time to where the $$$$ did that come from and I should have seen it coming. Not a Usual Suspects moment but still worth watching the film.