For the first half of the movie I thought the basic premise - a small group of staff isolated in a radio station and learning about the outbreak of a virus in the outside world through the airwaves - was solid, even if the execution was poor. That's an idea that could have looked great on paper, but would have needed stellar dialogue to compensate for the total absence of action; instead we get dull, rambling conversation between a DJ and his producer, interspersed with calls from the outside world that don't quite seem to drive the plot forward in the way that they should.
A little over half way through is where it really comes apart. They discover that the virus is transmitted by the speaking of certain infected words. Yes, *words*. Only English ones though, apparently. I couldn't have been more incredulous if they had discovered the method of transmission was for a victim's feet to turn into hairy sharks and tickle the virus onto people with their shark moustaches. Seriously.
Even if you find a way to get on board with the idea of a virus that transmits itself by infecting a spoken language, there's little to like here. There's very little action or excitement, the characters are annoying the story doesn't really go anywhere. Give it a miss.
A little over half way through is where it really comes apart. They discover that the virus is transmitted by the speaking of certain infected words. Yes, *words*. Only English ones though, apparently. I couldn't have been more incredulous if they had discovered the method of transmission was for a victim's feet to turn into hairy sharks and tickle the virus onto people with their shark moustaches. Seriously.
Even if you find a way to get on board with the idea of a virus that transmits itself by infecting a spoken language, there's little to like here. There's very little action or excitement, the characters are annoying the story doesn't really go anywhere. Give it a miss.