A bleak, monochromatic film. Well, it has to be, seeing as it's set in the near future, after a disaster of some kind - we never learn what - has decimated the land and nearly everyone on it.
Five survivors hike from who knows where to who cares where, looking for food and shelter.
They discover an abandoned house, and decide to hole up there for a while. You can tell it's not a good idea thanks to the ominous music and sounds.
They find a stash of canned food in the basement, which heightens their spirits temporarily. Of course, things go pear-shaped following that.
The absence of any real purpose or context to their wanderings, or a decent dialog for them to entertain us with while doing that wandering, leaves us with the not very horrible horror of a day in their miserable lives.
It's strange that I look forward to the next episode of The Walking Dead for a dose of post-apocalyptic reality.
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