Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Nonureva Really Surprised!

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

SomeUselessGeek Not a good remake. Plenty of plot points borrowed from the book, but lots of fluffy stuff added that doesn't make any sense and leaves one with an itch. Lots of dumbness, particularly later in the flick. People croak who shouldn't have and some don't croak who reasonably should have. The NSA is involved somehow in a creepy, back-channel way that is never explained and which makes no sense in the first place. Shadowy players go around whacking people without covering their tracks at all. Dumb, dumb, dumb.Lots of "surprises" are telegraphed far in advance of their reveal. Lots of "mysteries" are obvious long before they are solved. The rate of spread of the disease is far in excess of physical possibility. The solution to the disease could not possibly be spread quickly enough to deal with it, but the filmmakers figured that viewers' minds were already shut off by that point anyway.It's hard to believe that a mess like this could have been hacked out by the Scotts, but then, so was _Prometheus._ Okay, I believe it now.

evening1 Though I'd never seen the original or read the book I'd always been curious about this sci-fi classic.I found this version to be well-acted and full of suspense, but unclear and repetitious at times. (How many buzzard scenes did we really need to see?) And I didn't get at all why Mancheck and his crony were killed in the end, and by whom. (The president didn't seem swift enough to mastermind something like that.) And how was the Viola Davis character threatened? Most importantly, how and why was the lethal strain transmitted to earth in the first place? I liked the film for a few truly interesting scenes but more care should have been taken to clarify questions like these.Not at all bad but this could have been better.

deborah1000 I was very glad that I had both disks from Netflix because I couldn't wait to start disk 2. The effects were very good, sometimes excellent. There were scenes where they used CGI that I would not have guessed were CGI. I really liked the lab with its "future but not too distant future" look. The plot is compelling. The creators intentionally went beyond the book to speculate on where the virus came from, why it was sent (if it was sent), etc. I *love* this kind of speculation; it's one of main reasons why I'm a sci fi fan. I agree that cutting back on exterior scenes and the presence of some minor characters would not have detracted from the film. For a person who finds it hard to get around movie effects and the role of women in shows dating from the 60s and 70s, there's no question as to which version I enjoyed more.

marvin-131 I can't understand why people are bashing this movie - it's incredible! I never saw the 'original' version so the 2008 version was the first for me. An incredible movie with an excellent plot with great acting. I've seen it 3 times and each time I get more from it.After seeing this updated version I then made certain that I saw the original. The original version sucks - I mean, it's bad - and then some.I suspect that whenever you see a negative review of the 2008 version it's probably being written by someone who saw the original version when it was originally released (in other words - someone from the geezer brigade).This was one of the best movies I've ever seen and Benjamin Bratt is to be commended as with all the other people in the flick. It's an excellent story that's only been made even better.Hat's off to everyone involved.