I`m not one for anality of conversion of books to films and I have read the book , but in my opinion its a bit of a zombie geeks book and its only aspect that rises it above others is a different type of narrative , overlapping tales of how it all went tits up . Some of the morals of the book are there , secretive governments , panic , hysteria , running around like Goldfrapp have just announced retirement . But it would be impossible to film the same narrative as a film , series maybe , but the nature of the book as a series would be lost on thick people - given that they have recall past episodes to tie stories together .

 Anyway , the film , mmm..it wastes no time and the films trailers point in a slightly different direction to where the film actually heads (which isn`t a bad thing) . The film mentions quite a few characters and events from the book but in effect the film is a tale from the book fleshed out . The films action is claustrophobic and wrenching , in particular when he goes to Israel . And I got to hear the words "Wales , Cardiff Airport" , which made me and a few others laugh .

 As a side note , in the book , Caerphilly Castle is mentioned as a stronghold , in reality Caerphilly Castle couldn`t stop a lump of cheese if it was thrown at it . 

They have two modes , running-their-tits-off-to-get-ya and just standing where they are saying "Rah!" now and again , like a UXB TV standby mode . The effect of the running makes them swarms that ("burn the heretic") come across better than zombies that act like shuffling emo`s .

Marvellous popcorn film to get the whole family together for.