The curiously titled The Night Eats the World is a french zombie movie, though to appeal to the masses was filmed in English.

It tells the story of a man who falls asleep at a party only to wake up to a zombie apocalypse. If you're expecting an action packed bloody zombie movie, this simply isn't for you.

The movie takes a simple and rather realistic approach, namely one man alone and what he does to pass the time while the world around him turns to chaos.

Early on I was impressed, it was looking like this might be a likeable zombie affair but sadly the quality dips and it falls into the grindy repetitive and excessively depressing category.

The film has its moments but when the credits roll you'll likely be very aware that this movie will be gone from your memory within a week. It's all just so very underwhelming and ultimately goes nowhere.

I'd say nice try, but I'd be lying.

The Good:

Has its moments

Original take on a waning sub-genre

The Bad:

Rather dull

Goes out with a fizzle not a bang

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Lonliness causes insanity? Guess I'm a lunatic

Everyone needs a zombie friend

THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD is yet another spin on the overworked zombie genre, this time told as a very low budget, small scale French movie set almost entirely in an apartment block in Paris. It follows a single protagonist through an as-it-happens type plot, and I admit that I found the whole story and set up thoroughly interesting; somehow it takes you closer to the action by reducing the scale. Generally this is well shot throughout, and the zombies themselves thoroughly menacing; the main problems come from slow spots in the storyline and an unlikeable lead character. Otherwise, this is pretty innovative, and I hope to see more like it.

In Paris, Sam reluctantly stays at a party. In the next morning, he awakens to an empty apartment and marauding bands of murderous people running out in the streets. They're fast moving cannibal zombies and he barricades himself in the building.

This is a modern zombie movie with much of it stripped of action or tension. He's alone most of the time and that's its Archilles heel. For long stretches, there is no dialogue or even noise. It's an eerily quiet city which becomes an emptiness that the movie struggles to fill. When interactions do pop up, it lacks a depth into the characters. This is most noteworthy not for what it is but what it is without.