A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

We want a third season. This is a brilliant show. One of the best shows of the decade and it was canceled? And BBC left the cliff hanger with Tom in the plane? Really? Please start production for another season. This show was produced ahead of its time. The viewing public wasn't ready for the issue of catastrophe of modern man and reverting to the dark ages. Viewers are open to the idea of failure of modern society. This is evident by the popularity of Revolution, the H1N1, Bird Flu, economic crash, etc. Prior to the Market Crash in 2008, modern society was invincible. But the market place and nature tested our environment and showed us how fragile we are. What we depend on for our foundation of prosperity is so weak that one tweak of the "variables" can utterly stifle the world we know and enjoy. Some of have an ideal how to survive, and some do not. Social orders will develop that mimic democracy, monarchy, and Draconian. Survivor instills these elements and makes use think, what would we do?

Tips for surviving the end of civilization: 1) Be prepared, if not, get weapons IMMEDIATELY! 2) Setup security and/or defensive positions, keep up look outs 24/7 3) Have an escape plan, and a fall back plan in case you must flee 3) Stockpile water and provisions 4) If not already gotten, get survival gear (blankets, tents, torches, matches) 4) Scout / Scavenge / Travel at night 5) If in a small group, STAY TOGETHER 6) Increase numbers primarily to bolster defense and scavenge capability 7) Limit your movement in the day-time, unless farming or raising animals. Darkness is your friend, unless it is cold...then attack someone while they are sleeping by the fire.Survivors made me angry. These people were blessed to wake up and not have to worry about taxes, corrupt government, and the daily grind of society. As an American, I dream of zombie apocalypse and end of the world scenarios. These idiots constantly make horrible decisions, put themselves in danger, lose friends to unarmed goons, isolate themselves in broad daylight, whine about their own gun when bad guys constantly hold them under duress, and listen to stupid women who know nothing about survival and self defense. Don't forget, let every bad guy go only to have the same thugs show up again and again like some Saturday morning children's cartoon show.As for the personalities. The doctor is unbelievable. The black guy had rage and domestic violence on his rap-sheet, but he is a total kitten in the later story. Abby is a stupid fat lady. The blonde is a dumb useless woman good for only making babies, she plays her role well. Al is useless, the 11 year old boy is annoying, and the only reason why I watched this show is because I was waiting for the ex-con to actually make good on his murder tendencies, and I was disappointed! I stopped watching this crap when the black guy gets caught trying to bust out the ex-con and Al ran like a scared school girl running from a child predator. There is no season 3, so there is no point continuing to waste my time with this crap. I see now why the show was cancelled.Then the whole vaccine secret organization bit. That made absolutely no sense. Do the writers not know how vaccines are synthesized? Goons running around town mugging survivors as test subjects? Seriously? I would have raided a police station and shot those retards and stolen all of their stuff. Then I would have followed the helicopter and stolen that too. Unbelievable.

I just can't overstate how badly this series is written. The characters are just ridiculous. The only thing they do consistently is make stupid decisions. I don't want to sound harsh but what is the point of making a post apocalyptic survival story about a group of morons who are constantly giving us reason not to care whether they survive or not? Who gets around in a post viral apocalypse world unarmed? No one is who. Every twist in the plot so far, in my viewing, has been structured around the group doing something really stupid. The first ep sets up what could have been a great story but then it slides into idiocy. This show seems to be written like a teen novel. My experience with Terry Nation was limited to Old Dr.Who episodes and I wish I had kept it that way. All this show will do is annoy you.

If you're old enough, you might remember the BBC's original series "Survivors", broadcast in the 1970s. The world is devastated by an artificial plague released in an accident memorably portrayed in the opening credits. A handful are left behind to find each other and try to start again.So, in 2008, the BBC gave us a re-imagining of the scenario. This time, a flu-like illness does much the same as its counterpart did in the 1970s.Some have quibbled about the "politically correct" nature of the new series. One of the protagonists, named Greg Preston (Paterson Joseph) is black, which a character of the same name was not in the earlier version. Two more are Muslims, one of them a lapsed one. Another might be a lesbian. And why shouldn't they be? The demographics and attitudes of British society have changed in the last 30 years. There is nothing wrong with that being reflected in a television series.But there are problems with the series, as there were with the 1970s one. The scenario is chillingly set up in the first episode, but then what? As time goes on, the script falls back on the bickering, backstabbing, having sex with each other, and so on, that are the staple of any soap opera. Once the disease has done its worst, there is nothing here you couldn't see on Lifetime.Worse, in the second season, Greg Preston, supposedly one of the heroes, seems to delight in getting the group he is with into trouble. He pompously insists that Tom Price (Max Beesley), who has a violent criminal background but a firm handle on how to survive in the new conditions, leaves the group. He then twice lands some members of the group in the clutches of former-government-minister-turned-local-megalomaniac Samantha Willis (Nikki Amuka-Bird) when he has the means to prevent it. At times, I was just screaming at the screen.The performances are much better than the material deserves and the production values, as you'd expect of the BBC, are excellent. But there's no getting around the plot flaws and I was not surprised when it was announced there would be no third season.Rating: 4/10.