The Signal

Quite good. The film is divided into three parts and they’re all pretty different from each other. The first part has a good apocalyptic atmosphere, the second part is permeated with dark humour and the third irradiates chilling and brutal paranoia. We follow the story (mostly) from the point of view the mentally affected, which is pretty interesting, and the killers, who have retained the ability to think, are a nice and original alternative to the dumb zombies, making the film feel refreshing and unpredictable. The Signal holds together well, but I can’t avoid the feeling that if it was made in a more uniform way, the result would be a bit better (the transition from hopeless apocalypse to black comedy felt quite rushed). I’m taking away one star for that, but I’m very satisfied. (23/04/2008)

A very good idea that got only half way to outstanding implementation. While the opening melancholic story is certainly well above mediocre, and the second one with the black humor was fantastic, the ending part is just flogging a dead horse... needlessly erasing all and any good impressions. A great shame, doubly so if you bear in mind the first two stories. (13/07/2008)