I wanted this to be more . . .

I just didn't feel glued to the screen or particularly interested in what happened to the people involved. The documentary it was based upon, on the other hand, was far more interesting to me: episode one of the Connections series by James Burke.

The other issue is the people involved were sort of amoral to begin with. You never really got a sense that, "Oh, this is a stand up guy." I lived through the revolution in Egypt and when rumors of burglars spread, everyone on our block formed a neighborhood watch. There were some food shortages, but nobody was looting the supermarkets. Certain government offices were fair game, though -- for somewhat obvious reasons.

Want an awesome apocalyptic film? Watch 'The Road' instead.

The problem with a movie like this is that a story simply about how good people can be is boring, and anything less than outright brutality or psychological torment isn't very intriguing. This was between those two extremes, and subsequently just turned out to be an average flick.

What I wish is that the scene with the pharmacist was developed more. What if the film became about an everyman just fighting bureaucracy and pedantic mentalities in a time of crisis? When he was arguing with the pharmacist I really felt his frustration; in the other cases I just felt things would be handled differently in a real life situation.