Population 436 (and a monkey)

I watched the movie "Population 436" last night. Quite frankly, I don't remember why I put it in my Netflix queue, but I did. I was surprised to see that it was a release direct to DVD.

First, it was not a rip-off of "The Village". While I have not seen "The Lottery", I can imagine what that is about, and this isn't the same thing. It isn't a great movie, but it was decent. The acting was pretty good all around, my personal favorite being Fred Durst, from Limp Bizkit. The worst was the female lead, Kathy, who was played by Leigh Evans. Oh, David Ames (male lead) was fine.

While I don't know if this is based on actually number theory or not, it at least gave some apparent validity to the plot, instead of just, "The prophet so-and-so said...." and that is just the way it has been.

I didn't feel the movie dragged at any moment, but it was never particularly intense either. Unlike many, I felt the original ending was better then the alternative ending (also on the DVD). Overall, 6.5 out of 10.

And finally, as a bonus, there was a toy monkey on the dashboard of the pickup truck.