I don't know if you can consider the plot to be dumbed down, it looks like it's more of a case of where a B/C-Class movie got a LOTR budget scale and VFX green-lit more then anything. I mean it follows old school cliches to the letter honestly, "Man is the most savage of creatures", "We are the real monsters", "Vox Populi…
Movie is weak. Some nice views. OST made by M83, they are in a good artistic shape right now, so it must be good. This could have been great movie but plot is dumbed down for the masses. EDIT: Check Tropfest Australia finalists. For example Cargo, which is probably one of the best Zombie movies ever and additionaly 7…