Yeah, the manga is great and I love how it uses those teaching moments to make the downtime between the action and dramatic beats really interesting. (theverge.com)
An extended sequence early in the film, in which Garvey reveals for Victor the desperation of his existence, provides McDowell and Carradine the kind of dramatic beats only the finest of thespians could pull off; both are mesmerising in the scene. (screen-space.squarespace.com)
In these films, the world has usually turned against humanity in some way — a zombie apocalypse, an alien invasion, or simply the indomitability of nature itself — and the relative resourcefulness of characters who were previously reliant on now - absent tools or technologies provide the major dramatic beats as outside forces close in, driving these characters into action. (slantmagazine.com)