Schwarzenegger taking care of his zombie daughter. |
Most of the population on Earth has been infected by the virus called: the Necroambulist virus that turn people into zombies. Farmers have burnt their crops to prevent contamination. Wade (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a father searching for her daughter, Maggie (Abigail Breslin). Maggie is placed in an area at a hospital with the infected people. She has a bite wound on her arm and it is gradually infecting her and spreading throughout her body. Wade takes Maggie home to settle her affairs until she is in a phase of where she needs to be quarantined.
Wade brings Maggie to his wife, Caroline (Joely Richardson) which is her stepmother. Her siblings are taken to their aunt until Maggie's issue is dealt with. One day, Maggie cuts her finger and sees black fluid oozing from her finger and realizes that she cuts off her finger and is slowly transforming her. Wade becomes stressed on to how to resolve with Maggie so this will be a hard decision as to what to do with her.
Is this goodbye? |
Arnold Schwarzenegger gives an interesting and different performance in a world we expect to see a lot more action in a world full of genres. We see a little bit of that but with a more psychological spin and more personal angle as to what he will face with Maggie's demise. Abigail Breslin gives a strong performance as we witness her slowly transforming and being worried that she will not survive. But, also, we sense on what the dynamic between father and daughter will bring into when it is time for Breslin's character to go.
Again, this is an interesting film but the movie is slow and does not go anywhere regarding exposition of the storyline and also the setting of how the Earth is. It is basically a personal tale of survival. But, it needed another crack at the computer as to how the characters are fully developed, a more dimensional storyline and maybe not being too stylistic due to the film being dark and looking like they filtered with so many camera lenses to make it look like the first movie on Instagram. Even though there is intellectualism in the film, this movie needed a jolt of energy. It is a close call, but I'm not recommending the movie.
**1/2
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