It was such a drag. It was hard trying to sympathize with Maggie, and some of the camera shots/scenes felt unnecessary and only added to the movie's length.
The premise was promising but 30 min in I still didn't know anything about any of the characters or have a reason to care for them and had to shut it off
The movie was kinda slow, but i was still interested to know what's gonna happen to her and how her dad's gonna handle the situation. Held on to the end of the show and it's pretty okiez for me.
This was so extremely grey.
The movie was so dark at times I couldn't actually see what was going on! However, I did enjoy this film, I love both Abigail Breslin and Arnie. It was gripping and I felt for them both.
Arnie is back, axe and shotgun in hand, he takes on the zombie horde in this explosive, over the top, action thriller....except no, he doesn't, although I wasn't lying about the axe and shotgun. This is a slow paced, atmospheric drama. Arnie gives a brilliant performance as a father coming to terms with the fact his daughter is a zombie. There is no action and gore but that's fine, the film isn't going for that. Its a relationship drama between father and daughter and nicely played.
What was the point of this? Sigh.
this takes the cake for the worst zombie movie. and I'm not phased about it having no gore/action/suspense, it was just so unnecessarily long and boring with no real character depth or storyline. am I missing something?
If you come expecting a zombie action movie you’ll be disappointed. If you want a tense drama that deals with some ethical question when people you love take 8 weeks to turn into zombies then you’ll love this movie.
I probably would have enjoyed it more if it wasn't so poorly shot.
A unique take on the zombie genre, Maggie is a provocative indie horror film. After receiving a zombie bite a young girl named Maggie is brought back home by her father to be cared for, and to allow her to say her goodbyes before she turns rabid. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin both give very strong performances; especially Schwarzenegger, who does an excellent job at portraying the burdens and struggles of a father with a terminally ill child. Additionally, the makeup effects are quite impressive and have a realistic, virus-like look. However, the plot is pretty formulaic and kind of just prolongs the impending showdown between Maggie and her father when she inevitably goes full zombie. It can be a little dull at times, but overall Maggie presents a compelling vision.
Arnold Schwarzenegger in a zombie drama movie, hmm... interesting.
The story is about a Midwestern teenager is infected by a disease that slowly turns the person into a cannibalistic zombie. Despite the growing threat she represents, her father will defy both the risk and the authorities in order to protect her.
Ever since I first heard the news about Arnold Schwarzenegger in a zombie movie with Abigail Breslin I was already sold and the trailer for the movie helped a lot. It's about time that we got a zombie movie that's deep and indie, I mean it would be interesting and original to see then the goof over the top zombie movies that we always get. Now after seeing Maggie I was a little bit disappointed, but there were a lot to like when it comes to positives.
I know Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't the greatest actor on the planet, but he is so likable in real life and in movies, I mean I can you not like this guy, he's basically the best worst thing to happen to cinema. Arnold in this movie actually pulled off a good performance, he wasn't just playing himself or doing one liners, he actually did a good and serious performance and it actually worked.
Abigail Breslin also did a great performance in this movie playing the teenager slowly turning into a zombie. In the movie you see her turning and the effect's it has on her and her father is truly heartbreaking to watch, and her performance sold it for me.
The chemistry between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin was just spot on brilliant. They performances really helped me to buy into the father and daughter thing and it payed off so well, because there are scenes in this movie where it was so sad to watch when it cuts to the two of them talking about their past life and how worried they both are.
The movie was shot beautifully, the writing was alright for the most part, the directing was good and the Arnold and Abigail were the only thing that kept me watching till the very end.
Now for problems: These a scene in this movie were Abigail character see's this boy (He's the same age as her and he's also infected). The two of them have a little love triangle and I didn't really care about. The scene it self could have been cut out of the movie as the scene and the boy never get's brought up again.
The ending to the movie just kind of ended just like that. I already thought of a better and more sad ending to the movie, but since I'm keeping this a spoiler free review (For the most part) I just thought the movie ended at the wrong time and could have ended better.
Overall rating: Maggie was an alright movie with two solid performances from Arnold and Abigail.
I'm amazed that somewhere, someone pitched the idea of Arnold Schwarzenegger starring in a zombie movie but not firing a single gun shot and write it as a drama instead of making it an action flick. And I'm even more amazed that it actually worked pretty well. Of course there's still room for improvement but if you're ever in the mood for a rather slow and sad movie about caring father and his dying daughter you might give maggie a try.
No this is not a US remake of BBC Scotland’s 1980s hit TV show Maggie. I was hoping but no it was……a zombie movie, another one, in an already overcrowded field. I’m nothing if not fair so I gave it a chance.
Arnold Schwarzenegger steps into a role unfamiliar to his fans and the general movie public and I have to say more strength to the actor. Here in Maggie he dials down the tough-guy hero and despite still being a rather large chap he plays ordinary.
Alongside this pleasant change, the actors, director and writer had decided to approach a very tired and worn out film-type and inject something different into it. Human emotion, the impact on the family and the country, because in Maggie the government has controlled the outbreak, let’s face it as much as some like to complain about politicians, scientists and experts in the scenario they would get on top of it, not perfectly, as the film portrays, but it would be controlled.
There’s no hope here, it is bleak as the scenery and cinematography shows us throughout. Grey, washed-out, cloudy with crops in the fields seemingly failing. It is a conceit, but it works for the film, it really works.
The process of dying from the infection is long, drawn-out and painful and the victim is fully aware of what his happening to them and what will happen. Like old age really and like old age some victims and their families cannot accept and try to run from the inevitable and others accept it.
It seems a harsh thing to say but Maggie could easily have had cancer or another terminal illness and the story, with a few tweaks could have stayed the same. Ramping it up to a ‘zombie’ virus and shoving Arnie front and centre makes the prospect of Maggie much a much interesting viewing.
Arnold himself makes a good stab as a genuinely ordinary man, and for once nothing is made of his obvious accent, he just has one, it is the USA after all, and many people end up there seeking their fortune. Throughout he is sombre and the relationship with this second wife, Joely Richardson is believable as it is with Breslin’s Maggie, another great performance by the young zombie-film veteran, both seem ordinary and actually make decisions you can believe people would make in the situations they are in.
The pace of the story is slow and full of melancholy and has little in the way of out and out horror or even many zombies. The horror of the film is in the situation everyone finds themselves in as the crushing weight of what is happening bears down on them all and affects them in many ways.
Maggie is a zombie film as interesting and unique as ‘The Battery’ which is praise indeed. The big three hitters Schwarzenegger, Richardson and Breslin play this as a straight drama and that is the strength of the story, it grounds everything in a familiar reality that makes an all-to-familiar and fantastic premise seem possible.
First-time director Henry Hobson has made a zombie film that I thought about days and days later when usually the stumbling dead are forgotten about a few minutes after the credit roll.
I've watched this movie twice already because the second time I did not remember I had watched it 2 years earlier already. I think that says everything about how average this movie is. The idea is really interesting and it's well made, but somehow it slips your mind really fast again…
Arnold Schwarzenegger in a zombie drama movie, hmm... interesting.
The story is about a Midwestern teenager is infected by a disease that slowly turns the person into a cannibalistic zombie. Despite the growing threat she represents, her father will defy both the risk and the authorities in order to protect her.
Ever since I first heard the news about Arnold Schwarzenegger in a zombie movie with Abigail Breslin I was already sold and the trailer for the movie helped a lot. It's about time that we got a zombie movie that's deep and indie, I mean it would be interesting and original to see then the goof over the top zombie movies that we always get. Now after seeing Maggie I was a little bit disappointed, but there were a lot to like when it comes to positives.
I know Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't the greatest actor on the planet, but he is so likable in real life and in movies, I mean I can you not like this guy, he's basically the best worst thing to happen to cinema. Arnold in this movie actually pulled off a good performance, he wasn't just playing himself or doing one liners, he actually did a good and serious performance and it actually worked.
Abigail Breslin also did a great performance in this movie playing the teenager slowly turning into a zombie. In the movie you see her turning and the effect's it has on her and her father is truly heartbreaking to watch, and her performance sold it for me.
The chemistry between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin was just spot on brilliant. They performances really helped me to buy into the father and daughter thing and it payed off so well, because there are scenes in this movie where it was so sad to watch when it cuts to the two of them talking about their past life and how worried they both are.
The movie was shot beautifully, the writing was alright for the most part, the directing was good and the Arnold and Abigail were the only thing that kept me watching till the very end.
Now for problems: These a scene in this movie were Abigail character see's this boy (He's the same age as her and he's also infected). The two of them have a little love triangle and I didn't really care about. The scene it self could have been cut out of the movie as the scene and the boy never get's brought up again.
The ending to the movie just kind of ended just like that. I already thought of a better and more sad ending to the movie, but since I'm keeping this a spoiler free review (For the most part) I just thought the movie ended at the wrong time and could have ended better.
Overall rating: Maggie was an alright movie with two solid performances from Arnold and Abigail.
I expected much more from the film. Both want to normalize the zombie disease, which bores.
One of the worst movies of all time. Don't let me see anyone responsible cuz imma tell them. Rubbish.
I want your brains! This film was very dark, slow paced, creepy in parts, I liked it, good film, but would of loved to see more between maggie, and wade, and to see how it would of ended off after the ending.. 5/10
I do like a good zombie flick but not this one. It's a clever play on the genre as it focuses in on the family drama of one infected girl rather than a movie that's a (literal) mindless slaughter of hundreds of zombies. Unfortunately, the latter is more entertaining.
Not a bad movie overall.
The photography / lights are really nice.
Arnie was good and it was moody and atmospheric, but this movie's fundamental problem stems from the fact that it is a zombie movie without any zombies....
Zombies and romance do not couple
I agree with the others that have commented, the acting was good however the whole movie idea completely sucked and I'll never get them hours back...
You think this is going to be an epic movie because it stars Arnold in but seriously do not be fooled by this... its a slow movie and pretty much has no purpose at all.... I sometimes wonder how movies like this make it to the big screens.. I mean all it is really is the girls infected and were waiting it out untill she becomes a zombie :/....
So glad I didn't see this at the odeon / cinema...
The Last of us movie ?
Wasted talent, effort, time etc...go watch Life After Beth" guys, has drama and fun : http://trakt.tv/movies/life-after-beth-2014
There are alot better things you can do with your 95 minutes. Ugh.
Shout by Ninja PoonBlockedParent2016-10-07T06:48:09Z
One of the better zombie movies made... Schwarzenegger shows great range. I'm a fan of his and im a dad so it was easy to get sucked in. This is not an "unlimited bullets and everybodys a marksmen" kinda zombie movie lol this one is for adults and it's great