Maggie (2015)

You won't be disappointed!

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

One of my all time favorites.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

I just re-watched it and it's still one of the best horror/drama films of the decade. This is about that Maggie (Abigail Breslin) was bitten by a zombie, she gradually becomes into a zombie, Arnold cares for her until she must eventually be quarantined. It didn't deserve all the hate while people were expecting an action flick with Arnold or a full gory zombie film like 'World War Z'. It's okay if a lot people found it boring because it is a slow-burn movie, but I enjoyed it the way it is. Arnold was terrific and he gave one of his finest performances ever. I love how he played a dramatic character. Abigail Breslin was also fantastic too. It's well acted, written, directed. The cinematography and color-grading were all that great. Maggie is beautifully shot, emotional, touching, sad movie about love and loss.9.5/10

RELEASED IN 2015 and directed by Henry Hobson, "Maggie" stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as a father in the Midwest who must deal with his teen daughter (Abigail Breslin) after she becomes infected by an outbreak that slowly morphs people into cannibalistic zombies. He has up to eight weeks to (1.) take her to a fatal quarantine, (2.) give her poison, (3.) shoot her in the head or (4.) allow her to become a zombie and threaten everyone around him. Joely Richardson plays the concerned stepmother, Rachel Whitman Groves a neighbor with the same problem and Raeden Greer a friend of Maggie's (Breslin).This is a low-key horror drama rather than a horror thriller, like most zombie-oriented flicks. The story presumably takes place several months after the events of "Night of the Living Dead" (1968) and near the beginning of "Dawn of the Dead" (1978), not that "Maggie" is connected to George Romero's classic zombie movies. I wonder if the story takes place during that general timeframe because the phones and vehicles seem to indicate this, not that it really matters."Maggie" takes the material dead seriously with a downbeat tone akin to "Stake Land" (2010), but without the action/adventure. I could take the one-note maudlin air IF there were enough interesting things to maintain one's attention, but the movie is burdened by frustrating characters and miscellaneous illogic or unconvincing things that needed worked out of the script. I'm not going to say more because I don't want to ruin the movie for potential viewers. Let's just say that the father's a clueless doofus and the stepmother, doctor and cops are all wise.Abigail Breslin was 18 during shooting and is one of the cutest girls to walk the face of the earth, but don't expect any of that here. (Not that you would since her zombie disease escalates during the course of the story and she therefore gets increasingly unattractive, to put it nicely).THE FILM RUNS 95 minutes and was shot in the New Orleans, Louisiana, area. WRITER: John Scott 3.GRADE: C-

While this film does give more meaning to the life of a zombie before becoming one, it does it in a pale way; this movie is very boring to watch. I found it hard to just to keep myself awake while watching the film. If you're looking for an action film, or a film that keeps its pace up, you will be gravely disappointed.

Farmer Wade Vogel (a fine and affecting performance by Arnold Schwarzenegger) discovers that his teenage daughter Maggie (a touching and credible portrayal by Abigail Breslin) has been infected with a lethal virus that slowly transforms people into zombies. Wade decides to stay with Maggie to the bitter end knowing full well in advance that at some point he will have to make a difficult decision concerning Maggie's ultimate fate.Director Henry Hobson maintains a leisurely pace throughout and ably crafts a bleak and brooding somber tone rife with despair and melancholy about the unfortunate frailty and fleeting nature of basic human existence. John Scott 3's thoughtful and reflective script refreshingly eschews the usual formulaic end-of-the-world apocalyptic scenario in favor of offering instead a sad and subdued dramatic meditation on life, death, and mortality. Moreover, this film further works as a deeply moving ode to a father's unwavering love for and protective loyalty to his beloved daughter. Breslin and Schwarzenegger do sterling work in their demanding roles; they receive sturdy support from Joely Richardson as Maggie's distraught and frightened stepmother Caroline, Douglas M. Griffin as sympathetic sheriff Ray, J.D. Evermore as mean deputy Holt, Jodie Moore as the amiable and helpful Dr. Vern Kaplan, Bryce Romero as the doomed Trent, and Raedon Greer as Maggie's perky gal pal Allie. Lukas Ettlin's stark widescreen cinematography provides an appropriately grim and grayish look. David Wingo's moody score does the mournful trick. A quietly potent and heartrending film.