2015 · horror · drama · sci-fi
Maggie
Directed by Henry Hobson1h 35m2015
There's a deadly zombie epidemic threatening humanity, but Wade, a small-town farmer and family man, refuses to accept defeat even when his daughter Maggie becomes infected. As Maggie's condition worsens and the authorities seek to eradicate those with the virus, Wade is pushed to the limits in an effort to protect her. Joely Richardson co-stars in this post-apocalyptic thriller.
Our read: Maggie (2015) reads as a heavy, steady, surreal horror · drama · sci-fi entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / drama, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- extreme
- surreal
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“You want intimate zombie grief with Schwarzenegger playing a devastated father.”
Skip it tonight — Slow infection horror that ends in heartbreak is too much tonight.
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