Review of Maggie (2015) by Tyler R — 12 Jul 2015

When you hear Arnold Schwarzenegger is doing a zombie film, you immediately expect a lot of gore, action, and one liners. Maggie is the exact opposite, and it also happens to feature the greatest performance of Schwarzenegger's career.

The film follows a farmer as he tries to cope with the fact that his daughter is slowly turning into a zombie. This is a mildly paced, character based film that thrives solely on the actors involved. If anyone ended up being dead weight, then the film would collapse.

Luckily, everyone delivers top notch performances. Abigail Breslin does a fantastic job at conveying the troubles of being a teenager, but also knowing that her whole life is quickly coming to an end at such a young age.

Schwarzenegger, as I previously mentioned, gives the best performance of his career as a father who can't do anything except watch his world fall apart. This is a quieter, more thoughtful performance than anything Arnold has done before, and he really nails it, especially in the smaller, more intimate character moments between him and his daughter.

The film moves by pretty briskly, coming in at under ninety minutes, but a lot gets packed in within that limit. In a world that has more than enough zombie films, with each new one seemingly more horrible than the last, Maggie is a little gem that showcases exceptional performances.