Review of Maggie (2015) by Reysonpoint — 06 Jun 2015

F the audience goes into this movie thinking Arnold is going to be fighting zombies and killing bad guys, they will be extremely disappointed. Maggie is simply a father-daughter drama, taking place in an apocalyptic world with not much else going on.

The film revolves around the character “Maggie” played by actress Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine, Zombieland) who is infected with a deadly virus that eventually transforms her into a zombie. Then we have veteran actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator, Predator) who plays the caring father who tries his best to help his infected daughter until the end.

As for the film, not a lot goes on or happens, other than Arnold and Abigail’s characters attempting to have quality time, and engage in conversations that the audience did not care for.

The film does a horrible job at keeping the audience interested and engaged while also lending a depressing tone or feel that ultimately allows the audience to feel unconnected with the characters. I’m not saying that all movies need to have action or a predominantly jolly and happy tone to it, but if they do choose a depressing tone, there should be a better effort on their part to establish deeper connections amongst the characters. The film “Maggie” had my peers and I feeling quite relieved when it was finally over.

In conclusion, this is a film that had a lot of potential to be great, but sadly falls short of that. On a positive note, the film had originality and a brand new take on the zombie genre. Other than that, nothing special here.