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Film Review: Maggie

An unusual zombie movie

A still from ‘Maggie’Premium
A still from ‘Maggie’

Hollywood seems obsessed with post-apocalyptic worlds of late. Debutant director Henry Hobson is the latest to venture into this territory, adding the zombie-horror sub-genre to it.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is cast against type as Wade, a brooding father who is watching his daughter, Maggie (Abigail Breslin), transform into a zombie. Her death is inevitable—the burning question is whether she will die at the hands of the heartless authorities or painlessly and quickly by her father’s hand.

The film opens with Wade searching for his daughter. He finds Maggie in the hospital. She has been bitten and infected with the “necroambulist" virus and it’s only a matter of time before she “turns" beastly. Wade is permitted to take her home to their farm till the first signs of “turning" (like a heightened sense of smell) appear. The doctor presents Wade with three options: to return her to quarantine, to administer a slow and deadly poison, or to “make it quick". Wade is emotionally conflicted. He does not flinch while killing zombies, but the idea of killing his child torments him.

Back at the farm, Wade’s wife (Joely Richardson) struggles with accepting her stepdaughter’s condition. Maggie yearns for normalcy but she cannot ignore her body’s rapid decline into a frightening and dangerous thing.

Besides Breslin and her teenage pals, the other performances, particularly Schwarzegger’s and Richardson’s, are underscored by the need to convey despondency and unease. The idea of an emotional drama that looks at the conflict of turning into a zombie is distinctive. However, barring one or two textbook shocks and a few disturbing scenes, Hobson’s narrative moves at such a lethargic pace that it’s unlikely that this zombie terminator will be back.

Maggie released in theatres on Friday.

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Published: 29 May 2015, 06:37 PM IST
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