31 Days of Horror: Maggie (2015)
It’s the Diet Coke of Horror.
For being classified as a zombie film, I’m shocked at the lack of undead people in the film Maggie (2015). And frankly, I’m rather disappointed and frustrated by the story. There are light spoilers for this film, just to warn you.
Written by John Scott 3 and directed by Henry Hobson, the film starts in the middle of a seemingly worldwide pandemic where people turn into zombies once bitten. The infection is so bad that farmers are being advised to burn their crops because the crops can be infected.
The film opens with Maggie, played by the amazingly talented Abigail Breslin, walking through an empty city street. There are no signs of life, but it does look as if widespread panic and looting has ravaged the city. Her father, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, gets a message that his daughter is in the hospital and is infected.
What I liked about Maggie was the acting, the cinematography, and the pacing of the film. Breslin and Schwarzenegger are the primary actors and have pretty decent chemistry. This is a slow boil. The film knows that Maggie is going to explode and makes the viewer wait until the very end to see how the explosion happens.
Here’s one of my issues. The radio states that martial law is being enforced, but Arnold drives from his rural home to…
