An Arnold Schwarzenegger zombie movie? Just the mere idea of such a thing instantly brings to mind images of Arnie holding a giant machine gun, mowing down hordes of zombies or tearing one’s head off while quipping, “Don’t get ahead of yourself!”
But it’s not 1990 and Maggie is an entirely different kind of movie than Schwarzenegger's filmography or, indeed, most zombie movies would suggest. No, this is a somber, stripped down story, in which Schwarzenegger stars as Wade, whose teenage daughter (Abigail Breslin, as the title character) has been bitten and is slowly undergoing an inevitable transformation.
In the world of Maggie, a zombie bite doesn’t transform you immediately or even in a few hours. The process takes several weeks, and dubbed the necroambulist virus (like The Walking Dead and many other zombie movies, the word zombie is never said), it’s being treated like an outbreak. Society has not completely collapsed, but it’s also barely holding on, with those infected ordered into quarantine once they reach a certain stage – even as many can’t bear to let their family members go, keeping them at home longer than they should, with predictably dire results.
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But it’s not 1990 and Maggie is an entirely different kind of movie than Schwarzenegger's filmography or, indeed, most zombie movies would suggest. No, this is a somber, stripped down story, in which Schwarzenegger stars as Wade, whose teenage daughter (Abigail Breslin, as the title character) has been bitten and is slowly undergoing an inevitable transformation.
In the world of Maggie, a zombie bite doesn’t transform you immediately or even in a few hours. The process takes several weeks, and dubbed the necroambulist virus (like The Walking Dead and many other zombie movies, the word zombie is never said), it’s being treated like an outbreak. Society has not completely collapsed, but it’s also barely holding on, with those infected ordered into quarantine once they reach a certain stage – even as many can’t bear to let their family members go, keeping them at home longer than they should, with predictably dire results.
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