brilliant actors, brilliant editing

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

There is no entertainment value in this movie what so ever. Nothing happens until at the very end she jumps off the roof. Amazing ending to cap off a horrible movie.

First, they made scary zombie movies. Then came gore zombie movies. Next was comedy zombie movies, which many were unintentionally funny. I HAD to see the combo of drama zombie movie. And I am very sorry that I did. Some things just DO NOT and should not mix. Like you would not mix asphalt into a martini. The drama zombie flick just should not have been attempted. Sorry, Arnold. Even you could not save this one.

I am not one for drama's or sentimental films but I had seen a lot of positive reviews about Maggie and due to it's subject matter I thought I would have a look. The film is set after a pandemic where an infection turns people into flesh-eating zombies. The government knows how the virus works and after being infected there is only a certain amount of time before the victim turns ravenous for human flesh. Before that time comes the infected are collected by the government or local law enforcement and put into quarantine and then terminated.Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin play father (Wade) and daughter (Maggie) caught up in the horrific situation of the daughter being infected. Both give outstanding, heartfelt performances which are beautifully captured and portrayed by first- time director Henry Hobson. There's nothing messy or out of place in this film, no boring lulls or unnecessary anything. It is extremely well-written and scripted. It comes across as natural. It's not really enjoyable per se as it is sad and the ending is of course is inevitable. But it is a pleasure to witness Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin give such wonderful performances.

You see, the thing about zombies is, they're incredible boring. I'm pretty sure that's why George Romero always chose to marry the "ghouls" in his stories with political commentary. I had to learn this lesson myself with my own horror-thriller trilogy. You cannot expect readers to embrace three novels—nearly three hundred thousand words—if all they have to look forward to is a bunch of drooling braineaters on the loose.'Maggie' is not a zombie movie—not in the normal sense. Yes, there are zombies in it —in particular, the title character, played by Abigail Breslin. But these are not the undead we are used to. They are victims of a plague that has swept the planet and has made ordinary people sick—SLOWLY. They may no longer eat, but they can still talk and think and love. They don't shuffle, and neither do they move ultra-fast as in World War Z.' They are simply people who are dying.Against this backdrop you have a father, played beautifully and with quiet strength by Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is determined to keep his daughter not only alive, but SAFE for as long as possible. In doing so, he drives away his wife and their two small children, manages to earn the scorn of the police and quite possibly risks his own life. Because when the day comes that Maggie "turns"—and that day will come—he will be forced to either take her to a quarantine facility, where they will end her life with a death cocktail, or deal with her in his own way at home.If there's one lesson that 'Maggie' teaches us, it's that family and friends matter— especially in times of crisis. This movie didn't have to be about zombies. Wade and his daughter could have ended up exactly in the same situation as a result of worldwide famine, cataclysmic climate change or End Times. It doesn't matter. For me, the poignancy is most present in those quiet moments when Wade and his daughter are sharing a memory or a laugh. It's when he desperately tries to get her to eat something to keep up her strength. And it's when she's starting to turn and he exhorts her to fight and stay human.'Maggie' bombed at the box office. As of this writing (July 2015), it has earned only $187,112 domestic, according to BoxOfficeMojo. And that's a shame. I think perhaps LionsGate may not have known how best to market this film. I sympathize, though. As soon as you say "zombie" and Arnold Schwarzenegger, audiences are going to have certain expectations. I wouldn't be surprised if they were thinking guns, brains, and lots and lots of blood. Too bad. This movie is not that.I'm really hoping 'Maggie' does well on video. It deserves an audience—the RIGHT audience.