Maggie - starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin (1 Viewer)

spshultz · Mar 25, 2015

It's always hard to judge a movie just by a trailer but I will admit I think this is going to be good. And I always enjoy when an actor or actress known for a specific style of movie is asked to step outside of that and do something very different such as Sylvester Stallone in Cop Land which I loved.

Sean Bryan · Mar 25, 2015

Looks interesting. I'm in.

joshEH · Mar 26, 2015

The Walking Dad.

Tino · Apr 8, 2015

Reminiscent of "The Last Of Us" video game. Looks interesting.

Michael Elliott · May 10, 2015

My girlfriend and I went to see this last night. It was decent ** 1/2 (out of 4) and Arnold gives a very good performance but in the end it just didn't work as well as it should have. I think drama mixed with horror can work extremely well and I've said for years that the greatest thing about THE EXORCIST was the "drama" in the film. Meaning the mother having to struggle to take care of a child who is sick. This film tries to go for that same type of thing but it's incredibly slow pace just really doesn't help it. It's worth watching but I think the story could have been handled much better.

Tony J Case · May 11, 2015

I thought Ah-nold was very strong in this - it was a bit akin to Stalone in the first (and very last) Rocky. Everyone expects rock-em, sock-em against Mr T where he beats up Russia and saves The American Way -but the first one is a very quiet, very tender performance. Same thing here, for the first 15 minutes, I expected "Remembah when I shaid I'd khill you lhast? I lied!" and "GET TO THA CHOPPPAAA!" but quickly got used to a reigned in Arnold who has quite some chops on him. His zombie co-lead was really solid too - good performances all around.

The movie, eh - it was ok. Didnt break any new ground, should have been stronger - not bad, not awesome. Just kind of meh.

SamT · Jul 29, 2015

Just watched this movie. It was amazing. I was expecting a decent movie, I was kind of surprised that it was better but that happens and I was glad that it turned out to be good. The movie progresses and later I was absolutely surprised when it turned out not just being good but much more. I give it 10/10. This movie makes you think about so many things. It did not bore me for one sec and I was able to watch it with no effort at all.

The last movie that surprised me this much was Philomena (2013) (10/10).

Vegas 1 · Jul 29, 2015

I also enjoyed this film, not your usual Zombie flick. I'm an Arnold fan so anything he is in I watch at least once.

CyberRube2 · Aug 5, 2015

Vegas 1 said:
I also enjoyed this film, not your usual Zombie flick. I'm an Arnold fan so anything he is in I watch at least once.

Same here. I actually thought it was a very interesting movie.

Tino · Sep 7, 2015

It was ok. Nowhere near as good as I hoped it would be. Interesting idea and good performances but slow pace and poor ending hurt it a lot. Could have been so much better. I would give it 6/10.

Josh Steinberg · Sep 7, 2015

I liked it but didn't love it - definitely a one-time-only movie for me. That said, I thought Arnold was fantastic and it was worth seeing for his beautifully understated performance.

Never thought I'd see an indie zombie movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger told in the style of Terence Malick!

andySu · Sep 8, 2015

Remember Zombie, when I promised to kill you last?

Grrrr, ekkkkk.

I lied.

[Ekkkk OOH LA LLAAHHHHHH!]

Tino · Sep 8, 2015

One scene at the end really ticked me off.

SPOILER

So we have seen Arnold earlier sleep very lightly even being woken by Maggie standing in the doorway.

Then to create false suspense at the end we have Maggie walking down the stairs, hovering over Arnold breathing and weezing. Then she kisses his forehead and he doesn't wake up!

Cut to him a few moments later and he's up, putting a shell into the shotgun. WTF. And that's his last scene.

Really weakened the film for me. I can suspend disbelief but that just didn't fly for me. [emoji107]

SamT · Sep 8, 2015

The end was the best part of the movie.

Tino · Sep 8, 2015

For you Sam. Not for me. It was the weakest part I thought. Still a good movie worth seeing.

Tino · Sep 8, 2015

I liked the relationships in the film. That was the strongest element of the film. And the story, despite the poor ending, went into new areas not normally explored in this genre. That was nice to see.

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