westsideschl I felt dead after watching this so how do I return from the undead to the living? Dunno, except it seems that the virus turning humans into zombies will never be a dead (or is it undead?) genre in the money making film dead world. Lots of cheap film making "talking heads" camera time w/a very few fake blood on mouths scenes to remind us what is suppose to be going on.

matteoferuglio-98665 As it was said, it's not original. I think it's more inspired by 28 DAYS LATER, where people where infected and not zombies. Zombies by definition are undead, and the Cured here were been cured from a virus. Said that, I believe there is a massive plot hole in the movie, and quite a terrible one. When there is a virus around, if u have the cure, you vaccinate people ok? So e.g. you were vaccinated against the chickenpox so you won't get sick. Now in the film they had found a cure for the virus and they don't think to vaccinate the whole population to prevent another outbreak? Why would you inject the antivirus only to the sick people? Tz tz, after that thought I simply skipped to the end.

huntgod Someone clearly watched the fantastic BBC mini series In the Flesh and then saw The Returned and decided for some reason to make damn near the same movie. If I had not seen In the Flesh and The Returned I would have found this to be a fresh take on an overworked genre, instead it's a retread that is not as good as the ones that came before.It isn't a bad movie, it's just there are better treatments of the same material, so watch In The Flesh and The Returned, then give this a go.It's well acted and directed, but just doesn't handle the material or approach as well.

clunishouse-95396 The cast in this post-apocalyptic fare are brilliant... the story itself has so many opportunities to bring itself out of its very mundane direction, but very few are ever exploited.There are themes of Irish history, innate violence, self destructiveness, delusion, illusion and brutality etc etc, the elemental fibres that channel and should give momentum to the narrative of this 'not-so-genre' piece. They are there, but seem to be more a part of the everyday townscape rather than a juxtaposition against it.Ellen page is always worth watching (despite comments elsewhere), and it is her work, along with Sam Keeley's, that just pushes this film over the line. They and the rest of this fine cast, work to bring characterisation and depth to a script and direction that is lacking in both.The slow pace and melancholic palette are not out of place. The rural suburban set is also suitably shambolic, but interesting nonetheless. The costuming and make-up are well crafted, with just enough gore, veins and brains splattered about.Ultimately the film is not just about zombies and politics, but wants to ask questions about the human condition. But for this to be successful, it needed to have dynamics, it needed to have a directors bag with more experience in it, better production and editing, and above all, an understanding of how to approach and successfully create a narrative that is succinct, self aware and to the subject.Not an amorphous ball of ideas and body parts rolling aimlessly down the cobble-stones of a provincial Irish road.The film does work on some levels but not on the ones it needs to. Nevertheless I hope more of this slow-cooking narrative, not served up on a trowel fare, is coming our way...