The Returned

2014 "Neither Zombies Nor Humans"
The Returned
5.9| 1h38m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 14 February 2014 Released
Producted By: Castelao Productions
Country: Spain
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Revenue: 0
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In a post-zombie world, where the infected live normal lives, their retroviral drug is running out.

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Michael Ledo During the first zombie outbreak that we don't get to see, over 100 million people died. A drug was found to control the disease. There is a catch. The drug must be injected every 36 hours or the person reverts. There is a short supply of the drug as it is derived from the spinal column of dead zombies. Kate (Emily Hampshire) is a doctor who treats "the Returned" and has a boyfriend Alex ( Kris Holden-Ried) who is a music teacher and one of them.Kate buys treatments under the table. She has to battle against the societal prejudice against "zombies" which has become a politically incorrect word. It takes about 40 minutes to develop the plot and character.The film has parallels to homophobia and various prejudices, after all who wants their sister to marry a zombie? There are anti-return groups and killings.The main problem is when the movie picks up it still moves slow. I kept waiting for something to catch and hold my interest. The ending was a yawn in spite of the attempt at being a dramatic twist. Not exactly a zombie film.Parental Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity
jbgetty This is a different breed of Zombie flick, one that's rather refreshing. I would like to preface that as long as you're not going into this movie expecting zombies in every scene followed by hollow points, you should be able to enjoy this.The main characters are acted very well and I must say the cinematography was par to big Hollywood too. And yes some of the twists did get me by surprise. Go into this movie wanting to enjoy it and don't look past the actors to figure out the next turn and I think you'll be happy you did. I haven't reviewed a title in awhile but was pleasantly surprised with this one and think it deserves a much better rating than 5.9.PS. and as another reviewer mentioned, I couldn't stop thinking the main character was Chris Martin the entire movie.
Liam Blackburn Just why?....why is a movie like this even made....The plot is so predictable, the characters are one dimensional, why.....oh why. THe only good things about this movie are the soundtrack and the cinematography. These aspects are done very well. So if this is a movie made to showcase someone's camera work and musicianship then it is a success. But clearly, we all know that isn't the case. No.....some human, actually wrote this screenplay and got behind the camera to direct this movie. I don't want to know who this person/people is/are. But whom ever they are....they should choose another career, because they are not good at it. This movie and others like it get made all the time....most likely by people who inherited large sums of money and fancy themselves arteeests....BUt no....no they are not. Just another example of the proliferation of humans, we need a zombie apocalypse to weed out these redundant minds, please zombies awake.
SylvstrCt If you enjoy watching paint dry than this movie is for you. There was nothing entertaining that happened during the entire movie. I kept waiting for something to happen and besides the Canadian scenery nothing did. It's impossible to care about any of the characters and I kept wondering why this doctor would destroy her life for a music teacher loser. The concept was interesting but the execution was a complete failure. As seen with the Walking Dead, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later you can add drama to a zombie story and make it successful. It was not funny, dramatic, sad, scary, or anything that makes a movie entertaining. Watch Odd Thomas, not great, but entertaining.