The Returned (2014)

Too many fans seem to be blown away

Good start, but then it gets ruined

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

I honestly loved the first half, rather two-third of the movie. Its different and complex and doesn't have many unrelated scenes. I mean, I loved how it stayed on the topic rather than straying to cheap story lines like many movies do. Now, the sad part, the sad part is that the movie had such great potential to be great but this one mistake just took 4 stars out of its rating. My point is that throughout the movie the viewer is made to realize that the antidote is the only precious thing in the world and suddenly the lead-lady **spoiler** starts taking it as lightly as it was a normal pack of crisps available everywhere. "Once Bitten Twice Shy" is an idiom based on real life rational humans, thus after the couple faces the brunt of their carelessness and excessive trust once, they both should have been extra extra careful. As opposed to Yelling on the phone about the dozes obtained and their number too. Also after that too, such a delicately packed glass tubes which are extremely hard to get and people are actually killing for it, is kept under the seat or in the trunk or hidden in some bag or something not put on the front seat for display. Also, if one expects the government to make an announcement about the antidote synthesis, one would at least wait until then to shoot a loved one, if one actually is able to. Generally though, I liked the movie, just the ending or say penultimate scenes were unsatisfactory.

The premise of this movie is that people infected with the zombie virus can keep their zombie-like predilections at bay by daily injections of a super-drug. The drug is in short supply and people are getting jittery. This is where the zombie element of the movie begins and ends.This isn't The Walking Dead or The day of the Dead. it is essentially a film about AIDS. The zombie infection is a none too subtle metaphor for the paranoia that gripped the world back in the 80s, when AIDS sufferers were feared and shunned in equal measures.If you are expecting a 'brains, nom nom' type of zombie film, you'll be disappointed. If you can deal with a parable about a dark period in our human evolution you might enjoy it.And try as I might, I could not get Chris Martin out of my mind every time the lead character was on screen. :)

Like most, when I started this movie, I was very skeptical. I thought it was just another throw away on netflix. I was wrong. This film is very unique and to be very honest, I completely different type of movie. If you are looking for a ultraviolet flick, this is not it. If you are looking for a thought provoking and honest film that deals with the emotional conflicts that would arise from a world of 2 classes, one with dormant infection ( like aids but worse) and one that is normal, then this is your film! I enjoyed the acting, and the fresh take on a age old idea. I like how it explores both the view points of the spouses and doctors of the infected with real depth. For the few scenes with infected, the makeup is great! The infected act like zombies, yet they aren't the point of the film. Rather infection, which becomes active when people who were infected with the virus during the outbreak fail to take their treatments acts a a fear for everyone in the film. The film deals with how we as a people deal with that, and what happens when we no longer have the resources to provide the infected with their medication. In short, this is a great and outstanding film! Please watch it!

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.