Maggie (2015)

In the unspecified near future, a virus decimates the population as the survivors struggle to stave off the infection by quarantining the victims in what are essentially concentration death camps. In this post apocalyptic world, a farmer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) tries to protect his infected daughter (Abigail Breslin) until the inevitable moment. Directed by graphics designer Henry Hobson in his directorial debut. Poor Schwarzenegger! He gives a career best performance in a film no one saw. He disappears into his role of a distraught father, there's no "Ahnold" to be found. Which begs the question, was there ever going to be an audience for this kind of movie? The art house crowd wouldn't be caught dead at a "zombie" movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and the multiplex crowd would be bored to death. There are no action sequences (Arnold doesn't grab a gun and annihilate zombies), no horror, just a slow methodical march to an inevitable downbeat conclusion. The closest film cousin would be Cronenberg's THE FLY. It's a dark and grim film, literally. All dull browns, grays and greens and even the skies seems perpetually overcast. I liked it but damn, did it leave me depressed. With Joely Richardson (looking more like her mother with each passing year), Douglas M. Griffin, Bryce Romero and Raeden Greer.