Patient Zero

Patient Zero is part horror movie, but also part study of a new junction, in a genre that might as well has been dried up as much as the corpses in The Walking Dead.

In this movie, the cast is pretty ambitious, with stars such as Matt Smith and Stanley Tucci. They take their roles seriously, which adds to the atmosphere and credibility of the people, the zombies, and Matt Smith who is part of both, siding with the humans. The movie zooms in less on terror effects, but all the more on the intelligence, motivations and coherence of this new zombie breed.

In Patient Zero, the watcher with at least some attention span, will be forced to wonder: who the zombies are, why they are and what they want. Not all questions will be answered, but the fact that this movie raises those questions, is a success on its own. Is this a very good movie? Absolutely not. Is it an interesting movie, that will leave you wanting to know more? Yes. Maybe this movie would've been better as a series, but for now, this movie succeeds in being pretty damn interesting, in a dried up genre.

This movie by any means isn't the BEST but it's also not terrible. Okay so the plot isn't awesome but it is to say the least entertaining. Basic zombie movie. They should turn it into a show. I'd watch it over The walking Dead any day!

This production has its biggest deficiency in missing directing. It seems that the director here could not contribute much, except a vision of the underground environment. Leading the actors or improving the script wasn't on his agenda, I assume. The plot isnn't really elaborated, the script not very mature, the main actors don't show that much involvement, and production values are not the best. The whole movie is bit of a mess, but surprisingly, it wasn't that bad, Though most things here are cliché, beginning with the charcters, to the relations and most of the dialogs, which sometimes seem to be taken from a Lego construction kit for post-apocalyptic movies, there are some little enhancements, which save the movie from total failing. One enhancement is of course Stanley Tucci's part, who has the easiest work, as the script serves him and him only, where it works against Smith and Dormer for most of their lines - and they both aren't charismatic enough to compensate. But many reviews here criticize the accents, and that is the one point I wouldn't ever do, since it hastn't any real impact on a movie's quality. The premise itself is flawed, as the virus doesn't kill or zombify people, but makes them violent - but not against already infected ones, as it seems (it is said that they roam the surface in packs). So it is a mild Apocalypse, after which we all may live together again but with much roaring and grumbling. Doesn't sound that gruesome for me.

I feel there are a few elements that will make or break a film. One of them is music, which this movie completely failed at. Being engrossed when watching a film is very important to me but the music choices often took me "out of the zone" because it was just... so CHEESY.

That being said, it was a fun film with good acting and decent writing. Exactly what you would expect from the genre with a different twist and perspective, which I often appreciate.

Note on the negative reviews for Matt Smith's accent. It sounds odd because, I think (and this is a strong belief only), he is affecting a very specific accent from a US region referenced in the beginning.

Aside from the negative reiews, I took a chance on the film due to the actors and have no regrets.

I assume everyone with a 1 star review is not into this type of film or has created a film experience that is worthy of a 10 star review. This movie is exactly what you would expect. It was late one evening and I wanted to watch something fun. I saw this movie and decided to look up reviews. I had to think about it for a bit due to the horrid reviews, decided to go with it... turned it on and was entertained the whole time... simple as that. I'd even watch a sequel.