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By Kenneth Seward jr.
Posted: Sep 12, 2018 3:00 pm
Patient Zero is now on Digital and VOD and in theaters September 14.
Patient Zero is an anomaly. Its premise has all of the required ingredients to produce something novel. This includes a fresh take on its villains, a competent director in Stefan Ruzowitzky and a decent cast. Yet somehow, all of these attributes fail at helping Patient Zero live up to its potential.
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, Patient Zero details humanity’s last efforts at combating a new form of rabies. Scientists work around the clock to find a cure in an underground bunker while remnants of the US military provide protection. Infected individuals are kept in cages, only removed to be used as test subjects. This comes to the dismay of Colonel Knox (Clive Standen) who feels that the tests are a waste of time. He doesn’t think they’ll ever find a cure and is hesitant to risk the lives of his men on missions to acquire more specimens. Opposing him is Dr. Gina Rose (Natalie Dormer) and Morgan (Matt Smith), a CDC virologist and the only human who didn’t “turn” after being bitten. They both look to the infected as the key to their survival. Rose believes that she can derive a cure using Morgan’s blood and the original virus strain, the source of which is the first known carrier, aka patient zero. Morgan’s ability to communicate with the infected helps in this regard; they hope that his interrogations will yield information about patient zero’s whereabouts.
Most of Patient Zero’s plot is borrowed from Day of the Dead. A slight change in antagonists – it uses infected individuals in the place of zombies – isn’t enough to hide the similarities to George Romero’s film. What’s interesting though is how writer Mike Le tries to flip this familiar set-up on its head. The captured infected are treated like prisoners of war. Their ragged clothing and self-inflicted wounds act as uniforms. Instead of trying to get them to mimic normal behavior or to remember their past in an attempt to prevent future attacks (like Day of the Dead), the humans engage them on an equal level. The infected aren’t humanized enough to gain sympathy of course; their collective persona is only enough for a slight evolution over their mindless counterparts. That said, their ability to pose a threat to humans is magnified by their ability to reason. Basically, Mike Le has created a more monstrous version of the infected seen in other films.
The elements of a great film, like the fresh take on the zombie/infected monster-type and the potential of some thought-provoking themes, are present. The setting is also ripe for horror. Patient Zero utilizes none of this, instead opting for a mediocre zombie experience. And while I wouldn’t say that the film is boring, it certainly isn’t as excit...
In an underground former missile facility with scientists and survivors from a rabies virus apocalypse, Dr. Gina Rose (Natalie Dormer) is seeking out the patient zero from Minnesota to develop a vaccine.
Sep 14, 2018 · With Matt Smith, Natalie Dormer, John Bradley, Clive Standen. After an unprecedented global pandemic turns the majority of humankind into violent "Infected," a man gifted with the ability to speak the Infected's new language leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure.
- (9.7K)
- Action, Drama, Horror
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
- 2018-09-14
Lots of yelling, jump scares in poor zombie-outbreak movie. Read Common Sense Media's Patient Zero review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Natalie Dormer, Stanley Tucci, Matt Smith
Sep 14, 2018 · Summary After an unprecedented global pandemic has turned the majority of humankind into violent "Infected," a man gifted with the ability to speak the Infected's new language leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure. Action. Drama. Horror. Sci-Fi. Directed By: Stefan Ruzowitzky. Written By: Mike Nguyen Le. Patient Zero.
External links. Patient Zero (film) Patient Zero is a 2018 science fiction horror film directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky and written by Mike Le. The film stars Matt Smith, Natalie Dormer, John Bradley, Stanley Tucci, Agyness Deyn, and Clive Standen.
