Sunday 16 July 2017

Not your usual fungal infection

The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

Directed by Colm McCarthy this film based on the novel of the same name stars Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine and Glenn Close. Following a fungus based zombie apocalypse at an army base in England experiments are run on children that are human-zombie hybrids.

In a crowded genre it is nice to see this film bringing something slightly different to the plate although it does explore the common sci-fi theme of generational conflict. I enjoyed the film and the story works well, teasing out a creepy scenario into something a bit deeper. There are decent performances from the cast and for the low budget the film looks really good.


4/5

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