The Girl with All the Gifts

First nice notch of 2017. You would think that the zombie genre has nothing to offer for so many years and only last year we got excellent representatives of the genre from Korea and Japan, now it's the British. There are some pretty intelligent filmmakers behind this film, serving up a completely new and different take on the zombie plague, it's brimming with interesting and innovative ideas and when it comes to action there's no shortage of bloody headshots. The acting performances are above average for a horror film, especially the lead girl is very decent and although the film has a slower pace, you don’t get bored. I would have liked to see the zombie kids at the end in a separate film, they gave me the creeps. Story 7/10, Atmosphere 7/10, Gore 6/10, Visuals 6/10, Action 6/10, Suspense 7/10, Humor 0/10. Entertainment 6/10, Scares 0/10. 70%. (07.01.2017)

Zombie nonsense in a typically British style. In some of the action sequences, of which there are very few, you feel like you're watching a sequel to Zack Snyder's 2004 hit, but you soon sober up. The pace slows down, the running time drags and the plot doesn't know where to go. One stupidity follows another, but as that bold attempt at a novel contribution to the subgenre, for a few bucks, why not. (29.03.2017)

McCarthy does try to bring something new to the zombie theme, but the question is whether it works well. If you can get through the first boring half hour, you'll get some fairly decent entertainment from the dirty apocalyptic environment. Unfortunately, nothing significant happens there, we only follow a very short journey of one surviving group and their subsequent gradual consumption. I was quite uncomfortable with the scene with zombie children towards the end because I simply didn't like it at all. The final conclusion was also a bit over the top, but all in all, it was watchable. (02.01.2018)

The Girl with All the Gifts doesn't have an outright action-packed pace, but since it's a zombie film, action is certainly present. Much more interesting are the slow scenes, like the one among the walkers, which is truly well-done, although ultimately unnecessarily hysterical. A very well-acted film that also stands out for its originality. In the zombie genre, it's simply a fantastic combination that's worth it. (30.05.2017)

Solid zombie flick, but, considering the good foreign reviews and the above-average rating for a horror film in IMDB, I was expecting more. And compared to the new wave of great zombie classics like Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead, or Boyle’s 28 Days Later, this new film is streets behind. The premise is solid, it brings a couple of nice and interesting things to the sub-genre, but the execution doesn’t deliver anything new. It’s so bland in terms of direction and creativity, that it gave me the impression of a slightly bigger TV production. While I was writing this, I had a look at the résumé of Colm McCarthy, the director, and I see that my impression was correct. (07.01.2017)