Patient Zero (2018) Reviews

• Should have never been released

  HerbsReviews2018-08-14

  I've had this movie down on my watchlist for a while now- never knowing why it hadn't been released... till I saw it. Whatever it cost to make this movie- you can tell it all went into paying the cast- the rest looked like it was done by a few college kids as a summer project. Everything about Patient Zero is cheap: the set is cheap (the movie taking place entirely in a dimly lit underground warehouse), the zombies look cheap (splash on yellow contacts with some fake blood), and worst of all: the script. There was no point at all to this film- I wish I had stopped at the opening credits because all you needed to know was there. What happens next is 70 minutes of cheesy dialogue with the fakest American accents and the poorest acting Zombies and Humans, only to have ended with an even more cheesy ending. Save yourself the watch and watch 28 Days- much better.

• Almost didn't watch because of reviews!

  mverellen2018-09-17

  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.

• Shelved for a few years and should have stayed there

  hampersnow-289052018-08-14

  After watching this travesty of a film I did a little research online and this movie was shot back in 2015 and is so bad Sony shelved it. That is all you really need to know, because it should never have left the shelf. How they managed to get some fairly decent actors to star in this can only be explained by an actor's need to eat and pay bills too. There is barely a plot or story, It looks like it was made for TV and not quality TV, but something children might watch in the afternoon. It's one of those movies where there is no budget to film the good and exciting stuff , so much of what has happened is told in voice over , over the opening credits. There is no caring for the characters because there is no build-up. Matt Smith, who is British , tries to do an American accent but just sounds like there are marbles in his mouth. He is awful and Stanley Tucci is just embarrassing himself. I love movies that are so bad they are good, but this is just boring and stupid and I had to struggle to stay awake. Some movies should never see the light of day. Couldn't Sony have taken it as a tax write off and saved me 90 minutes ?

• Why Stanley Tucci? WHY?

  rdietman2018-08-14

  This movie was terrible from the very first line uttered. The story was poorly written, poorly acted and poorly edited. The only reason that this movie isn't a 0 stars is because they somehow managed to get Stanley Tucci on board. That's worth 2 stars alone. On another note, Stanley, fire your agent.

• I wish I could give 0/10

  jackmcmeniman2018-08-14

  I have made an exception to my general stance of steering clear of reviewing movies on IMDb. I understand that viewing a movie can be such a subjective experience, with each viewer generally entitled to their opinion of what is laid before them. And then there is this. The plot line is so mangled and nonsensical, changing its direction every 5-10 minutes, its as if the writers were trying to steer a sinking ship clear of the rocks, but all they managed to do was crash it even quicker. The acting was terrible. Not even a solid cameo role from Stanley Tucci could bring any light into this horror storm. I am generally a fan of Matt Smith, and Natalie Dormer, and I will die wondering what drove them to appear in this movie, were there spouses kidnapped and held for ransom? I have spent enough words writing on this movie now, I implore anyone who reads this to stay as far away from this movie as they can, it is objectively awful. I would rather eat glass than watch it again.