Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Nigel P This shares a title with the acclaimed French film/television series 'The Returned', but other than that, these projects are not connected.This picture works on many levels: it is about the lengths people will go to to protect themselves, about fear, stigma, about hopelessness – and about dead eyed zombies eating people. In a climate where Living Dead films have flooded the market, it is to be applauded when a project attempts to try something different with the genre.In a post-zombie environment, a serum 'The Return Protein' has been developed which – if administered in time – will allow any infected person to live a normal existence, provided they inject the drug daily for the rest of their lives. This, of course, costs a great deal of money, which causes resentment and protest among 'normal people'. Thus, with this film, being bitten could be a metaphor for many present day prejudices, and works very well with that in mind.Kate (Emily Hampshire) and Alex (Kris Holden-Reid) are living with the disease, as Alex is 'a returned'. As such, he faces stigma and hatred on a daily basis. As supplies of the protein become scarce, his life is also the subject of much envy from others. Even his best friend Jacob (an excellent tortured performance from Shawn Doyle) is so afraid of losing his partner Amber (Claudia Bassols), he is driven to take measures that not only betray his friend, but also prove to be utterly futile.The desperation of human kind, and the control money has over peoples' lives are the real monsters here. Actual zombies are featured so infrequently, there are times when 'The Returned' seems to dissolve into a series of endless, intense conversations. But the viewer is advised to stay with this, because the build-up to the finale is edge-of-the-seat stuff. Although the ending appears to provide closure of sorts, the very human desire for revenge means that the story is far from over even as the credits role.

Argemaluco Filmax is a Spanish studio specialized in independent horror cinema, usually shot in English in order to increment the perspectives of international distribution. And even though I haven't always enjoyed Filmax movies, I have noticed a progressive increment in the quality of its productions. What takes me to The Returned, an entertaining zombie film which leaves aside the sub-genus clichés in order to explore the economical and cultural consequences of a "post-post-apocalyptic" world, in which society recovered itself from the crisis, even though the danger for it to happen again is there. And naturally, that threat promotes the prejudices and intolerance from some people who would prefer to isolate the "returned" ones in concentration camps... or even better, kill them before they spread their disease to other ones. That isn't a new idea; the films Les Revenants and American Zombie had employed a similar premise. But The Returned might be the one which has approached the metaphors about racism, paranoid analogies to AIDS and the references to the Holocaust with the most vehemence. Unfortunately, the second half of The Returned abandons the global approach in order to focus into the problems of a couple desperate to supply themselves of the anti-virus before the general population finds out about its impending shortage. The screenplay keeps being interesting, but it loses credibility due to two very forced twists (one of them is predictable, and the other one is absurd) and the hollow sentimentality of the conclusion, which feels absolutely artificial and prefabricated. Nevertheless, I think I can give a moderate recommendation to The Returned because of its unusual handling of the zombies, competent performances and Manuel Carballo's adequate direction. This isn't the best film produced by Filmax (I think that one would be REC so far), but I consider it a decent horror film.

jbgetty This is a different breed of Zombie flick, one that's rather refreshing. I would like to preface that as long as you're not going into this movie expecting zombies in every scene followed by hollow points, you should be able to enjoy this.The main characters are acted very well and I must say the cinematography was par to big Hollywood too. And yes some of the twists did get me by surprise. Go into this movie wanting to enjoy it and don't look past the actors to figure out the next turn and I think you'll be happy you did. I haven't reviewed a title in awhile but was pleasantly surprised with this one and think it deserves a much better rating than 5.9.PS. and as another reviewer mentioned, I couldn't stop thinking the main character was Chris Martin the entire movie.

suite92 Twenty years after the zombie apocalypse, there is an edgy steady state. There is a treatment that holds the zombie virus in check, but it is not a cure. It needs to be taken everyday, roughly speaking. The inevitable question is, will the supply give out?So we have another film about the politics of scarcity. There are anti-zombie protesters, and pro-zombie protesters. There are political factions to go along with the protesters (or perhaps the other way around). Even worse, there are groups in the two factions willing to kill to achieve their goals.The mechanism for making the treatment comes from the bodies of recently deceased Returned individuals (those who got the virus, but got the treatment in time). Since the program became more successful, fewer deaths have occurred among the returned. Hence the success of the program undermines its continuance. In another thread, a fully synthetic alternate treatment is being developed. The problem is, it has not been developed quickly enough to take up the failure of the original program.The film follows Kate, a physician who helps the Returned, and her husband Alex, who is secretly one of the Returned. A group breaks into the hospital, kills many of the Returned, and steals the database of the names, addresses, and contact information of a large number of the Returned. This puts Alex in danger.As the supply of treatments fails, Kate and Alex face many challenges to preserve Alex's life and to stay out of military prison camps. Will they succeed? Will the new treatments be perfected in time?-----Scores-----Cinematography: 9/10 Very nice camera work.Sound: 8/10 No problems.Acting: 9/10 Good performances all around, especially from Kris Holden-Reid and Emily Hampshire.Screenplay: 8/10 Well-written, with good pacing for a thriller; both thoughtful and gut-wrenching. This is one of the best zombie films I have seen.