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  • 2014
  • TAJJ Media
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2014
  • TAJJ Media
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary The Returned is set in a post-zombie world where a treatment called the “Return Protein” can stop the spread of the virus if injected quickly after infection, but cannot cure it. With daily injections, the “Returned” are able to live relatively normal lives, but with brutal attacks at the hands of Anti-Return groups and rumors that prote...

Directed By: Manuel Carballo

Written By: Hatem Khraiche

  • 2014
  • TAJJ Media
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2014
  • TAJJ Media
  • 1 h 38 m

The Returned

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
47
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 12 User Ratings
5.3
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Summary The Returned is set in a post-zombie world where a treatment called the “Return Protein” can stop the spread of the virus if injected quickly after infection, but cannot cure it. With daily injections, the “Returned” are able to live relatively normal lives, but with brutal attacks at the hands of Anti-Return groups and rumors that prote...

Directed By: Manuel Carballo

Written By: Hatem Khraiche

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
47
22% Positive
2 Reviews
67% Mixed
6 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
47
22% Positive
2 Reviews
67% Mixed
6 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review

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63
Mar 27, 2014
The Returned can’t transcend its packaging as a genre piece: It swaps out an entire set of horror-movie manoeuvres for trite, TV-style thriller tricks.
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63
Feb 14, 2014
It is less of a horror flick and more of a suspense thriller with sci-fi elements that possesses both brains–some sacrificed in messy fashion, of course–and a heart, as it makes a statement about an imaginary social issue that reflects those conflicts facing our country today.
By Susan Wloszczyna FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 11, 2014
The film suffers from a series of unsatisfying endings, but it's nonetheless refreshing to see a zombie movie with brains behind the camera instead of on the menu.
By Rob Staeger FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 20, 2014
Though well put together -- it keeps up the interest throughout and offers much food for thought -- the film lacks the authentically unsettling note that would have made it stand out.
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42
Feb 17, 2014
There is something potentially special in the elements of The Returned, with its allusions to class and social structures, and stigmas held around people with certain afflictions. But it merely nods toward them with no commentary or depth.
By Kevin Jagernauth FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 13, 2014
There’s a sluggishness to The Returned throughout, attributable to generally weak acting and a plot that requires a lot of exposition.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
38
Feb 9, 2014
It proves that the zombie narrative is still capable of subversion, but does so with the laziest, Lifetime-grade intimations of social relevance.
By Ed Gonzalez FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 12 User Ratings
5.3
33% Positive
4 Ratings
42% Mixed
5 Ratings
25% Negative
3 Ratings

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 12 User Ratings
5.3
33% Positive
4 Ratings
42% Mixed
5 Ratings
25% Negative
3 Ratings

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Production Company Ramaco Media I, Castelao Pictures, Somnium Films, Canspan Film Factory
Release Date Feb 14, 2014
Duration 1 h 38 m
Genres
Tagline Neither Zombies Nor Humans
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Awards

Nevermore Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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