SummaryThe 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 protein stock ... Read More
Directed By:Manuel Carballo
Written By:Hatem Khraiche
The Returned
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47
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
47
22% Positive
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67% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Mar 27, 2014
63
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.
Feb 14, 2014
63
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.
Feb 11, 2014
60
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.
Jan 20, 2014
60
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.
Feb 17, 2014
42
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.
Feb 13, 2014
40
There’s a sluggishness to The Returned throughout, attributable to generally weak acting and a plot that requires a lot of exposition.
Feb 9, 2014
38
It proves that the zombie narrative is still capable of subversion, but does so with the laziest, Lifetime-grade intimations of social relevance.
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Mar 15, 2014
7
Okay was looking for a zombie flick saw this and read it's premise and decided to give it a go. You know what, it wasn't that bad. It takes the already dulling zombie genre and injects a bit of "life" into it by giving you a sceanrio where the zombie outbreak has already happened and humanity had the brains to overcome it and find a way to control it. We get to see a world (well just a city actually) where those who were once zombie infected now live among those who never got bitten. Obviously there's tension between those who are infected and those who are pure. It creates some tense moments, but it kinda takes a dive by the delivery of the actors. They're not horrible by any means it's just in some scenes they seem over the top. If you're looking for shots of terrific zombie gore this isn't for you. This movie plays out as more of a drama along the lines of the Walking Dead (actually it's better than most of this season) but will keep you entertained to the end. The ending of this film is actually quite good and nicely caps off the movie. Not the bloodiest zombie movie, but one of the smartest.
Oct 7, 2025
3
The “black nurse” in the captions. Does she not have a name? If she were German would it say the “German nurse”?
