The Cured [Sub: Eng]
What happens when the undead return to life? In a world ravaged for years by a virus that turns the infected into zombie-like cannibals, a cure is at last found and the wrenching process of reintegrating the survivors back into society begins. Among the formerly afflicted is Senan (Sam Keeley), a young man haunted by the horrific acts he committed while infected...
1967, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
1970, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
22 April 1984
1948, Dublin, Ireland
18 January 1983, Dublin, Ireland
1977, Dublin, Ireland
21 February 1987, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
May 11, 2018
My tolerance for zombie acting and zombie drama in the style of Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later is never all that high, and the tropes are a bit familiar here.
May 10, 2018
Struggles to move beyond genre clichés.
May 09, 2018
Though it doesn't quite achieve its potential, The Cured is troubling as any exploration of such subjects should be. It is also timely and humane.
May 12, 2018
Tense, creepy and layered with historical parallels, this could be the horror film of the year.
March 05, 2018
It's not that writer-director David Freyne is incapable of finesse - "The Cured" has long and affecting passages marked more by sadness and melancholy than horror - but he seems to have misjudged the overtone here.
May 14, 2018
The gory details of this imagined world are just too specific to have any resonance. We're left with a solemn yet pulpy horror flick.
March 01, 2018
"The Cured" drops the politics to become a straight-up zombie flick not nearly as intriguing, though no doubt better for box office.
March 16, 2018
The feelings are right, and that's very much the main thing.
May 12, 2018
Suspenseful and thought-provoking, The Cured is a serious, engaged horror movie. More upsetting than scary, it ratchets up the tension unsettlingly. There's life in zombies yet.
March 08, 2018
Debut director David Freyne has obviously seen entirely too many George Romero movies for his own good.
February 23, 2018
The Cured is going to be a genre film to beat in 2018.
March 21, 2018
At its best, it has the provocative cunning of a "Black Mirror" episode. Unfortunately, "The Cured" becomes less cerebral and more predictably action-oriented in its third act .

