Patient Zero

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Movie Info

A supervirus has turned humankind into highly intelligent, streamlined killers, and an asymptomatic victim who can communicate with the infected must lead the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure.

Rating:

R (for bloody violence, language, and some sexual content)
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Drama, Horror
Directed By:

Stefan Ruzowitzky
Written By:

Mike Le
In Theaters:

Sep 14, 2018 limited
On Disc/Streaming:

Oct 23, 2018
Studio:

Vertical Entertainment

Cast

Natalie Dormer
as Dr. Gina Rose

Stanley Tucci
as The Professor

Clive Standen
as Knox

John Bradley
as Scooter

Critic Reviews for Patient Zero

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (5)

A post-apocalyptic pandemic movie that's more grade-Z than "World War Z."

September 13, 2018 | Full Review…

Geoff Berkshire
Los Angeles Times
Top Critic
Patient Zero wets an appetite to see similar films, but certainly not to rewatch the film itself.

October 20, 2018 | Full Review…

Nathan Crawford
Film Inquiry
This quasi-zombie action movie eventually wanders cluelessly off track, but, as it consists mainly of yelling, sudden loud noises, and camera-shaking, it gets aggravating long before that happens.

September 21, 2018 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Jeffrey M. Anderson
Common Sense Media
...has enough good moments for a short subject or a trailer, but the movie itself feels like an overlong rough cut of filmed rehearsals.

September 19, 2018 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Steve Biodrowski
Cinefantastique
You've seen it all before, "rage infection" wise, although maybe not with Stanley Tucci as the aggressor.

August 27, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Scott Weinberg
Bloody Disgusting
Patient Zero clearly belongs nowhere near a big screen but it's eighty minutes of watchable home entertainment that's not likely to feel like a complete waste of time.

August 24, 2018 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Paul Mount
Starburst

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Audience Reviews for Patient Zero

Aug 27, 2019

A modern update of Day of the Dead, Patient Zero is a frightening horror-thriller. In the aftermath of a rage virus that turns people rabid, a secret underground military base experiments on the infected looking for a cure; but when they discover an Infected who's intelligent and doesn't react like the others they start to question everything they think they know. Featuring Natalie Dormer and Stanley Tucci, the film has a pretty strong cast, and the writers do a good job at setting up the post-apocalyptic world and the Infection. Additionally, the action scenes are well-done and full of suspense. Yet the blood and gore never gets gratuitous (as most zombie/virus films want to do). Patient Zero is a smart and exciting Romero-esque horror film.

Dann M Super Reviewer
Mar 09, 2019

If you want to read the review I wrote for this, go to letterboxd.com/HankIsDead514. I can no longer post long reviews on here and I'm not writing two separate reviews for the same movie.

Jesse O Super Reviewer
May 04, 2016

The concept was a much better idea than the actual film. Watching this film you get the idea that there are better zombie movies out there and this is one of the bad ones. I can't understand why they decided to make a film like this, the acting is bland and the promise of Tucci as the villain was an empty promise. I can't recommend this as a guilty thriller/horror film, it never attempts to be campy or fun for that matter. Matt Smith might have been an interesting choice for the central role but he is provided nothing but a gimmicky role. A missed opportunity is an understatement and I was unimpressed with the choices made by the filmmaker, who was not the right choice. This a film destined to be ignored and avoided, I thought it might have been released under the radar thanks to execs missing the point but watching it you can now understand why this was swept under the rug. 14/09/2018.

Brendan N Super Reviewer