‘Patient Zero’ Trailer: Matt Smith And Natalie Dormer Meet Zombie Stanley Tucci
The zombie genre has been done to death, but every now and then, someone comes up with a clever way to revive it.Patient Zeromight be such a film – it takes your standard zombie-style outbreak, and adds an interesting new twist to it. It also featuresStanley Tuccias a very cool cigarette smoking zombie, so it has that going for it. Watch thePatient Zerotrailer below.
Patient Zero Trailer
First thing’s first:Patient Zeroisn’ttechnicallya “zombie” film, but come on. Based on everything going on here, it’s clearly following your standard zombie movie format – an outbreak turns normal humans into a bloodthirsty horde of ghouls. Been there, done that – right? But wait!Patient Zerohas a twist! In the film,Matt Smithplays a man who was bitten by one of the zombies, butdidn’tturn into a zombie himself. However, Smith’s character has been blessed with special abilities that enable him to communicate with zombies in ways others cannot. That’s a fairly clever premise, at least in terms of modern zombie films, which have grown kind of stale.
Smith joins forces withNatalie Dormerto try and track down the fabled “Patient Zero” – the person who kicked-off this zombie plague. The thinking is that if they can track this individual down, they can find a possible cure. Along they way they cross paths with The Professor, a really well-spoken zombie who smokes cigarettes and seems genuinely chill about this whole “pandemic apocalypse” thing.
Will any of this add up to a good movie? I’m not really sure. This isweirdtrailer – there’s a playful, almost silly tone that I actually find refreshing. I’m alsoreallyinto the idea of Stanley Tucci playing a smooth-talking zombie. But Sony is also pushing the film out on VOD first before a limited theatrical run, which isn’t exactly the best sign. But who knows – maybePatient Zerowill turn out to be the boost the zombie genre needs.
In addition to Smith, Dormer and Tucci,Patient ZerostarsClive Standen,Agyness Deyn,John Bradley,Colin McFarlane,Pippa Bennett-Warner, andJames Northcote.Stefan Ruzowitzkydirects.
Patient Zerohits VODAugust 14, 2018, and opens in select theatersSeptember 14, 2018.
