"The Cured" is an Irish film by David Freyne which looks after the world after the zombie outbreak has occurred. It's his first feature, adapted from a short he made called "The First Wave".
The Maze virus has ripped through the world and Ireland was particularly hard-hit. A new cure has been developed which restores 75% of the infected to normalcy, although they are cursed with retaining the memories of their actions during the time of infection (the plague has more in common with the world of "28 Days Later" than "The Walking Dead" or Romero's creations. These are fast zombies!).
The Cured are back in society but are under heavy surveillance, out of fear that they will revert or repulsion about what they've done. There is also the open question of what can be done about the 25% of the infected population that is resistant to the cure, with a culling operation planned.
It's the above part of the story that is handled best in the screenplay. They did a great job of dressing Dublin as an occupied city, still under some form of martial law.
The narrative focuses on one of the Cured and his relationship with his late brother's wife and newborn child (what she didn't realize at the beginning was that he had torn his brother apart while under the spell of the virus).
I didn't think this worked as well and lost interest with the film when the inevitable chaos of the third act descended. That said, there was enough here to suggest that Freyne could be someone to watch in the future.
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