Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Midwestern farmer Wade Vogel, whom we meet early on bringing his lost-now-found teenage daughter Maggie (Abigail Breslin) back home with a nasty bite on her arm that's ominous for reasons more than mere chance of gangrenous infection. You see, she has been bitten by someone infected by a deadly virus that turns victims to zombies after a couple of months, and without any sign of a cure yet discovered, the best Wade can hope for is to have enjoy what little time he has together with Maggie before she has to be taken in for quarantine.