Review of Fido (2006) by Dustin P — 19 Jan 2011
Clever Canadian zombie flick stars Billy Connolly, assuredly playing titular Fido, boys best friend, who happens to be dead -- or is he? Such questions underlie a script that has more than laughs at its core. Dylan Baker expertly plays the father figure (an archetype this movie is really exploring) who had to kill his own father during the zombie wars in his hometown of Willard (a Night of the Living Dead nod). He's an oblivious dad obsessed with death.
Keen-eyed art direction and color pallette evoke 1950s idyll, contrasted with the horrors of a not-so-nice life of living with zombies. Fido refreshingly puts its story before the body count and it has more depth than others of its kind. As the other father figure, owner of zombie control company ZomCon, says, "this is about containment." And Fido is also about breaking free of it.
This review of Fido (2006) was written by Dustin P on 19 Jan 2011.
Fido has generally received positive reviews.
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