Review of Pontypool (2009) by Ray S — 06 May 2010
Unique enough to not be your typical zombie movie, but enough corpses walking around to fit the genre. Having the whole story based in a radio station with most of the information and people-eating going on out of sight adds a creepiness that plain gore simply canâ??t achieve. The acting is tremendous and the characters well rounded, carrying you through the entire hour and a half.
WARNING: SPOILER.
The premise for this movie seems like something the writer came up with while high: What if words had the power of disease? The concept is interesting, certain English words as the conduit for a virus and once those words are understood the listeners become raging cannibals. Itâ??s a nice twist in the genre, but conceptually isnâ??t followed through to the end of the film. The last moments in particular are too ambiguous to give real closure.
This review of Pontypool (2009) was written by Ray S on 06 May 2010.
Pontypool has generally received positive reviews.
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