Relicui Mei

Pontypool changes everything. Pontypool is a wintry, claustrophobic, Canadian... well, I will call it a "zombie" film, although the nature of the zombifying agent is... unique. Extremely unusual, in fact, and that makes Pontypool a much more thoughtful film than most. That alone would make Pontypool a worthwhile watch, but the stage play-like setting, the odd and powerful performances of the principals and their small but quirky cast of supporting characters. Pouring one out for you, Ken in your Sunshine Chopper. I wouldn't leave my kids with you, but nobody should have to go the way you did. Zombie flicks are often gore fests, but that is not the case with Pontypool , which has virtually NO on-screen gore or violence. In the immortal words of Nikos The Impaler's Brunette Cop: "I hate that violent sh*t!" Pontypool is an intellectual, conceptual film. Does it fully succeed on that level? I'm not sure; but the attempt is a valiant and high memorable o...