Saturday, December 08, 2007
FAITHFUL TO THE END
Today's movie was the wonderful
This Canadian picture is a three way (at least) satire of the world of zombies, the Leave it to Beaver Fifties and the Lassie pictures all scrunched up into one film.
It is funny throughout and never too horrifying.
There is even an understory which has a 1984 sort of feel. When the military industrial complex gears up to solve a problem you have nothing but problems.
Billy Connolly the Scot comic and actor is Fido. Carrie-Anne Moss is the mom. Dylan Baker, one of those guys you see all the time but don't know his name, is the dad. Tim Blake Nelson is the neighbor.
The kid is great. His name is K’Sun Ray. Obviously the child of hippy parents ala the Phoenix family. Although he is actually too young for hippy parents. I am just guessing. What a name for the marquee.
Another thing. As a Fifties survivor, the sets and colors had me feeling quite at home. I was there!
One thing that I liked about this film is that, while there is not a lot of gore, no one seems at all shy about shooting a zombie cold or, if you are a zombie, taking a bite out of a human just like s/he was a hamburger sitting on a table.
I liked this movie a lot. There are many, many LOL moments and that is watching it by myself.
I would give it a 5 but I have a new curve and it would have to be timeless for a the top rating.
It is certainly up to the George Romero films and the first 28 Days Later.
I will give it a 4 out of Netflix5.
