PontyPool: Terrible Name Great Zombie Flick

I love zombie movies. Sure, there's a lot of terrible ones out there but recently I have found quite a few that rock such as the Swedish flick Dead Snow, Romero's Diary of the Dead, and Breck Eisner's better than expected The Crazies. But now comes this small, smart Canadian import PontyPool. Stephen McHattie, a great character actor plays Massey, the new DJ at some small radio station in Ontario. His Producer Syndney Briar (Lisa Houle) and assistant Laurel Ann (Georgina Reilly) are the main three characters who occupy the radio station where almost the entire movie takes place. As the movie progresses, locals call in to report an uprising at a local Doctor office. We never see anything more than what the three main characters do, which sets the stage for a deep sense of unease. As the zombie hoard becomes more and more menacing, the small station becomes very claustrophobic. The flock mentality found in the zombies is reminiscent of Stephen King's zombie thriller Cell, which makes me wonder what would have happened had that movie movie gotten made with Eli Roth directing. Rats. How the virus is spread I won't ruin here but it is truly an original idea, full of philosophical and real world implications. How would you protect yourself from a spreading virus that cannot be contained? It's a scary thought. The acting is top notch, the script witty and the tension real. I highly recommend this one

4 out of 5 stars