Night Moves / UK premiere

Pontypool

  • Bruce McDonald /
  • Canada /
  • 2008 /
  • 95 mins

Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle, Georgina Reilly, Hrant Alianak, Rick Roberts

Mind your language, there are bloodthirsty zombies present.

Bruce McDonald

Bruce McDonald is a Ryerson University Graduate, born in Kingston, Ontario. He first wowed audiences with his debut film Roadkill in 1989, winning the Best Canadian Feature Award that year at The Toronto International Film Festival. His directing credits include Highway 61 (1991), Hard Core Logo (1996) and The Tracey Fragments (2007), which won him the Manfred Salzgeber Prize at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival.

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  • #1 Stuart Wood / Wednesday 24 June, 2009 / 17:12 GMT

    Great little spin on the zombie genre showing that going smaller is often a better approach than going "Michael Bay".

    Stay till after the end credits to be bewildered.

  • #2 Richard Brunton / Wednesday 24 June, 2009 / 21:48 GMT

    It was rather disappointing though when the reasoning behind everything came out, I suspect the book will be a lot better.

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