Canadian zombie film has plenty of intelligence and good ideas – people getting infected by words is great, as is having a background of French separatism, and being set in a radio station. But they can never bring it together – it’s confusing, takes too long to get on to its gimmick, and characters don’t behave logically (what’s with that doctor? What do they do for food? Don’t they have an obligation to broadcast in an emergency? Etc). You start wishing for some sex and nudity or at least some zombie action. Also, most crucially of all, this is a radio play rather than a film – too much talking, especially of characters talking on the mike. You can have zombie films set in one location – look at Night of the Living Dead – but you’ve got to get the characters moving out and about.
You’d assume it was low budget but according to the credits there were a lot of crew on this – and that weird sequence at the end would surely have cost a motza. Why not spend the money on some decent production value instead? Performances are okay – the male lead has a great voice but a decent character for him to play would have been better.
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