Brain Freeze

I've seen many zombie movies, this one isnt in any way special, but it aint particularly annoying either, because it has some nice jokes. It'll do...

Unfortunately I had to watch a redubbed version, with English studio voices mixed in, so the mouths were moving when no words were coming out. THAT was kinda annoying. Was the original language French Canadian?

The film follows a teen as he takes care of his baby sibling during a local outbreak of zombies on a secluded island. This is definitely not a comedy unless your idea of such are Twin female assassins in wet suits and carrying pistols with silencers showing up about half way through the movie. THAT was pretty humorous. Perhaps light hearted is a better phrase. A bit too long. 5 out of 10 stars.

So, if you are one the entitled rich you have three necessary things you need to survive a zombie apocalypse:

1. Never drink tap water.

2. Always carry a smartphone.

3. Have blue collar friends to help you.

If you want to rejoice at the schadenfreude of the misfortune of the upper classes in the form of mother Nature claiming her own, then you are dead right with this movie.

Otherwise, don't bother.

There is a definite symbolism in a green revolution eating the rich, as it were.

Also the fact the filming was interrupted by COVID, somehow adds to the setting.

The closed minded radio DJ narrator is just obnoxious with his preaching the revolt against the rich while making racist remarks in the stride about immigrants while personally he is dead worried about the virus spreading. Nuke them all but not me, seems to be his train of thought.

Maybe some more explanatory notes maybe in the form of a conspiracy would have saved the plot.

Still, politics aside, a decent small budget effort at a zombie flick.

Compared to the overly saturated zombie market this wasn't too bad. I've seen better or worse zombie movies in the last year. There's a few interesting things going for this but overall it falls flat. The only half decent acting was from Roy Dupuis and the other characters you'd want dead from the zombies ASAP.

I reckon if you take one message from this movie, it has to be: only drink Coca Cola ... I'm kidding of course, but there is some movie truth in there. The brain freeze of the title does happen during the run time of the movie - of course it very likely is also a wordplay on what happens to many people in this.

A nice little movie, with interesting leads. The main focus though (and not just because the director said it), is the baby of the movie. And while for some, babies in movies can feel cliche and annoying (I emphasize I am talking about movies, not the real world), the baby in this movie is amazing. I doubt it will get nominated for an Oscar/Academy Award, like the director suggested in his video message to us festival goers, but you can clearly see how good the little ones are (played by twins).

Other than that, you can expect the usual ... good effects overall though, well acted and edited too. Predictable and a bit of a let down when it comes to the ending (which is a bit cliche to say the least), but nobody is perfect, right?