Movie update: Triangle (15); Thirst (18); Pontypool (15)

Oct 22 2009

Triangle (15)

British writer-director Christopher Smith sticks with the horror genre for this bloody thriller about a young woman suffering from a nasty case of deja vu. Single mother Jess (Melissa George) is desperate to escape the harsh reality of life taking care of her young autistic son.

So she agrees to go on a yacht with her boyfriend Greg (Michael Dorman) and his friends. The boat hits a storm and is damaged, stranding the friends at sea - until a 1930s ocean liner, the SS Aeolus, emerges from the mist. The pals climb on board and are stunned to discover the boat is deserted. Jess cannot shake the nagging feeling that she has been on board the Aeolus before. When members of the group begin to die, seemingly at the hands of a masked figure, she begins to understand the complex mystery unravelling around her.

Thirst (18)

Holy man Sang-hyun (Song Kang-ho) has devoted his life to improving the lives of others through his teachings.

So when he learns of a secret vaccine trial to eradicate a virus that has plagued his flock, he puts himself forward. The priest is infected with the virus and requires an urgent transfusion, but the blood he receives is bad and he is transformed into a creature of the night. Wrestling with his desire for blood, Sanghyun encounters Tae-ju (Kim Ok-vin), the wife of a childhood friend. She introduces the man of God to a world of sin, which propels him to the brink of self-destruction.

Pontypool (15)

Award-winning author Tony Burgess adapts his novel Pontypool Changes Everything for the big screen, directed by Bruce McDonald.

Radio DJ Grant Mazzy (Stephen McHattie) struggles through the winter snow in Ontario to present his phone-in show. During an 'Eye In The Sky' report, Grant learns of violence sweeping through the town and people losing the power of speech. At first, the DJ thinks they are the victims of an elaborate hoax, but as bloody chaos erupts in the studio, Mazzy and crew face a battle for their lives against an invisible killer.