Director Aaron Wilson
Starring Khan Chittenden, Tzu-yi ‘Morning’ Mo, Robert Menzies
Rated MA
Score 6/6

Wartime, 1942. Singapore. An Australian fighter pilot shot down in combat awakens suspended in the treetops. As night devours day, he must navigate through dangerous jungle in search of sanctuary.

Under normal circumstances I have a feeling that I might have skipped over this one, if I had not of found this at the end of lease sale at my previous friendly neighbourhood DVD store.
Canopy is a simple with only two actors of any consequence to the story and virtually no dialogue between them, beautiful and just a little bit terrifying. While watching this I couldn’t but be reminded of the flora and fauna shots from Terrence Malick’s 1998 film The Thin Red Line though without the Melanesian choir.
This was Director Aaron Wilson’s first feature length movie and I was really impressed with what he delivered. I was only vaguely familiar with Khan Chittenden’s work because I have seen him in passing in Blue Water, though looking through his filmography he has popped up in all the expected places. This was the first that I have seen Tzu-yi ‘Morning’ Mo in a movie and he gave a great performance.