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Manthast Absolutely amazing

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Solomon Orlando After watching dozens of zombie flicks, you tend to notice that they hordes of undead are similarly conceptualized. That isn't to say the movies are necessarily bad, but without adding anything new to the genre, I normally don't anticipate zombie movies being very good.While Shinsuke Sato may not appear to add revolutionary depth to the zombie trope, I was thoroughly engaged by the amount of twists and turns they put into the enemy design (literally). The contorting, writhing movements of the zombies in this film definitely add to the fear of their aggression.The CGI didn't fail either, adding a visceral and grotesque motif to the monsters through darkened veins, swiveling eyes, and surrealistic abilities. Overall, it adds to the gory thrill-ride this movie takes you on and even supplements these conceptions with a well-wrought story and engaging characters.Speaking of, all the characters felt fresh. The characters that make up the protagonist group are all fleshed out nicely. Their personalities match their actions and their personal growth over some of the problems the movie presents makes their character development all the more satisfying.The only downside would be that I wanted more. Not necessarily in a sequel, but there are some portions of the film that had me pining for answers. I wish that some of the longer battles would be toned down in length so that I could explore the narrative developments of the characters, but that's a small qualm with this movie overall.If you are looking for a riveting story with an interesting take on the zombie trope, I would suggest watching I Am a Hero. The effects are great, characters are written well, and the overall idea behind the film is a great one.

Thomas Wullum Bakken This movie was brilliant. It had a lot of funny moments, and a lot of creepy moments. Sometimes both at the same time. It is currently one of my favorite zombie films of all time. This is a film that could only be made in Japan, and with that said, there were a few moments where I didn't know if I laughed with it or at it. Either way I enjoyed it a lot and had many good laughes. It gets pretty intense as well. There were a few unanswered questions about one of the characters though which should have been explained better in my opinion.

pinokiyo 6.5/10 I really don't care for zombie movies, but I did enjoy Zombieland; it's great because it doesn't take itself too seriously and it has humor. This film also has some memorable comedic creepy/moments. What also makes this film unique is that Japan has a law where regular citizens can't carry guns, so circumstance makes it a lot different where zombie films that takes place in America can carry machine guns or other crazy weapons. However, the main character has an exception with a hunting shotgun. I know people are so obsessed and fascinated by zombies and watch or play zombie games religiously like a cult. I'm not really one of them, so I don't have any bias by immediately giving a zombie movie 10 stars just because it's cool seeing zombies walking around and being blown up; I really could care less about that. However, that being said, this film can compete among Hollywood zombie films. I was pretty impressed with the special effects - that's definitely the highlight of this film. Obviously, the story is straightforward. The zombies in this one is rather ridiculous borderline comical/scary/creepy. For a foreign Japanese, non-Hollywood film, the production value is pretty damn good where it almost feels like Hollywood.I noticed a lot of the staff crew/special effects were Korean names during the ending credits, so it seems to be a collaboration. Yo Oizumi is a famous guy in Japan, who plays the lead goofball nerdy character. He fit the role pretty well. Also, Kasumi Arimura, the girl he has to protect, is super cute. Probably a fun film to watch with a group of friends.I'm sure they could make a part 2: Mt. Fuji. You pay an arm and a leg to buy a Rolax... literally, it's worth that amount.

FreqEteQ NZ Let me say first that I've never heard of and have no knowledge of the source material for this movie, so this review will be based on it's merits as a standalone film, I'm one of these people who doesn't think that you should have to read a book or have any prior knowledge of the source material to understand characters motivations and actions in a movie, movies are their own entity and therefore should be judged so. Now that that's out of the way, onto my thoughts on this Japanese zombie flick.So it's another zombie movie and it's one of the better ones that I've seen. I like zombie movies that actually show us the apocalypse happening with the zombies taking over, and this film does that, it doesn't show news footage or a montage or anything, it shows our main protagonist on the ground experiencing society fall around him as the zombies overrun the city, and it's really good to watch, probably my favorite part of the entire movie. The production values are also very good, the practical zombie effects are well done as are the cgi effects. If you're a fan of gory deaths and watching zombies heads explode then this is the movie for you. It's not a cheap looking movie at all, you can tell that some real money has gone into making this.The story is nothing special, pretty straight forward with standard horror tropes and nothing new for anyone who is familiar with the zombie genre, it does introduce a very intriguing plot line involving an infected schoolgirl, but for some reason the plot line is put on the back burner and never really expanded on or revisited for the rest of the film, I'm guessing they're saving it for the sequels if they get made.I only have one real complaint about this movie, and it's kind of a big one so I'm going to write lots about it. I found the main protagonist to be very unlikable. I found him to have no redeeming qualities at all. He's a bit of a down on his luck nerd, which is fine, you can be dorky or a lovable loser like Shaun in Shaun of the Dead, but this movie is just over 2 hours long and it isn't until 14 minutes before the end that our main protagonist actually does something heroic, once Shaun realized what was happening around him he became the hero and started whacking zombies on his way to save the woman that he loved, he was a normal guy who showed he was selfless and heroic. For the first hour and forty six minutes of this movie our main protagonist hides from danger, cowers in corners, cries, lets other people die due to his inaction, lets other people kill zombies attacking him because he is incapable of doing it and just generally does stupid things, the only zombie that he kills in that first hour and forty six minutes is one that he kills unintentionally. He has zero charisma for a protagonist, and for me even his big hero set piece at the end of the film wasn't enough to redeem his cowardly and stupid actions of the first 104 minutes. During this time he does imagine himself being the hero, he imagines himself getting his gun and shooting a zombie, which makes it even more infuriating when he snaps out of his daydream so he can jump back into his inaction. As a viewer I'm confused if I'm supposed to root for someone who is a coward just because they dream of being the hero? I mean his cowardice gets innocent people killed, how am I supposed to like him? Maybe you will but I didn't.Even though I didn't like the main protagonist I still enjoyed the world that the movie introduced us to and would probably watch a sequel if one was ever made just to find out more about the schoolgirl who appears to have some kind of special power.I give it 6 cans of cat food out of 10.