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One Cut of the Dead, 2017
Director Higurashi (Takayuki Hamatsu) is filming a low-budget zombie flick in an abandoned WW2 site when things go very, very wrong. As the actors and crew struggle to get through the filming unscathed, we get the chance to see just how things ended up the way they did.
If that plot summary sounds pretty vague, it's because what everyone says about this movie is true: you really don't want to know all that much going into it. As such, I'll try to keep my remarks about it vague. I'll be writing less than I typically do because of this, but it's not because I enjoyed it less!
To begin with, what I most enjoyed about this film was its sense of humor. I laughed a lot. There was good physical humor, clever editing moments, and just some really fun performances from the actors ("POM!!!").
I also appreciated some narrative suspense that was generated once
I don't have too many negatives for this one. I did think that an early plot point was pretty obvious, but the film was also very short, so even if things were a bit telegraphed, it didn't wear out its welcome.
I've been hearing buzz about this one for a while, and I'm glad I finally checked it out. It was a fun film to watch on a snowy Sunday evening.
One Cut of the Dead, 2017
Director Higurashi (Takayuki Hamatsu) is filming a low-budget zombie flick in an abandoned WW2 site when things go very, very wrong. As the actors and crew struggle to get through the filming unscathed, we get the chance to see just how things ended up the way they did.
If that plot summary sounds pretty vague, it's because what everyone says about this movie is true: you really don't want to know all that much going into it. As such, I'll try to keep my remarks about it vague. I'll be writing less than I typically do because of this, but it's not because I enjoyed it less!
To begin with, what I most enjoyed about this film was its sense of humor. I laughed a lot. There was good physical humor, clever editing moments, and just some really fun performances from the actors ("POM!!!").
I also appreciated some narrative suspense that was generated once
WARNING: spoilers below
you get the whole "film within a film" concept. There's a great running double-bluff where you have to wonder if there is another twist coming in the third act. Will it be that there really are zombies? Will it turn out that there's even another meta layer to what is happening?
I don't have too many negatives for this one. I did think that an early plot point was pretty obvious, but the film was also very short, so even if things were a bit telegraphed, it didn't wear out its welcome.
I've been hearing buzz about this one for a while, and I'm glad I finally checked it out. It was a fun film to watch on a snowy Sunday evening.