Once every now and then, comes a movie that transcends mere celluloid and becomes something more. Something so saturated with style, attitude and it's own complete universe, that it becomes a way of thinking, a way of perceiving life. WILD ZERO is such a movie.
Is it perfect? No, perhaps not. But that doesn't matter. It does things it's own way, making it's own rules and flippantly laughing at conventions and "the right way to do things".
It's a thrill ride of violence, craziness, drinking, driving and, most importantly, Rock 'n' Roll. And it grabs you by the eyeballs and makes you laugh, makes you scream and blows your mind with it's frenetic pace and insane, over the top ideas. When the grand finale rolls around you will think it's the most natural thing in the world to happen.
The acting is over the top and cheesy for just about everyone, but that's the only way to make something like this work. Hell, when is the last time you saw a Japanese movie with cool quotable dialog?
Everything in this movie comes nicely together to make an experience that is more than the sum of it's parts. A wild and crazy, rock 'n' roll thrill ride with zombies, aliens, shoot outs, love and the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world: Guitar Wolf.
Highest of recommendations.
Is it perfect? No, perhaps not. But that doesn't matter. It does things it's own way, making it's own rules and flippantly laughing at conventions and "the right way to do things".
It's a thrill ride of violence, craziness, drinking, driving and, most importantly, Rock 'n' Roll. And it grabs you by the eyeballs and makes you laugh, makes you scream and blows your mind with it's frenetic pace and insane, over the top ideas. When the grand finale rolls around you will think it's the most natural thing in the world to happen.
The acting is over the top and cheesy for just about everyone, but that's the only way to make something like this work. Hell, when is the last time you saw a Japanese movie with cool quotable dialog?
Everything in this movie comes nicely together to make an experience that is more than the sum of it's parts. A wild and crazy, rock 'n' roll thrill ride with zombies, aliens, shoot outs, love and the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world: Guitar Wolf.
Highest of recommendations.