Wild Zero (2000)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Tetsuro Takeuchi

Writers:

Satoshi Takagi (writer)
Tetsuro Takeuchi (writer)

Genre:

Action | Romance | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Music

Tagline:

Trash and chaossss!!!!

Plot:

Aliens are invading the planet and turning humans into zombies. After saving his heros, Guitar Wolf...

Plot Keywords:

Guitar | Blood Brothers | Blood | Manager | Spacecraft

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Guitar Wolf	...	Himself
Drum Wolf	...	Himself
Bass Wolf	...	Himself
Masashi Endô	...	Ace
Kwancharu Shitichai	...	Tobio
Makoto Inamiya	...	Captain
Haruka Nakajo	...	Yamazaki
Shirô Namiki	...	Kondo
Taneko	...	Hanako
Yoshiyuki Morishita	...	Toshi
Masao	...	Masao
Tawaki Fusamori	...	Mori
Akihiko Murata	...	Toshio
Enami Esako	...	Idle Girl
Kae Egawa	...	Hagoromo Tennyo / Junky Lady

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:MA | New Zealand:R16 | Germany:18 | UK:18

Company:

Dragon Pictures

Trivia:

Filmed in Thailand. The main cast is Japanese, with the exception of "Tobio" who is played by a Thai actor, but voice dubbed by a Japanese actress. The extras (mostly zombies) are Thai.

Quotes:

Ace: Hey mister, do you know 'Rock 'n Roll'?

Movie Connections:

References The Crying Game (1992)

The great psycho of them all!!

Wild Zero is not a perfect movie. It is beyond perfection. It has transcended into a realm of unbelievable excellence. If I rated things on a scale of stars, 1-10, it would receive a million billion.

Weak acting? Goofy special effects? These comments are probably from people who thought Braveheart and Gladiator were good movies. Wild Zero is the type of movie that is impossible to criticise. You watch Wild Zero and your blood will pump, your adrenaline will ransack your brain, your tender--I have said too much.

After all, this is rock 'n' roll jet movie. Guitar Wolf, the group, prove themselves to be inhuman in their sheer ability to be cool. With trash and chaosssssss!!!!, the last twenty minutes will blow your mind. This is the feel good movie of eternity. There is thrill, speed and stupid zombies. There are exploding heads, random alien encounters, and even more sudden and inexplicable gaining of superpowers.

There is no adrenaline rush that is more rush than this film once it kicks into motion. But don't think it is all brutality of screen, as the movie has poignant moments and an important message on love and growing up. Of course, you could also sit back and be terrified by the Captain's draw-string shorts (pejoratively nicknamed "the junk trunk" by my group of friends).

Watch this movie with friends or watch it alone. It's just more fun when you can see your friends' minds be blown. But if you see a Guitar Wolf movie this year--nay, if you see a movie in this lifetime, see Wild Zero! Rock 'n' roll!!

(Note: Some phrases in this review were lifted from the video box. See if you can go through and pick them out)