I am absolutely spent from ten straight nights of Midnight Madness, so here's a review I wrote half a decade ago. I'm sorry it hurts so much:
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When Italian movie crews were bum rushing the local butcher stores for expired meat? When a lady in a fake-looking uniform was handing out cheap paper bags before the midnight showing of “Zombie”? Even the dull chill that ran down your spine as your biked as quick as your legs would take you in front of that old abandoned cemetery?
Critics don’t.
And looking at the current outcropping of Zombie related films, no one does either. But somewhere across a long stretch of land, someone seems to have lived another life. A director planned a film that would undoubtedly sink to the uttermost reaches of Japan’s V-cinema. Yet when there’s a will there’s a way. It found its way to the shores of North America in Unearthed Films release of “Junk”. A film filled with all the gut-munching, head explosions, gun-fights and naked chicks that Resident Evil wished it had.
“Borrowing Chaos” (A.K.A “Lets rip off this film”) is a talent that “Atsushi Murowa” admits to using in spades. While “Junk” won’t come off winning any Oscars, in the hearts of fans it performs admirably. Four robbers pull off a heist and decide to meet there contact at an old abandoned military base. Before you can say “My god, his throat was ripped out” zombies are crawling everywhere and the military decides to get involved. One of these military men is an ex-scientist whose ‘late’ wife is now the super-duper kung-fu leader of the dead fiends. And he’s dead-set (Oh god, how do these puns slip in.) on destroying his failed experiment once and for all. Did I mention that he speaks English as if a dead animal was clawing its way out of his mouth? Other than a slow beginning, I believe that the pacing is fine. The director plays with the two subjects that have the films target audience whooping in delight: Extreme violence or over the top gunplay. Many people may get tired with either one, but you’ll definitely never be disappointed. If you even dear tread onto a movie entitled “Junk” in the first place. You know that this is not wholesome family entertainment. Many people (Disney Perhaps) wouldn’t even call this entertaining…But we’ve watched “Return of the living dead” enough times to know the difference.
“Borrowing Chaos” (A.K.A “Lets rip off this film”) is a talent that “Atsushi Murowa” admits to using in spades. While “Junk” won’t come off winning any Oscars, in the hearts of fans it performs admirably. Four robbers pull off a heist and decide to meet there contact at an old abandoned military base. Before you can say “My god, his throat was ripped out” zombies are crawling everywhere and the military decides to get involved. One of these military men is an ex-scientist whose ‘late’ wife is now the super-duper kung-fu leader of the dead fiends. And he’s dead-set (Oh god, how do these puns slip in.) on destroying his failed experiment once and for all. Did I mention that he speaks English as if a dead animal was clawing its way out of his mouth? Other than a slow beginning, I believe that the pacing is fine. The director plays with the two subjects that have the films target audience whooping in delight: Extreme violence or over the top gunplay. Many people may get tired with either one, but you’ll definitely never be disappointed. If you even dear tread onto a movie entitled “Junk” in the first place. You know that this is not wholesome family entertainment. Many people (Disney Perhaps) wouldn’t even call this entertaining…But we’ve watched “Return of the living dead” enough times to know the difference.
The “wacky” character, the over-abused female bent on male dominance, a pistol in each hand, that same damn zombie…It’s all here. Even the budget seemed to have gone in one direction: The squibs. Which are not only huge and abundant, but also feel the need to spray red chunks of meat in every direction when they go off! How else can you explain human anatomy without seeing sprayed over a cheap panel of plastic gadgets?
Many people will complain of the un-originality and violence which seems to dominate this all too short 83 minute picture. To see if your one of those people ask yourself this question:
Would you rather see:
Would you rather see:
a) A zombie rising from his earthly grave to reveal a torn and scarred, eyeless face with worms oozing everywhere.
b) A woman vaulting off a wall and kicking a computer generated dog in the face.
Case closed.
Case closed.
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