However, when it’s time to do the live broadcast, unforeseen consequences force everyone to improvise on the job. The real struggle is the director, Higurashi, taking a job and being hired because he’s just a journeyman who puts commerce before art. Instead, what makes the film so good is that it’s a movie about moviemaking.
There are no zombies in One Cut of the Dead.
Seriously, if you haven’t seen the movie yet, stop reading.Īs you know from seeing the film, the big twist is that the first act was always just a movie. The crew’s fake zombie film then becomes real when zombies attack and the small crew tries to escape from their co-workers who have joined the ranks of the undead. It also turns out that the deserted location where they’re filming supposedly used to have top-secret military experiments where they worked to raise the dead. The tyrannical director ( Takayuki Hamatsu) isn’t getting the performance he wants from his lead actress Chinatsu ( Yuzuki Akiyama), and everyone is getting very tired. The first act of One Cut of the Dead is a 37-minute unbroken take where a filmmaking crew is making a zombie movie. You will enjoy this movie so much more if you don’t know what’s coming because One Cut of the Dead is far from your average zombie film.
So I’m going to tell you as much as I can about One Cut of the Dead and then I’ll put up a spoiler warning at which point, if you have not seen the movie, stop reading. I don’t like writing reviews like this when if I tell you why the film works I’ve spoiled the film, but here we are. If you’re on the fence about seeing One Cut of the Dead, see it and stop reading this review (please come back after you’ve seen the movie!). If you’ve avoided reading reviews like this before seeing One Cut of the Dead, you’re on the right track.
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