Zombie For Sale. (15.)
Directed by Lee Min-jae.
Starring Jeong Jae-yeong, Jung Ga-ram, Kim Nam-gil. In Korean with subtitles. Out on Blu-ray from Arrow Video. 112 mins.
You may not feel the need for another zombie film right now but this one is Korean and the Oscar-grabbing/coronavirus-tracking Koreans are the world's on form country at the moment. 2016's Train to Busan put down a marker in this field and this zomromcom has enough novelty and invention to be worth a look.
When undead Jyong-bi (Jung Ga-ram) wanders into a small village he gets taken in by a greedy down-on-their-luck family who see a money-making opportunity in him. The majority of the film is a comedy about the villagers and their unseemly rush to take advantage of their new member.
It is distinctively Korean in that it features a BTS pretty boy zombie who is so wouldn't-hurt-a-fly delicate a dog chases him away. It's also an unusual Zombie film in that it doesn't primarily focus on the collapse of society.
Director Lee Min-jae debut is silly, its undead premise is implausible and inconsistent and its plot relies heavily on coincidence and improbabilities. But it's also inventive, looks good and its big action set-piece sequences are impeccable. The humour is pretty broad but funny and a cast full of top Korean performers make you warm to their often less than endearing characters.
Directed by Lee Min-jae.
Starring Jeong Jae-yeong, Jung Ga-ram, Kim Nam-gil. In Korean with subtitles. Out on Blu-ray from Arrow Video. 112 mins.
You may not feel the need for another zombie film right now but this one is Korean and the Oscar-grabbing/coronavirus-tracking Koreans are the world's on form country at the moment. 2016's Train to Busan put down a marker in this field and this zomromcom has enough novelty and invention to be worth a look.
When undead Jyong-bi (Jung Ga-ram) wanders into a small village he gets taken in by a greedy down-on-their-luck family who see a money-making opportunity in him. The majority of the film is a comedy about the villagers and their unseemly rush to take advantage of their new member.
It is distinctively Korean in that it features a BTS pretty boy zombie who is so wouldn't-hurt-a-fly delicate a dog chases him away. It's also an unusual Zombie film in that it doesn't primarily focus on the collapse of society.
Director Lee Min-jae debut is silly, its undead premise is implausible and inconsistent and its plot relies heavily on coincidence and improbabilities. But it's also inventive, looks good and its big action set-piece sequences are impeccable. The humour is pretty broad but funny and a cast full of top Korean performers make you warm to their often less than endearing characters.
