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What could be better than watching a Japanese zombie movie where they have sword and gun fights in the woods. It's directed by Ryuhei Kitamura who also directed Midnight Meat Train and No One Lives. The guy is crazy with what he comes up with. The co-writer Yûdai Yamaguchi also did a film in ABC's of Death which I didn't like. Anyways let's see how this goes.

These feels slightly inspired by The Matrix and Highlander with the addition of zombies/demons. It's wheels of crazy and silly as you would of course expect from a Japanese film. Some of the jokes are pretty funny too. It is more of an action sci-fi film with horror elements thrown in. The action is of course badass with some crazy bloody death scenes. The score is excellent. The writing is a little bit inconsistent in places with lines like "I never lose" after losing at least twice. The ending was pretty awesome and possibly makes you wish that a sequel had been made.

The acting is really silly of course. The characters are very oddball. The main villain is the best actor out of everyone here. He isn't goofy except maybe one moment and he is a badass. The main guy is a badass too and kind of feels like the Japanese answer to Highlander and Neo. The main girl is attractive, but the way she acts feels strange. The supporting villains are quite unique with all their own unique quirks and looks about them. I couldn't spot Hideo Kojima since he was just an extra. It looked like the cast at least a lot of fun with the whole thing.

Well it's certainly different while still feeling like it has some ideas from The Matrix and Highlander. The deaths are crazy and the action is badass. The characters and acting is very silly. The main villain is probably the most serious out of everyone and besides the "hero" is the best character. The design of the characters is cool though. It's wild and crazy, but I would say it's pretty fun. You have to be in to the kind of films that Japanese horror means to appreciate it though.

Let me start by saying that this is the craziest action movie I have ever seen. I don't mean crazy in the sense it has crazy action scenes (it has), or crazy characters (it has..) or a crazy story (it does have...), I mean crazy on the freaking whole, the whole movie is crazy and has a crazy concept, and that is what made it interesting and entertaining to me.

So basically a group of convicts escapes into a forest to rendezvous with another group of gangstas, the thing goes wrong, there's a double-cross, a gunfight... the usual. However, that forest happens to be one of the 666 portals to the other world. I know right?

So what does this mean? That the guys who are gonna get killed... aren't really going to die! This gives a whole new meaning to the idea that people die if they are killed.

And this brings us to the best shoot-out action and sword fights of zombies versus yakuzas you will ever seen! Well, then there's something about this guy trying to figure out what the hell is going on, rescuing a kidnapped girl, being the chosen one and fighting the forces of evil... at the same time. It's one hell of a complex plot in a plot-less movie... What??

This movie is incredibly gory, funny and fast-paced. It IS action-oriented, but it's so much more! It's also a very crazy film if I haven't mentioned it yet and if it's going to do anything to you other than tell you in your face "it's all about the fun" is to entertain you for 2 hours or so.

If you like some new and crazy ideas for a non-stop hilarious and action ride, watch this movie with the thought that it's going to be very, very special.