Nihon bundan: Heru doraibâ (2010)

Nihon bundan: Heru doraibâ: Directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura. With Yumiko Hara, Eihi Shiina, Kazuki Namioka, Yûrei Yanagi. Still reeling from the events of a zombie apocalypse, a young woman, along with a group of allies, makes her way across a dystopian Japan in search of her mother, the Zombie Queen.

“I liked so many extreme gory flicks coming from Japan in the eighties and nineties because they were full of gore and red stuff. But times are changing and lately flicks coming from Japan arenu0026#39;t my cup of tea anymore. It started with Takashi Miikiu0026#39;s Yattâman (Yatterman). I loved the man and every gorehound has at least seen one of his flicks. The last one I liked was from Masters Of Horror u0026#39;Imprintu0026#39; which I even bought uncut on Blu Ray. But Yatterman was something weird, it contained too much of CGI and had a strange story. It failed completely for me and I hoped that this new kind of shooting was a one in a kind.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWas I wrong, I saw this due Asami being in it who I met at a convention and tried to talk with, she only understood Japanese, luckily Kurando Mitsutake (Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf) was there to translate everything. Another reason was that Eihi Shiina (Audition) was in it, sheu0026#39;s back in business and Asami is a new star in her native land. What we have is an extremely gory flick but it made me think of Yatterman. So much CGI and weird things like zombies with horns. And the scene with the mother tearing out the heart of her child is indeed gory but itu0026#39;s full of CGI and exaggerated things that I disliked it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf this is the new way of making Japanese flicks then I guess I will leave that scene. For the moment things I liked was Vampire Girls vs Frankenstein Girls or Alien vs Ninja but Helldriver wasnu0026#39;t my thing. I can dig weird story lines but this was over the top. But I wonu0026#39;t give up, I would like to see Erotibot with Asami, letu0026#39;s hope this is old school HK III. Maybe Yoshihiro Nishimura, the director, should better staid at his make-up department (Tokyo Gore Police or Machine Girl).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGore 5/5 Nudity 1/5 Effects 4/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 1/5”