Reipu zonbi: Lust of the dead – kurôn miko taisen (2014)

Reipu zonbi: Lust of the dead – kurôn miko taisen (2014). 1h 17m

“As the virus rages across Japan, the group of women trying to fight off the rampaging hordes of raping male zombies learns that a robotic protector has found a manner of stopping the virus altogether by traveling to the past in order to prevent it from being unleashed to begin with.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis was another wildly fun if somewhat flawed entry in the series. Most of what makes this one so much fun is the continuation of the wild exploitation excess usually featured so far in the franchise. This one wastes no time in extrapolating nudity here which is ably supplied by the performers here, with the opening sword-fight between the clones and the evil robot involving the two combatants slicing each otheru0026#39;s clothing to the point of exposing themselves while one of the clones manages to get disrobed for the entire fight. As well, there are numerous scenes of them stripping down or disrobing for inspections or rub-downs from everyone else, and the continuous softcore groping that pops up throughout here is both insanely sensual as well as significantly enhances the sleazy aspect of the story. Thatu0026#39;s before it takes into account the scenes of the women being raped where they get disrobed and touched all over as the very nature of these scenes adds more to the sleaze. Also rather enjoyable here are the exceptionally fun action scenes showcasing the battles with the zombies, which provides this one with some rather enjoyable action and some solid gore. The opening fight with the clones is rather fun, and the later scenes showing the two friends in the abandoned building overrun by the creatures has several stellar confrontations throughout the building and out onto the roof to provide some thrilling battles. The other solid plus in here is the continuation of the strong storyline present throughout the series, which manages to include the method of unleashing the virus in the first place and managing to carry on from the events established before. Still, even with these positives, there are a couple issues with this one. The biggest problem apparent here is the filmu0026#39;s pacing, which is exceptionally troublesome with some segments coming together seemingly only to pad out the running time. The scenes with the talking head, in particular, are rather problematic, taking up a large part of the beginning here to detail nothing more than the history of perversion in their society that caused the whole epidemic. Thereu0026#39;s little reason we need to be stuck here as long as we are looking at a talking head with tubes sticking out of its neck describing this when it couldu0026#39;ve made the whole point in a fraction of the time. This lengthy series of cutbacks to get the whole point across eats up the flow and pace of the film which slows it down somewhat. As well, thereu0026#39;s always the same general forces involved with this one in that the film is rife with scenes of rape and extreme exploitation of women which causes the subject matter to be quite problematic for some. Simply having that kind of material present isnu0026#39;t something some would like, and the presence of it might not appeal to all. The other flaw here is the low-budget effects which range from laughable CGI to hilariously cheap makeup that pops up to ruin several scenes here. Otherwise, this one was another rather fun franchise entry.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRated Unrated/R: Continuous Nudity, Extreme Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Rape.”