My Cultural Diet

A film crew is doing their darndest to make a low-budget zombie movie somewhere in the Japanese countryside, but their efforts are hindered by the director’s ego. Their situation goes from bad to much, much worse, though, when an actual zombie apocalypse breaks out and the director insists on using it as the backdrop for his movie. But don’t get the wrong idea; there’s a lot more going on in Shin’ichirô Ueda’s One Cut of the Dead than just the undead. To say any more, though, would ruin the pleasure of finding out the truth for yourself. It’s impossible to say too much about this film without revealing some pretty major spoilers. Just know that One Cut of the Dead has more than a few surprises up its blood and gore-soaked sleeve. The film’s middle act does drag a little, but even then I was kept guessing. I kept expecting the film to go one way when instead, it opted for a far more delightful direction that had me laughing, cheering, and even tearing up a little when the final credits started rolling.

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