The protagonist, Hideo Suzuki, is a manga artist. Although he is called a hero, he is actually weak in character. He once won a comic award when he was a teenager, and now he can barely make ends meet as an assistant to a cartoonist. He is still insisting on creating, but his works have not kept pace with the development of comics. When the zombie crisis broke out, he had just fallen out with his girlfriend, and he went back to his girlfriend to hope that she would change her mind, but he was greeted by the frantic bite of "her". The hero flees and finds that the streets are already full of zombies and distraught humans. He carries a shotgun, that's his hobby, and he's a shooting champion, but he doesn't dare to actually shoot zombies. On the way to escape, he met the girl Bilumei and the mature girl Yabu successively, and joined a group of people trapped on the roof of the commercial center. The power struggle within the crowd led to a massive attack of zombies wandering on the ground, and the human race was almost wiped out. Bilumi and Yabu are in danger, inspiring a hero's sense of responsibility and a desire to protect. He finally raised a gun to kill zombies and became a veritable hero.
Zombie movies present the apocalyptic horror of human alienation, but in the final analysis it is about human and human nature. People besieged by zombies are precarious, but they still do not forget to fight for power and profit, and intrigue. And the more extreme the environment, the more clearly and sharply the evil part of human nature is revealed. The cowardice of a hero is actually more about kindness and intolerance in human nature, so in the environment governed by the law of the jungle, he will inevitably be at a disadvantage.
An interesting setting in the film is that zombies have lost their humanity, but they are trapped in the obsession and anxiety of being human. For example, office workers are still thinking about work even after they have become zombies. Conscientious taxi drivers have been talking about their achievements in zero accidents for decades, and housewives who are obsessed with shopping are still pounding the doors of specialty stores. I speculate with a dark heart, this is a mockery of the step-by-step process of Japanese society. At least, the setting is very "Japanese". In addition, this setting also laid the groundwork for the highly athletic high jumper Zombie.
Another interesting detail is the watch. The film begins with a luxury watch on the wrist of his former peers to compare the hero's downfall. When the hero reaches the settlement on the top of the building, the luxury watch is useless, and he chooses a large box. At the last moment, the rows of watches on his arm saved his life. This kind of clever detail softens the gloomy atmosphere of the film to a certain extent.
One of the problems with this film is that it doesn't explain why the hero has such a strong sense of responsibility than Lu Mei. Is it because of the trust and protection she gave him? But looking at the previous performances, it seems that these are not enough to cheer up a weak chicken like him and become a hero.
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