Thursday, October 18, 2018

Junk (2000)

Though definitely not venturing down any new avenues, as far as the zombie sub-genre goes, "Junk" is a thoroughly entertaining, mindless, low-budget Japanese horror flick.

Following a successful armed jewellery store robbery, the thieves arrange to meet up with a Yakuza gang at an abandoned factory to sell off their loot. What they are unaware of, however, is that the factory was being used by a scientist who was experimenting with a serum to bring his wife back from the dead. The shit worked, though it brought her back with a yen for human meat. When gallons of the zombie-juice is unknowingly splashed on a room full of corpses, the uprising soon commences and a U.S. army base is desperate to contain and destroy the chaotic outbreak.

With no shortage of ammo ripping through zombie skulls, some gut-munching, neck tearing, undead tits, military jargon and a leather clad zombie babe - all enough to keep this one fun. It also pulls off just the right amount of light humor while not falling into dreaded, over-played zom-com territory. I'm not a huge fan of zombie films for the most part, though, with its decent (albeit, cheesy...) gore and traditional, 'old school' vibe, I gotta recommend "Junk". It's nothing great by a long shot, but it's an enjoyable, throw-away watch.

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