Bio-Zombie (Hong Kong, 1998)

Now, this zombie movie is not a gore movie. It is more a comedy mixed with a little horror and of course some typical Hong Kong film absurdities. Seriously… No, I can’t use this word to talk about that movie… Anyway, it is most entertaining.

In a few words, it is about a soda that turns people into zombies. Seriously. Well, it is actually an engineered mixture put in in soda bottles that turns people into zombies. Of course, someone infected escapes from the people who made the beverage and contaminates other people that contaminate others and so on. Why would someone make such a thing in the first place ? You will have to take a guess, for it is not part of the script. Basically, that’s it. The whole zombie thing takes place in a shopping mall and focuses on two guys working in a VCD store with about another half dozen secondary characters.

As mentioned, the humour is typical Hong Kong humour, aficionados will not be lost. Be warned, it is not the right movie to introduce someone to the genre. That is unless your plan is to never watch a genre movie with that someone. Thread carefully.

It is definitely worth the watch and enjoyable. Hey, it is a Hong Kong comedy after all !

The ending is even surprising.

Gog