Colony - A Different Kind of Zombie Movie Nicely Combined with Sci-Fi Element

I have known about this new South Korean zombie movie that has been promoted for quite some time. Though there was advance ticket sale in Indonesia since last week for today's show, I wanted to wait and see if it's playing in my favorite theater. However an urgent thing came up and I could not go there, so I had to settle seeing this in the cinema near my home. All right then, I'll just get on with the movie.

Brief Story Line

Se-jeong (Jun Ji-hyun - Kingdom: Ashin of the North, Tempest TV series etc) a professor in biotechnology and her ex-husband Han Gyu-seong (Go Soo - Lucid Dream, Missing: The Other Side TV series etc) were invited to a seminar about biotech held in Dongwoori building. Unfortunately a scientist named Suh Yeong-chol (Koo Kyo-hwan - Escape, We Are All Trying Here TV series etc) decided to release a highly infectious & dangerous virus there, which would turn people into vicious man-eating zombies. 

Abadi Nan Jaya - Intense Indonesian Horror Movie with Some High Quality Zombie Effects

I was really interested in this Indonesian movie when I saw it was promoted in the Coming Soon section in Netflix. So when it was finally released yesterday, I immediately gave it a try. Without further ado, here's more on the movie. 

Brief Story Line

Story was set in a small town in Central Java, where a traditional company that specialized in making herbs was tasked to create a medicine that could make person younger by its owner Mr. Sadimin (Donny Damara - Kembang Api, Perwira dan Ksatria etc). When the experiment seemed to be successful, Sadimin decided not to sell the company which gravely upset his family that consisted of his new younger wife Karina (Eva Celia - Andai Ibu Tidak Menikah dengan Ayah, Pendekar Tongkat Emas etc), his jobless son Bambang (Marthino Lio - Seperti Dendam. Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas, Glenn Fredly the Movie etc), his younger sister Kenes (Mikha Tambayong - Bismillah Kunikahi Suamimu, Induk Gajah TV series etc) with her husband Rudi (Dimas Anggara - Sri Asih, Lafran etc) who came together with their young son Raihan (Varren Arianda Calief) just to sign the sale paper.

My Daughter is a Zombie - Melodramatic Zombie Comedy Movie Based on Popular Webtoon

Last week this movie was already having the Advance Ticket Sales program. Since my wife is a major fan of the lead star, obviously she did not want to miss out and immediately purchased two tickets for Friday's show, which was also the first day of its release. So few hours ago we went to see this in the cinema a bit further away from our usual location. OK why don't I get started then?

Brief Story Line

When South Korea was hit with a virus that made people sick and became zombies, Lee Jung-hwan (Jo Jung-suk - Pilot,  Captivating the King TV series etc) and his teenaged daughter Soo-ah (Choi Yoo-ri - The Soul-Mate, Itaewon Class TV series etc) tried to escape from Seoul to the village where Jung-hwan's mother aka Granny (Lee Jung-eun - Light Shop TV series, Hommage etc) lived. Unfortunately Soo-ah got infected and Jung-hwan tried to protect her from being killed by the government.

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead - The Live Version Movie Adaptation of Popular Manga Series

I did not know anything about this movie and only realize its existence when I scroll through new movies on Netflix last night. Apparently it was released the day before so it was still very brand new. After reading the synopsis and watching its trailer, I decided to give it a try as it looked interesting. All right, I will head to it then.

Brief Story Line

Akira Tendo (Eiji Akaso - Kamen Rider Build, Super Rich drama series etc) was a young man who thought he got his dream job working for a commercial production company. Turned out it was his worst nightmare as he worked under bullying boss Kosugi (Kazuki Kitamura - Hell Dogs: In the House of Bamboo, Kill Bill Vol. 1 etc). His only solace was he had a crush on one of his senior Ohtori (Yui Ichikawa - Ju-On: The Grudge 2, Nana etc) who was kind towards him. Akira's best friend Kencho (Shuntaro Yanagi - Tokyo Seimenjo drama series etc) also told him to quit his job.

(TV SERIES) Resident Evil Season 1 - Despite Major Alterations, Still Interesting Series of the Fight Against Zombies & Umbrella Corporations in Resident Evil Universe

I almost missed out on this series and only realized it a day after its release. But as I was finishing up another series earlier, I just started it on Friday night and completed it yesterday. It was based on popular video games and have been adapted into several movies in the past which I liked. OK, will go straight to it now.

Brief Story Line

Story was set in two "timelines" with the present year 2036 where the T-virus have spread all over the world infecting billions of people who became zombies and the year 2022 before it happened. In the present, Jade Wesker (Ella Balinska - Charlie's Angels 2019 version etc) was looking for clues and ways for humans to co-exist with the zombies, while being hunted by the Umbrella Corporation led by Evelyn Marcus (Paola Núñez - Bad Boys for Life etc).

(TV SERIES) Love You as the World Ends Season 1 & 2 - Love Story During Zombie Apocalypse

While looking through the many new series/movies on Netflix, I stumbled upon this Japanese zombie series which intrigued me. At first I was a bit hesitant as it was having 16 episodes that to me was a bit long, but as I already set my sight on expanding my horizons, I decided to give it a try. All right, I'll head on to it then.

Brief Story Line (Season 1 - Eps 1-10)

Hibiki Mamiya (Ryoma Takeuchi - Kamen Rider Drive etc) and Kurumi Ogasawara (Ayami Nakajo - Let's Go, Jets! etc) were ordinary couple who were so much in love. But when Hibiki was trapped in a tunnel for few days, he returned to a completely different world where it was inhabited by zombies and the whereabouts of Kurumi was unknown. 

(TV SERIES) All of Us Are Dead - Another Amazing Zombie Apocalypse Series Perfectly Combined with Coming of Age Story

Ever since I saw this series' poster and the very brief synopsis in the coming soon section of Netflix many weeks ago, I was already intrigued by it. And so when it was finally released on Friday, I decided to watch this one together with my wife ahead of other interesting series and movies shown on that same day. Well let us dive into it now.

Brief Story Line

In Hyosan high school, everything started like any other day for junior students like Lee Cheong-san (Yoon Chan-young - Mama TV series, Mothers etc), his childhood friend Nam On-jo (Park Ji-hoo - House of Hummingbird etc) and their classmates such as the cool Soo-hyuk (Park Solomon - Sweet Revenge TV series etc), the class president Nam-ra (Joo Yi-hyun - Hospital Playlist TV series etc), the snobby Na-yeon (Lee Yoo-mi - Hostage: Missing Celebrity etc) and the others. Even the bully like Gwi-nam (Yoo In-soo) was still doing his usual bullying to other students including Eun-ji (Oh Hye-soo). 

Kingdom: Ashin of the North - An Interesting and Nice Addition to the Kingdom Series

I was looking forward to this weekend as it has few new movies on different platforms that look interesting. But sadly, I was unable to watch any one at all on Friday. So on Saturday, I have a mini marathon that started with this movie. Well let's get started then.

Brief Story Line

In the North of Joseon, lived the Jurchens people from Manchurian who were vicious soldiers. As Joseon's government were weary of this threat, they enlisted the help from some Jurchens who have been living in Joseon country and referred to as Northern Seongjeoyain tribe. Their leader Ta Hab (Kim Roi-ha - Memories of Murder etc) was assigned by Joseon's official Min Chi-rok (Park Byung-Eun - Assassination etc) to spy on the Jurchens of Pajeowi. Despite the protest from her young daughter Ashin (Kim Shi-ah), Ta Hab convinced her it was for the good of their people.

(2021) Army of the Dead - A Zombie Heist Movie from Stylish Director Zack Snyder

After seeing the teaser trailer of this movie few times before it's official release on Netflix last night, I was already excited about it. Obviously it was a high priority for me and I stopped watching my ongoing series just to see this one. OK, without further ado, here's more about the film.

Brief Story Line

When an incident occurred just outside Las Vegas which made most of its population became undead/zombies, the US government decided to quarantine the city. A Casino owner named Bly Tanaka (Hiroyuki Sanada - Mortal Kombat, The Last Samurai etc) recruited Scott Ward (Dave Bautista - Stuber, My Spy etc) to rob the vault located in the hotel in Vegas before the president nuke the city in 3 days time.

Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula - Might not be as Amazing as its Predecessor but Still Entertaining as Zombie Movie

I learnt about the sequel to that amazing South Korean zombie movie Train to Busan perhaps over a year ago and obviously I was excited. But unfortunately the Covid-19 pandemic change all our plans and the movie was only released in Indonesian cinemas few weeks ago. As my wife and I were not comfortable going to the cinema yet, we opted to skip it first. Luckily, the movie was released on the platform Catchplay last night and I could easily watch it in the comfort of my room. My wife decided to watch it later by herself. Well let's get on with the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Four years after the insident of the first movie, Korea (now known as Peninsula) was locked down to avoid the virus spread. A group of survivors who fled to Hong Kong led by Jung-seok (Gang Dong-won - Golden Slumber, A Violent Prosecutor etc) and his brother in-law Chul-min (Kim Do-yoon) were trying to locate valuable items in Korea.

Zombieland: Double Tap - Still a Fun Zombie Comedy Movie Though not as Spectacular as the Original

When this movie premiered on Wednesday, it did not play in my favorite Dolby Atmos theater after office hour, so my wife and I bought the tickets for the show at another cinema not far from our home. But as I was called up for an unexpected meeting at 7.30PM, and my wife was a bit hesitant to see this movie by herself, we decided to let go off the tickets and only got the chance to see this yesterday. OK, I'll just head on to the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Set 10 years after the event of the first movie, the group of survivors from zombie attacks that consisted of the 'leader' Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Messenger etc), the guy who had so many rules to survive, Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg - Now You See Me 2, Adventureland etc), the very independent woman Wichita (Emma Stone - La La Land, The Help etc) and her younger sister Little Rock (Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine, Maggie etc) were living in the former White House only by themselves.

(TV SERIES) Kingdom Season 1 - A Quite Impressive Combination of Power Struggle and Zombie South Korean Original Series from Netflix

Two nights ago, my wife who had been trying to urge me to watch a South Korean TV series (or famously known as DraKor = Drama Korea) finally convinced me to give this one a try. I thought it would be an interesting experience, seeing it was a zombie series and was shown on Netflix a couple of months ago. So both of us started to watch it on Sunday and I finished up last night (though she finished it earlier in the afternoon as she could not wait). Now let's move on to more details of the series.

Brief Story Line

The series was set during the Joseon dynasty period where the crown prince Yi-chang (Ju Ji-hoon - Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days etc) was having a conflict relating to the King's health with the queen (Kim Hye-jun) and her father, Minister Cho (Ryu Seung-ryong - Extreme Job etc). Suspicious of their motives, Yi-chang embarked on a journey with his trusted bodyguard Moo-young (Kim Sang-ho - The Negotiation etc) to find the doctor who previously treated the King, in the city of Dongnae.

Rampant - A Pretty Enjoyable Korean Period Zombie Movie

Yesterday my wife and I were thinking of seeing a new movie playing since Saturday but then she realized that a Korean movie which had been shown earlier from Wednesday had 2 of her favorite actors in it. Hence we decided to see this one at the 1.20 PM show. Without further ado, let's get on to the movie now.

Brief Story Line (SPOILER ALERT!)

Set in the rather ancient period in Joseon country, Prince Ganglim/Lee Chung (Hyun Bin - The Negotiation, The Swindlers etc) had just returned from Qing country with his loyal personal servant Hak Soo (Jung Man-sik - Kundo: Age of the Rampant etc) only to find out that the first village he arrived at had been damaged by monsters/zombies. He met with the so-called rebels led by Park Eul-yong (Jo Woo-jin - Inside Man, Steel Rain etc) and somehow befriended them including with a great archer named Deok-hee (Lee Sun-bin - Missing 9 TV series etc).

Office Uprising - A So So "Zombie" Comedy Action Movie Combined With Office Humor

On Wednesday, there were actually few other movies that premiered together with a major Hollywood movie that I have written earlier First Man, and one of them was this film that was categorized as zombie comedy movie. I thought I wanted to give this one a try after seeing a serious drama movie. Since the film did not play in the largest cinema chain in Indonesia, options were quite limited. But it did play in 1 of the cinema not far from my office. Anyway, let's get down to what the movie was all about.

Brief Story Line

Desmond (Brenton Thwaites - Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge, The Giver etc) was a young man who worked at a weapons factory named Ammotech in the accounting department under Mr. Nusbaum (Zachary Levi - Chuck TV series, Thor: the Dark World etc). His best friend at work was Mourad (Karan Soni - the funny taxi driver in Deadpool 2) and he also had childhood friend Samantha (Jane Levy - Monster Trucks, Suburgatory TV series etc).

ReuniZ - A Pretty Decent Indonesian Zombie Comedy Movie

Last night, my wife and I decided to see this comedy movie because we were intrigued by the trailer which promised a different kind of comedy with zombies. So when we checked the schedule and found out it was playing at Setiabudi One which was a walking distance from our home, we immediately bought the tickets for 7.15 PM show. Without further ado, here are more details of the movie.

Brief Story Line

Juhana aka Joe Hanna (Soleh Solihun - Hang Out, Mau Jadi Apa? etc) was invited to his 20th high school reunion and decided he wanted to meet up with his old friends. Before he became a rather well known actor, he was in a band during his high school years. Juhana finaly met with his former band members during the reunion that included Jeffri (Tora Sudiro - Warkop DKI Reborn: Jangkrik Boss part 1 & its sequel etc) with his wife and high school girlfriend Lulu (Ayushita - Berangkat!, Kartini etc), even though their relationship was a bit sour due to some incident happening 20 years before. 

(TV SERIES) iZombie Season 1 - Funny Interesting Series Where Zombie Assists Homicide Investigations

I could not remember how I found out about this series, but I am truly glad that I started to see this few days ago. When I watched the pilot episode, I was immediately hooked and could not stop it. I was always looking forward to the time when I finished my work so I could go home and continue watching it. Last night I finally completed the first season. So here are more details of the series.

Brief Story Line

Olivia "Liv" Moore (Rose McIver - A Christmas Prince etc) was a medical resident in Seattle's hospital and was engaged to Major Lilywhite (Robert Buckley - Lipstick Jungle, One Tree Hill TV series etc). Liv's life was turned upside down when one night she was turned into a zombie who had to eat people's brains. In order to keep a permanent supply of brains, she decided to work as assistant Medical Examiner in the morgue under her boss Ravi (Rahul Kohli). However, whenever Liv ate a human's brain, there was a side effect where she would sometime got a vision of the person's lives.

Meanwhile Clive Babineaux (Malcolm Goodwin - Freelancers, Breakout Kings TV series etc) was a homicide detective with the Seattle Police Department. During the course of his investigations, he would require the help from the ME office about the cause of death or other information of the victims. This would be where Liv's visions would come in handy while assisting Babineaux in the investigations.

But things would not be as easy as it would seem, especially with the appearance of a mysterious man called Blaine (David Anders - Alias, Heroes TV series etc) who would have an enormous impact on her life. So how would Liv deal with her life that was ruined by becoming a zombie? Could she hide her true condition from everyone including her best friend Peyton (Aly Michalka - Easy A, Phil of the Future TV series etc)? And how did she become a zombie in the first place? Find them all in the first season of this wonderful series.

End of Brief Story Line

Well I hope that the above brief story line did not reveal too much information as I would prefer that you enjoy the surprises and fun experience that I had while watching the series. There were few exciting twists and funny moments which usually happened during Liv's interaction with Ravi, or the amusing time whenever Liv's personality was affected by the human brains. Apart from fun moments, there were obviously some touching moments involving Liv as she tried her best to maintain her sanity as well as the relationships with Major and her family & friends. Detective Babineaux's occasional confused/amazed expressions whenever he saw something weird with Liv were also priceless.

I loved this series because it was able to combine the usually scary zombies into a livelier human-like person with a police procedural type of story. Police procedural series is one of my favorite genre of TV series where we would be shown various cases on each episode to be investigated to find the culprit and usually with a larger story arc that run through a whole series or few episodes (Monk, Castle, CSI, Criminal Minds, Lethal Weapon to name a few). Which is why when such genre was combined with a zombie, I had a lot of fun watching it. I think it had some similarities with another more comedic series like Psych which my wife also totally loved.

Through out the first season which ran for 13 episodes, I felt that the first few episodes were very fun and intriguing, but then the middle episodes became a bit too standard and seemed a bit losing momentum. However from episode 10 onwards it started to pick up the pace until the season finale which I absolutely loved. It was a very amazing episode and I felt it was the perfect finale for a first season. I really really am intrigued to see the following season to find out what happened after that ending.

The series did not have a lot of special effects and the cases sometime were not very very complicated. But it was actually the journey towards finding the bad person that was the main attraction. The makeup effects were so so for a series with zombies. So do not expect the type of zombie apocalypse series like The Walking Dead where the zombies were scary and always go around looking for humans to kill & eat. Interestingly, this series was loosely based on comic book of the same title from Vertigo (the part of DC comics which specialized in different type of heroes or anti-heroes, like Lucifer). There were some brief scenes that looked like they were taken from comic books which I personally think gave a nice touch. However, the comic book itself had different persons all together. The only similarities were the way the homicide investigations were solved through the "visions" from the victims' brains.

In short, if you are looking for a police procedural TV series where the main protagonist is a female zombie and had some funny moments with witty conversations, then this is definitely for you. Now if you prefer your zombie to be the main antagonist, then perhaps this would be too weird for you. However, I would still recommend you give this one a try and watch it as I am pretty sure it would provide you something different and fun. The choice is yours.

Happy watching!

Mike's movie moments rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Resident Evil: Vendetta - A Very Cool CG Animated Movie Based on the Popular Video Game

I was intrigued about this movie when I saw the poster in the coming soon section of 2 cinema websites in Indonesia. At first I thought it was another sequel to Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, but when I read it a bit more, I realized it had got nothing to do with that movie. Anyway the movie premiered in some Indonesian cinemas starting from Saturday. As I was having another weekend staycation with my wife on Saturday, I only went to the cinema today after we checked out from the hotel. My wife was having various things to do at the time, and hence I watched this movie by myself in Plaza FX. Ok, I will proceed to the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Chris Redfield (voiced by Kevin Dorman) was a member of BSAA, an elite unit specializing in killing the undead/zombies. He was given the task along with special forces from another unit to capture the notorious weapons dealer named Glenn Arias (voiced by Alexander Polinsky - Charles in Charge TV series). Though the mission was not successful, Chris did manage to find out that Arias was working on a new kind of virus to create the undeads.

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter - Or is it???

Resident Evil has been 1 of my quite favorite action movie with the war between human and zombies. So when I heard there was going to be another movie in the "series", I did not hesitate to decide in seeing this one when it premiered yesterday. As usual, for a weekday movie premiere, my wife was kind enough to spare some time to buy the tickets for me (thx honey). The time was 7 PM and it was in Lotte Avenue with the Dolby Surround 11.1 system which would quench my thirst for a good sound system when watching this kind of movie in theater. After having our light dinner, we arrived at the studio at almost the start of the movie.

Brief Story Line

Movie started with few minutes of background story of how the zombies were created, which kind of summed up the entire 5 previous Resident Evil series and continued with our main protagonist Alice (Milla Jovovich - Ultraviolet, The Three Musketeers etc) who arrived at Washington DC only to find out that there was no one to save. After fighting off a very large monster, Alice reached an Umbrella corporation old office where the computer was switched on, and the Red Queen (the hologram of young Alice) informed Alice that the cure to the T-Virus was already created. She convinced Alice that the cure should be acquired in 48 hours otherwise it would be released only to the Umbrella Corporation executives. The location of the cure was none other than the underground headquarters called the Hive in Raccoon City where it all started.

Train to Busan - A Great Korean Zombie Movie

I was not a big fan of Korean movies or TV series. In fact I only ever watched Korean movies in theaters 2 times (which I could not remember the titles now). However, when I was informed by my wife about a zombie Korean movie, I was like, hmmmm sounds interesting. Anyway, when I saw the trailer, I was intrigued and was looking forward to the movie playing in theater. Yesterday, my wife who had been eyeing to watch this one, told me that she wanted to see it while it premiered. So she went down to Grand Indonesia, bought two tickets for 6.50 PM show. Actually the time was a little bit tight, but I thought should be fine as it was not raining and traffic should be OK. Unfortunately, a big jam was happening near the mall, so it took me much longer. Luckily, I reached cinema at 6.55 PM and the show had not started. Fiuuuh. Well let's get on to the movie, shall we?

Brief Story Line

Movie started with the scene of a small truck driver who was not allowed to go through a location that was blocked with reason of gas leak. He drove away and accidentally hit a deer. Later on, a fund manager named Seok-woo (Gong Yoo - The Suspect, The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince TV series etc) was having phone call with his divorced wife, arguing about accompanying their young daughter Su-an who wanted to go to Busan to see her mother. When he came back home, he gave Su-an (Kim Su-an) her pre-birthday gift (which was the reason she wanted to go to Busan on her birthday the following day). Su-An really insisted on going to Busan despite Seok-woo's reluctance and stalling for another week as he was having a very important task at office. Finally he agreed to it after seeing the video of her recital shown by his mother.

On the morning of following day, Seok-woo drove to the train station with Su-an. They finally got on board the train. A woman who seemed to be sick got on the train without the inspector seeing it. In the train, we would be introduced to the various characters in the movie. Starting from two elderly sisters In-gil and Jong-gil, a bunch of high school baseball team where Jin-hee (Ahn So-hee - Wonder Girls Korean group band) who had a crush on Young-guk (Choi Woo-shik - Set Me Free, Hogu's Love TV series), and also Sang-hwa (Ma Dong-seok - The Neighbor, The Unjust etc) with his pregnant wife Seong-kyeong (Jung Yu-mi - The Himalayas etc) with last but not least Young-suk (Kim Eui-sung) & the train inspector Ki-chul.

To cut the story short, the sick girl apparently was infected with whatever virus that made people became zombie. She went outside the toilet and started wreaking havoc and bite the train attendant who already informed Ki-chul earlier and was rushing to that compartment located at the back of the train. The train attendant was trying to escape and ran towards the baseball team compartment which created panic as she also became infected and started to bite the team. They tried to run and escape to the next compartment where Ki-chul finally see what was happening and warned the train driver. Everyone in the next compartments started to run towards the next compartments but mostly unable as the zombies were very very fast. 

Su-an who was in a toilet in the middle compartment heard the noises and when she went outside she saw the people running towards her compartment chased by the zombies. Meanwhile Seok-woo who just realized Su-an was missing as he was asleep, started to panic and looked for her. He saw her just in time and ran towards her and ran back to their compartment. Seong-kyeong who was also in the toilet was told by Sang-hwa to run quickly back to their compartment when he saw zombies coming. So he fought them a little bit and almost could not make it to the safe compartment. 

Panic started to come to these passengers and they started to hear the news of "riots" happening all around the city and nation. While the zombies in the next compartment were still trying to bit the healthy passengers.

So what would happen next? How could this virus be spreading around? Can the remaining passengers be saved and survived this terror until their ultimate location in Busan? Find them all in this very much entertaining, pulsating, zombie apocalyptic movie.

End of Brief Story Line

I totally enjoyed this movie. It is one of the greatest zombie movie I have ever seen. Unlike The Walking Dead TV series where the zombies were slow and you can practically "bully" them, the zombies in this one were very quick. Perhaps they were more similar to the Z Nation TV series. This movie has got it all, the tension, the drama, the touching moments, the shocking scenes, even including providing moral message. The audiences in the movie were mostly providing the additional "sound effects" of relief, shocked, cry, laughter etc. I think my wife and the guy sitting next to me were among those who provided such noise. LOL.

This is certainly not the kind of movie for young children. There were a lot of gruesome scenes of zombies eating people, and there were blood all over as well. I think the movie was a little bit like emotional roller coaster where you would be given time to understand the remaining passengers' relationship and actions while other times you would be feeling the worry of our main characters' survival and passion. The make-up effects of the zombies were very good, some special effects were also quite good especially during the scenes involving the trains in the ending scene. My only bit of small disappointment was more towards the cinema as the picture was small and not fully fitting the large cinema screen.

In the end, I think this movie also had its very important message about sacrifices and also a reminder to not being selfish and think of other people as well. 

So if you are interested in enjoying the thrill of being chased by very fast zombies in a confined place like a train, and if you want to enjoy all those emotions I mentioned earlier, then this one is definitely for you. It is not a supernatural ghost movie, so those who do not prefer to watch such horror movie should not worry and I think could enjoy this one.

Happy watching!

Mike's movie moments rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Note:

This is the first zombie movie produced by Korean movie makers. I read in the internet that this was a very huge success there and broke the record for most audience watching (> 10 million). I also just found out that there was an animated prequel to this movie titled Seoul Station. Could not wait to look for it and watch it!

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES - Zombies in 19th century England

Yes, you read the title right. There is the word "Zombies" behind "Pride and Prejudice". At first I thought that it is genuinely adapted from the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austin with zombies the additional item movie maker made up, but apparently it is adapted from a parody novel of the same name.

Anyway, let's just go through the story a bit.

The film starts with the visit of Colonel Darcy (played by Sam Riley) to the home of a family and see if the rumor is true about possible zombie (undead) infection. He has a specific method in finding out if there was a real zombie and as you can probably guessed it, there indeed was and he has to kill it.

After the opening credit scenes, the story goes to the Bennet family where they have 5 daughters who are not married yet and having the special abilities & capabilities of martial arts for zombie killing purpose learned from China.

The mother of Bennet family, wants her children to get married as soon as possible to avoid having their house & inheritance go to some other person/family. When she heard the wealthy Bingley family whose son is very handsome has moved to their neighborhood and having a dance (ball) , she immediately arrange for them to go. During this dance, Mr. Bingley (played by Douglas Booth) is attracted to Jane Bennet (1st daughter, played by Bella Heathcote). Meanwhile Darcy who came together with Mr Bingley is shown to be a very proud person and seem interested a bit with Lizzy Bennet (2nd daughter, played by Lily James). But she overheard Darcy spoke the other way around and she became upset and went out of the ball where the zombie from family in opening scene came back and shot by Darcy. We finally see the 5 daughters in action to fight the zombies.

When Jane was invited to go to Bingley family and had to fight zombie along the way, she caught flu due to the pouring rain and has to stay in Bingley house for a while where Lizzy accompanies her. During this stay, Lizzy seem to be growing even hate to Darcy. When the Bennet family came to visit, Lizzy immediately brings Jane along to go home.

In the 2nd ball that was held by Bingley family, Lizzy met with a soldier, Mr. Wickham (played by Jack Huston) who is quite charming and Darcy seem to detest but Lizzy seem to be interested. There were also some zombies killing action during this ball.

Jane's relationship with Mr. Bingley was halted abruptly with the moving of Bingley family from the neighborhood.

Meanwhile, Mr. Wickham also want to propose that zombies who are "civilized" as they do not eat human brains can live together with human, so the war between human and zombies can stop. This idea is brought upon Darcy's aunt Lady Catherine (played by Lena Headey - Game of Thrones, Terminator series) but was rejected by Lady Catherine and Darcy.

Ultimately, zombies growth is too fast and they start to attack London which is the safe haven under a very coordinated attack to occupy the rest of England. There seem to be no other way to save the humans from being harmed by undead, unless the only bridge that separates the land inhabited by undead and the humans are destroyed. But it became complicated when Lizzy is across the bridge fighting off the undead for a special mission.

Can the zombies be defeated? Can Lizzy be saved and returned before the bridge is destroyed? Can Jane and Mr. Bingley's relationship continue? Will Lizzy choose Darcy or Mr. Wickham? You can find out everything when you watch the whole movie.

In this movie, there are some other notable characters such as Mr. Collins (cousin of Bennet daughters who will own their estate once he is married to one of the daughter) and interested in Lizzy. Also the Bennet father who is witty and very loving to his daughters.

I had so-so movie moments watching this film. The zombie killing scenes are not spectacular for such genre. The relationship between Jane and Mr. bingley is sweet but not giving the "oooooooh" feeling. While Lizzy, Darcy and Mr. Wickham relationship is so-so. The only one particular scene that was quite memorable to me was when Darcy and Lizzy had a "fight" in Mr. Collins' house in the middle part of the movie. Other than that, it was just not memorable enough.

So if you are looking for zombie killing movies, it's better to watch "Shaun of the Dead", "Dawn of the Dead", or even watch "The Walking Dead" TV series.

If you are looking for romantic film, I think this one's not for you. 

Andddd, if you are looking for a good combination of this 2, I suggest you look elsewhere.

Mike's movie moments rating: 2 out of 5 stars