One Cut of the Dead (2017)

This may be one of the hardest movies to review simply because getting in depth ruins the entire experience. The one thing I can say is the general conceit behind the first third of the movie - a zombie film done in one continuous shot - is ambitious, and it's pulled off without creative editing. It is what it is, with a film crew making a low-budget zombie flick in an abandoned warehouse that may have been the site of Japanese army experiments during World War II. Just the fact that something this complicated was pulled off by what was essentially a beginning film class is impressive enough. Shin'icherĂ´ Ueda and his crew, consisting of a number of people who paid money to be in the film as part of an educational experience, pulled the whole thing off - including the remaining movie following the opening portion - for $25000.00. It wasn't meant to be seen by anyone except friends and maybe at a few small festivals, but its reputation in Japan quickly grew and, after ar