I think three words sum up this little low-budget movie from Japan quite nicely: An insane movie. Yes, it's a Z-grade production, ultra trashy and seriously demented, with no real plot or explanation for the events which play out before us. Nevertheless this is a film which is impossible to dislike. Imagine a combination of the plots of INDEPENDENCE DAY and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, crossed over with a major rock-and-roll influenced film, which plays for laughs more than anything else, and you're halfway to realising the truth behind WILD ZERO. This crazed offering sees a group of god-like rock 'n' rollers (played by Guitar Wolf, who are playing themselves, if you see what I mean) fighting off tons of Romero-inspired zombies, all with a coolness which is impossible to believe.
The other plot elements and characters are thrown into the plot somewhat haphazardly: there's an alien invasion of UFOs thanks to some startlingly good CGI effects; there's a tender romance story between a would-be rocker and a pretty girl with a dark secret; there is a fair amount of head-exploding zombie bloodshed for those who enjoy that kind of thing; lots of sweary, annoying characters who end up getting eaten; a gay bad guy with a bad dress-code; and much, much more. Things culminate in a truly explosive finale, involving rocket launchers, grenade launchers. and a zombie who can shoot electric killer rays out of his eyeballs. It's incredible. The film has both highs and lows and is a little unfulfilling if you're looking for linear narrative, but so much inventiveness and energy has been thrown into the action that, as I said earlier in this review, it's actually impossible to dislike (I tried, and failed).
The other plot elements and characters are thrown into the plot somewhat haphazardly: there's an alien invasion of UFOs thanks to some startlingly good CGI effects; there's a tender romance story between a would-be rocker and a pretty girl with a dark secret; there is a fair amount of head-exploding zombie bloodshed for those who enjoy that kind of thing; lots of sweary, annoying characters who end up getting eaten; a gay bad guy with a bad dress-code; and much, much more. Things culminate in a truly explosive finale, involving rocket launchers, grenade launchers. and a zombie who can shoot electric killer rays out of his eyeballs. It's incredible. The film has both highs and lows and is a little unfulfilling if you're looking for linear narrative, but so much inventiveness and energy has been thrown into the action that, as I said earlier in this review, it's actually impossible to dislike (I tried, and failed).