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Japan’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Zombie Horror Classic Is Finally Coming To DVD! Ace, a rockabilly fan who really wants to be cool, is on his way to seeing his favorite group Guitar Wolf when a strange thing occurs . . . aliens invade the Earth and people start returning to life as flesh-eating zombies! Enlisting the help of the (real-life) Japanese rock/ punk band Guitar Wolf (and self-proclaimed coolest rock band in the world), Ace and the members of the band get entangled in many misadventures with crazy rock managers in very tight shorts, transsexuals, naked women shooting guns in the shower, and bloodthirsty zombies ready to tear them apart. Leather jackets, loud over-modulated music, laser guitar picks, motorcycles, muscle cars, and LOTS of fire . . . it’s all right here! Did we also happen to mention flesh-eating zombies? Think Dawn of the Dead meets Kiss meets The Phantom of the Park with the humor of Evil Dead 2 and that’s what Wild Zero is all about!

Rating : - Fantastic!
All zombie films are, of course, fantasies in that they're purely fictional. But this film conjures up a sense of "fantasy" deeper than merely a depiction of fictitious characters and events. It evokes a sense of wonderment and magic - almost like some mythological tale of ancient gods - made manifest primarily through the persona of Guitar Wolf, the film's star and the catalyst through which an almost supernatural salvation occurs. True, Ace is technically the main character of the film; but he exists primarily as a kind of high priest who's been given the ability to summon the protection of his Rock 'n Roll idol, Guitar Wolf. And, when summoned to save Ace and his "girlfriend" Tobio from the zombies, Guitar Wolf not only saves his blood brother, who had earlier saved Guitar Wolf from his unscrupulous agent - one of the best conceived villains ever; but, almost as an afterthought, saves the world itself from an imminent alien invasion. These aliens, whose spaceships have engorged the night skies everywhere, were somehow responsible for the zombies in the first place. The message of the film - loud and clear - is that "Rock 'n Roll is not dead!" - at least not as long as Guitar Wolf lives. Had Ace not believed this with his entire being, the story would have died stillborn in the very first reel; but Rock 'n Roll saves the day both for the film's main characters and its viewers. Any way you look at it, this is one fantastic movie.