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When it comes to zombie films, many people may think of "Dawn of the Living Dead", "Night of the Living Dead", "Resident Evil", "Zombie World War" these famous zombie blockbusters, today's "Corpses PlayIng Across the Line", on the big scene and atmosphere is definitely not as good as these, but if you want to talk about plasma films and black humor, then this movie is definitely a strange zombie film, detached from the zombie film, in an alternative black comedy form for us to describe a unique zombie story.
Poster of "Corpses PlayIng Across the Line"
Unlike other zombie films, although the scene in the group of corpses playing in the world is not large and not extensive, but as an ordinary person, it shows us the zombie catastrophe that occurred in a mansion, it is worth mentioning that the inspiration for the creation of the classic black humor zombie film "Zombie Shaun" that appears later comes from "The Corpse Plays Across the Boundary", and it is also an ordinary person to face the zombie catastrophe, bringing a unique visual feast for everyone.
Shaun of the Zombie poster
In addition to "Shaun of the Zombies", the scene in the movie "Zombies PlayIng The Boundary" also appears in the classic shooter "The Road to Survival 1", in the fourth chapter of the "Path of Survival 1" bloody harvest of this chapter of the railway station, after we pass through the train station, through the first house around the train that blocks the road, to the second house, you can see a collapsed lawn mower and a blood stain on the ground, this scene is a tribute to the climax of the ending part of "The Corpses Play Across the Boundary", the male protagonist killed the zombies with a lawn mower. (The picture is not put, too bloody, interested can go directly to try "The Way to Survival").
In addition, at the beginning of the film, there is also a very interesting place, the mutant squirrel monkey that triggers all the tragic sources of this film is transported from a place called Skull Island.
And this skull island is the place where everyone is familiar with the life of King Kong, the director of "Corpses PlayIng Across the Line" is a fan of the 1933 version of "King Kong", and the 2005 version of "King Kong", there is also this Easter egg, which can be said to be a wave of linkage before and after.
So, briefly talk about the plot of this film, as a zombie film featuring black humor, this film has a large number of uncomfortable shots, but the plot is also very interesting, because of this, this film has a good rating, Douban score of 7.8 points, in the zombie film is a rare high score.
The worldview of this movie is actually not very large, except for the separate map of Sumatra at the beginning, the other places are basically near the man's home.
The main places where the story takes place are as follows:
In the beginning of Sumatra, the corpse-transforming origin rat monkey was captured and transported to the zoo by plane.
In the grocery department of the female protagonist, the female protagonist and the male protagonist fell in love at first sight because of the guidance of the tarot card, and the female protagonist invited the male protagonist to play in the zoo.
When playing in the zoo, the male protagonist's mother, who opposed the male protagonist's girlfriend, secretly followed them behind them, and did not expect to be bitten by the rat monkey.
After being bitten, the situation of the male protagonist's mother became worse and worse, and eventually GG, turned into a zombie, and killed the nurse lady who came to check on the situation.
Because he was afraid that this matter would spread out to make people panic, and did not want to leave his mother, the male protagonist locked the mother and nurse lady who had become zombies in the basement of his home, and relied on the tranquilizer given by a small doctor every day to make them eliminate the desire to eat people.
However, after the male protagonist's mother became a zombie, out of excessive protection and desire for ownership of the male protagonist, she struggled to find the male protagonist, which made things unmanageable, all the people who had been bitten by her became zombies, and the male protagonist was forced to helplessly, he could only lock them all in the basement, and every day he made egg soup with tranquilizer to eat, hoping that this matter could be big and small.
On the left are the male mother, the little bastard, and on the right are the nurse lady and the priest
What's even more amazing is that the zombified priest and the zombified nurse lady fell in love at first sight, nibbled on it regardless of others, and gave birth to a zombie baby (I was confused when I first saw it).
The male protagonist became a grandfather again, he pushed the car to take the zombie baby out for a walk, but when he returned, he found that his annoying uncle had discovered the secret of his basement and threatened to denounce him, in order to keep the secret, the male protagonist could only give him the house and his mother's inheritance according to his uncle's wishes.
On the same night, the man's uncle in order to celebrate his own mansion and inheritance, invited a bunch of friends to come to celebrate, the lively situation of the man's home attracted the passing heroine, but also knew the real situation of the man, she advised the man to let these things that are not human into the ground for safety, under her persuasion, the man injected these four zombies with a tranquilizer, and then planned to bury them, but did not expect that the yin and yang injection became a stimulant, which made the four zombies instantly full of blood resurrection, full of mental state crawled out of the soil.
The male protagonist fled the basement in a hurry, but the people who were partying were miserable, and after they were attacked by the spirited zombies, they all turned into zombies without much effort, and the second-story bungalow of the male protagonist instantly became a zombie hell.
The male and female protagonists, uncles, and a surviving sister are struggling to survive in the house, and I have to say that the male protagonist's house is really big, from the back garden to the front garden, to the second floor and the first floor, the second half of the zombie war is all completed in this big house.
In the end, the surviving sister was killed by the zombie baby, and the male protagonist's uncle chased the zombie baby to the basement and found the male protagonist's mother who finally woke up, because the male protagonist's mother was the first zombie to be bitten by the rat monkey, so the mutation produced by the body was different from other zombies, directly turning into a huge and ugly monster, tearing the male protagonist's uncle with his hand.
When the zombie group surrounded the female protagonist, the male protagonist who was thrown out of the window finally opened the door and rushed in, holding the lawn mower in the courtyard, turning on the real mowing, and crushing all the zombies with the lawn mower (the house on the road to survival is a tribute to this scene).
After killing all the zombies, the male protagonist realized that his mother had not yet appeared, just at this time, the floor collapsed, and the male protagonist mother zombie who mutated into a monster finally climbed out, and what is more amazing is that the completely mutated male protagonist mother has her own consciousness, and recognizes the male protagonist, and can also talk, which is completely different from other zombies.
In the end, the male and female protagonists ran to the roof, and the mutated mother began a duel, and finally used the amulet given to him by the female protagonist's mother-in-law to kill the mutant monster, the male and female protagonists fell into the fire in the house, the male and female protagonists fled the house on a zipline, looking at the belated fire brigade and police, walking towards the distance, the film ended here.
To be honest, as a strange film with heavy taste + black humor in zombie films, this film does not reveal a hint of tension from beginning to end, whether it is zombies or the performances of various characters reveal a senseless head and black humor, a priest who can do martial arts, a bald male uncle, a neurotic animal administrator, these characters use their body movements in the movie to interpret a funny zombie movie.
The priest can be said to be the combat force in this film, but it is a pity that he was bitten by the zombie bastard.
In this movie, the growth of the male protagonist is also obvious to all, the male protagonist at the beginning is cowardly, introverted, everything only listens to his mother's words, and because his father was drowned by water when he was a child, he has a psychological shadow on the water.
As the movie progresses, the male protagonist gradually changes, and discovers some of the secrets of his childhood in the attic, such as his father being pressed in the bathtub by his mother because of his affair with other women, and drowning with the little three, which makes the male protagonist no longer obey his mother's words, and it is also the reason why he finally dared to confront his mutated mother on the roof.
In the end, even if the male protagonist's mother has mutated, knowing that the male protagonist has understood all the things in the past, she still has a strong desire to protect the male protagonist and maternal love, which is already ill and blind. At the end of the roof, he even opened his stomach and sucked the male protagonist back into his stomach, as if he still wanted to control the male protagonist and make the male protagonist obey her orders.
However, in the end, the male protagonist used the amulet given to him by his mother-in-law to break his stomach and escape, which on the one hand means that the male protagonist has become independent and no longer needs this excessive protection with his own concept, on the other hand, the male protagonist untied the knot, after all, since he was a child, his mother told him that his father drowned because of saving himself, and now this lie is broken, so that the male protagonist is completely liberated.
All in all, this is a zombie movie that is well worth watching, not tense rhythmic, full of interesting plot, of course, if you are a fan of plasma films, then this movie is definitely more worth watching.