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The campy Wild Zero is a 2000 Japanese rock ‘n’ roll "zombie horror" classic directed by Tetsuro Takeuchi. It borrows many elements from other popular B-movies such as Rebel Without a Cause
and Psychomania.

The plot features Ace, a wannabe rock star, on his way to a concert of the rock/punk band Guitar Wolf when aliens invade the Earth. As a consequence the dead rise to their feet in the countryside setting of Asahi, Japan, with an appetite for flesh. Enlisting the help of Guitar Wolf, 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 fire abound. Guitar Wolf, a Japanese trio signed to Matador Records in the US --and self-proclaimed coolest rock band in the world-- star as the well-coiffed hipster heroes. It is also a love story.

The music, in a garage punk vein, plays an important role in the film. This film is similar to another movie by a Spanish punk group, La matanza caníbal de los garrulos lisérgicos produced by Siniestro Total (a punk band from Vigo, Spain).

DVD Information

Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
Format: Color, Widescreen
Rated: NR
Studio: Wea Corp
DVD Release Date: September 30, 2003
Run Time: 98 minutes

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