Post by Todd Tjersland on Dec 12, 2006 15:39:46 GMT -8
Sars Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis is a ridiculous horror/comedy mess that still manages to entertain (but I was desperate for a zombie fix). 
Plot: Two martial arts heroes for hire go to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a shady businessman. The only problem is the highrise building she's being held in is cordoned off by government troops. This is to contain an outbreak of the deadly SARS-4 virus brought to Thailand by African mosquitos. The virus turns people and animals into flesh-eating zombies... Now our heroes must fight the kidnapper gang and the zombies!
The plot seems to be influenced by a combination of Demons 2 (zombies in a highrise) and Peter Jackson's Brain Dead (animal causes zombie plague). The lead zombies look like vampires from Buffy (with inexplicable nose and forehead ridges) and their teeth turn into fangs (sometimes all of them, sometimes just their canines). One character even comments, "His face looks just like a piranha!"
The film starts to drag about an hour in and little of it makes any sense, nor is there any consistency in the logic of the zombies (sometimes fast, sometimes slow). The action and horror always take a backseat to the (mostly) lame jokes, but this is still a million times better than any of that Scary Movie crapola by the Wayans Bros. Sars Wars is worth a rental if you're a zombie fan, just don't expect too much beyond mindless gore and bad jokes.
Plot: Two martial arts heroes for hire go to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a shady businessman. The only problem is the highrise building she's being held in is cordoned off by government troops. This is to contain an outbreak of the deadly SARS-4 virus brought to Thailand by African mosquitos. The virus turns people and animals into flesh-eating zombies... Now our heroes must fight the kidnapper gang and the zombies!
The plot seems to be influenced by a combination of Demons 2 (zombies in a highrise) and Peter Jackson's Brain Dead (animal causes zombie plague). The lead zombies look like vampires from Buffy (with inexplicable nose and forehead ridges) and their teeth turn into fangs (sometimes all of them, sometimes just their canines). One character even comments, "His face looks just like a piranha!"
The film starts to drag about an hour in and little of it makes any sense, nor is there any consistency in the logic of the zombies (sometimes fast, sometimes slow). The action and horror always take a backseat to the (mostly) lame jokes, but this is still a million times better than any of that Scary Movie crapola by the Wayans Bros. Sars Wars is worth a rental if you're a zombie fan, just don't expect too much beyond mindless gore and bad jokes.
