Comments: Another zombie flick I enjoyed more than Train to Busan. I commend South Korea for making a mainstream family zombie drama with good production values. Only from Korea. It worked for a lot of people. But zombie flicks belong on Tier Two, I think. I Am a Hero's got American jabs and some funny bits, mostly due to the proper protagonist whose life has no good points--Yo Oizumi, from the most excellent Gummô ebian! (2012), has a screaming stupid I get along with. He's good. There are no over-moisturized faces except for Kasumi Arimura who's got the game for it. I wish she would have fought more and participated in the final showdown. The zombies are fine and a few of the kills are gorey funny. I'm a fan of exploding heads. A sliver of dramance is a weak point. You can't slow these things down with too much plot interrupting the story. And Masami Nagasawa, yo.
Summary: One day, after returning from work late in the evening, Hideo witnesses a traffic accident in which a car crashes into a nearby pedestrian, killing the victim instantly. However, despite severe injuries including a broken neck, the victim's body stands up and walks away. Hideo questions whether this is another one of his hallucinations, but strange events begin happening around him.
2015
Japan
I Am a Hero
