Thursday, July 06, 2023
Final Cut (Coupez!)
This is a French remake of a 2017 Japanese zombie comedy film, “One Cut of the Dead”. This was a free mystery movie event for me & the rest of the audience. The first act plays out like a cheap amateurish horror show so poorly made. Several people were exiting. Maybe they didn’t speak French, was their something lost in translation, hate reading subtitles, don’t like horror, not in the mood for comedy, or could not find anything amusing depicted on the big screen. But maybe they left too soon. Next, this very smart comedy starts to explain the backstory to this first act we just saw & the behind the scenes improv moments when the shoot goes awry. It’s a low budget film within a low budget film. I️ particularly enjoyed seeing how the low budget special effects were made. It’s not everyone’s taste & you got to stick with it to see the humor.
Alien gives it 3 “improvise” stars out of 4.
