Director: Wilson Yip

Starring: Sam Lee, Jordan Chan, Angela Tong, Lai Yiu-cheung

Featuring: Emotion Cheung Kam-ching, Bonnie Lai Suk-yin, Lai Yiu-cheung, Matt Chow Hoi-kwong

Some Iraqi agents have brought a bottle of their bio-chemical Lucozade to Hong Kong. After an unfortunate chain of events, the drink causes the occupants of a shopping arcade to become flesh-eating zombies.

Locked in with everyone around them turning green, a dwindling band of shopkeepers, led by pirate VCD salesmen Woody Invincible (Jordan Chan) and Crazy Bee (Sam Lee), courageously try to fight their way out. Working around this plot and moving into any gaps, the director has crafted an incredible zombie flick. It may hold some elements of the genre’s cliches, but this is amply compensated for with numerous twists and turns and some of the most vibrant and creative camera work as of late.

On top of that, there is actually a building depth to the characters (both human and zombie) right up to the end. More and more of each personality is revealed as the plot draws to a close, especially in the touching relationship between store-owner Rolls (Tong Ying Ying), and her lonely sushi boy zombie admirer (Cheung Kam-ching). It’s a riot and proves that you cannot do much wrong with a pairing of Sam Lee and Jordan Chan.

Essential viewing!

Film Review by: Simon Waldron

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