Zombiepura

Love the movie for it is pure entertainment value... there were lots of zombies that looked really liked zombies, there were more than sufficient jokes about bits of Singaporean life that most Singaporean movie goers can relate to, there was a cast which I can recognize, etc... It was an easy movie to watch!

Seriously I thought the acting was pretty good - my favorite characters were Siao On and Kayu. Benjamin (Siao On) was playing a solder in command and this is a part that he should be very familiar with. Alaric (Kayu) was also very convincing as the geeky solder looking for an easy way out of his reservist duties. On the whole, the other characters were interesting but I sensed that they need more time or scenes for character development.

Personally, I would have loved a bit more twist and turns to the plot but I wondered if this was a top order in the relatively short time frame. Other horror movies from Korea & USA this season were at least 20% longer. I believed that was why I went to the cinema expecting to be frightened by Zombie horror movie but came out with a big smile on my face in the end. :D

Quick Quick... Go watch it for yourself. Chow Chi funny!!!

Initially was not going to watch the movie as the title sounds a little... Singapore, zombie and army... but found out one of the actors was Alaric Tay, an acquaintance, so i took some time and went in to catch it. It is more entertaining that I thought it would be. A lot closer to heart about the Singaporean lifestyle compared to CRA (ya a zombie show is more closer in reality than a semi friction romance movie about rich pple in sg), uses a lot of Singlish. Movie tells you what most Singaporeans experience in army but most prob would not tell you much about. Jokes are quite funny but felt that the story didnt have time to develop. Good attempt thou.

I cant speak mandarin but I enjoyed just the same.

I normally do not write review. But this is so bad that I had to write something. I was drawn to this movie because of my love for zombie film, however this is nothing like Rob zombie horror or train to busan, or the recent Japanese zombie film I am a hero.

Instead what I found is the lazy script writing of a typical horror film where the character in the film make not only terrible choices, they also feels irritating. The young female actress is also quite annoying, never seen her before, but she protray a typical Singaporean ah Lian well, and her acting and Tone is not my cup of tea. The acting overall for everyone else is just as bad, the movie starts off giving the audience a crangy feeling all the way to the end.

The way the scenes are being portrayed, feels too. Much that the characters are trying to explain the scene to the audience. Doesn't invest too much for the audience into the character or story building.

I gave it a 2 star for it being a Singapore first attempt at a zombie horror film. I feel bad for rating it so low, but it's really that bad.

If you really want a horror movie that's fun. Try one cut of the dead. It's out recently and very very good. Stay at least 40 min into the movie and you will know why. Or train to busan - Korean best zombie movie. They are making part 2 for that one. I am a hero (Japanese). Dawn of the dead is also awesome.

Right, well as I stumbled upon the 2018 Singaporean zombie movie "Zombiepura", of course I had to watch it. No doubt about it, as it was a combination of two of my favorite things; Asian cinema and zombie genre.

Sure, I hadn't heard about "Zombiepura" from writer and director Jacen Tan, prior to sitting donw to watch it. But I figured I would give the movie a fair chance regardless, so of course I opted to watch it.

And while I did manage to get through all 85 minutes of the movie, I have to say that I wasn't particularly entertained, much less impressed with what transpired on the screen. Not only was the script a very bland and generic script, even for a zombie movie. But I will say that the movie actually felt rather redundant and pointless. The script just didn't offer anything that hadn't already been done or seen in other zombie movies, and the whole storyline was just flaccid.

I haven't watched a whole lot of Singaporean movies, so I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie. However, I must admit that I didn't care one ounce about the characters or whatever fate befell them. In fact, I couldn't even give you the name of a single character in the movie just as the end credits started to roll, the whole character gallery was that generic and bland.

Visually then "Zombiepura" was adequate. You're not in for a grand spectacle of special effects or zombie make-up. In fact, it was pretty low-key zombie special effects, well, make-up actually if you look at it. But it worked well enough given the whole concept and feel of the movie.

I do like zombie things, but not everything in the genre is pure gold, and "Zombiepura" was far from being golden.

My rating of "Zombiepura" lands on a generous two out of ten stars. At least director Jacen Tan took an attempt at the zombie genre here.