I'm not very familiar with Singaporean cinema, after a quick check it seems like I may have only ever seen one single film before and I wasn't a fan of it.
Now in 2012 we had The Zombinator which I class as the worst zombie movie ever made, well the same year we had this. Zombinator actually has competition.
To its credit Hsien Of The Dead doesn't take itself seriously, from effects to acting to story it's all a comedy but the trouble is its simply not even remotely funny.
Full of stupid attempts at jokes, dreadful everything and actors who barely manage to get their English dialogue out I can't put into words quite how bad this was.
I adore the zombie sub-genre and it works so well with comedy but this failed on every front. One single scene in the entire film made me laugh but I found myself ashamed that I have as it was incredibly childish humour.
Hsien Of The Dead is the absolute pits, it looks and sounds terrible yet cost over quarter of a million dollars to create.
Maybe this is why I'm not familiar with Singaporean cinema, and have no desire to become better acquainted.
The Good:
Interrogation scene was embarrassingly hilarious
The Bad:
Soundtrack gets real old real fast
Audio quality is awful
Actors English is really quite poor
Just plain dumb
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Singaporean cinema should come with a warning label
Now in 2012 we had The Zombinator which I class as the worst zombie movie ever made, well the same year we had this. Zombinator actually has competition.
To its credit Hsien Of The Dead doesn't take itself seriously, from effects to acting to story it's all a comedy but the trouble is its simply not even remotely funny.
Full of stupid attempts at jokes, dreadful everything and actors who barely manage to get their English dialogue out I can't put into words quite how bad this was.
I adore the zombie sub-genre and it works so well with comedy but this failed on every front. One single scene in the entire film made me laugh but I found myself ashamed that I have as it was incredibly childish humour.
Hsien Of The Dead is the absolute pits, it looks and sounds terrible yet cost over quarter of a million dollars to create.
Maybe this is why I'm not familiar with Singaporean cinema, and have no desire to become better acquainted.
The Good:
Interrogation scene was embarrassingly hilarious
The Bad:
Soundtrack gets real old real fast
Audio quality is awful
Actors English is really quite poor
Just plain dumb
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Singaporean cinema should come with a warning label