This portion of the movie is still, upon rewatch, not great. So for the first 37 minutes, we follow a group of uninteresting, indistinct characters while they wander and occasionally flee from various shambling zombies in, up, and around an abandoned factory. It begins as a visually flat, mostly by-the-numbers zombie comedy about a low-budget film crew who are menaced by zombies in real time while filming a zombie movie. With that said: “One Cut of the Dead” requires some patience.
I’m not generally a spoiler-phobe, but I appreciate that part of the movie’s charm comes from the almost impenetrable aura of mystery that surrounds it. For starters: yes, you should probably see this one knowing as little about it as possible. Having now seen “One Cut of the Dead” all the way through, I can tell you a couple of things, and speculate about a few more.
