Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (2023)

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is a Japanese movie adapted from the manga series written by Haro Aso and illustrated by Kotaro Kataka. It is a Sci-fi/horror comedy based on the life of 24-year-old Akira Tendo, who works in an exploitative firm right before the zombie apocalypse.

Akira Tendo (Eiji Akaso) finds himself a job after trying so hard, who would have thought that his first job would be under a manipulative leadership. Tendo endures this for a year, running on sleepless nights and low motivational fuel, until the pandemic. When the pandemic happens, Tendo finds himself being alive again with a bucket list of 100 things he would like to do before he dies - or eventually becomes a zombie.

Realistically speaking, Tendo’s reaction to the outbreak is not plausible. I may be wrong though, because people are different and perhaps the writer was only concerned with capturing the response of a man who was a slave to his work.

Then we have Shizuka Mikazuki (Mai Shiraishi), the ever sceptical one that seems to have the common sense to remain cautious. Shizuka was responding in a way that is common and would be accepted by the world. Even her scoff at Tendo’s childishness was justified to me. I would be the same way.

The movie itself, I came to realise, was not only about the apocalypse. Maybe it was just a singular epiphany but, whatever the writer was trying to communicate, one thing was loud and clear. Many are slaves to their jobs, ideals and environment. We become zombies paving the way for someone else because we are scared of what lies outside the comfort we know.

As hilarious as this movie was, it also carried a message that I could not overlook. The trio, Tendo, Shizuka and Kencho (Shuntarō Yanagi - Tendo’s best friend), enjoyed their time without letting the chaos outside deter them. Well, if we want to be real, that wouldn’t have been possible but maybe I am being a negative arse.

The transition from fun to wary to horror was done well. The contrast and the buildup went so well together, sometimes I forgot it was supposed to be a horror movie. The elements thrown in from amok zombies to suspense created from close calls all made the acting more fun to watch.

One thing that had me cussing out the movie was towards the end. Tendo wanted to save everyone, as always with all these movie tropes. What I couldn’t stand was how the character recklessly put himself in danger and “miraculously” escaped each time. For real though, it felt like a diss to marvel and DC movies because the boy became stupid.

Still, maybe that was the essence of it. The characters were all young adults and we are known to be quite reckless in our young years. Would I recommend this movie? Yes. I’d give it a 6 out of 10.

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