Do you have a zombie bucket list? i.e. a list of things you would never, never, ever do … unless, of course, the world ran out of consequences? The zombie apocalypse is the exact opposite of that spectrum, of course, where every.single.thing you do carries a consequence of death. Hence, it amounts to the same thing. [This comes from the same place where all “can’t win” situations are actually “can’t lose” situations.]
There are moments that make you love a movie no matter what else happens in the film. Picture this: an overworked peon. Works days, works nights, works weekends. He’s lost track of time and will to live. Then the zombie apocalypse happens. Our hero escapes to the roof of his building, locks a zombie-proof gate and, suddenly realizing corporate life is no longer a thing, he lies down and weeps tears of joy. The zombies have saved him from another terrible workday. The zombies have saved him from every terrible workday ever again.
I’d like to say I’ve never been there. Yeah, I’d LIKE to say it.
The kid is Akira Tendo (Eiji Akaso), once a happy-go-lucky young adult. Corporate life beat that right out of him. Now, he gets to find Akira again. Kinda sad that this is how he gets back to living, huh? 
But now Akira can do anything and be anything … including a superhero. First, however, he might have to save his best friend hemmed in by zombie sentries, and maybe get the girl, too. Cuz what fun is superheroism and a few waterslides just by yourself, huh?
I can see where this material is better off in both animated and TV series formats. In fact, if you look this up, you’ll find the manga and animated adaptation far more popular than the single movie. The movie was good enough, imho, to explore the source material.
Zom 100 was a fun-if-nothing-else experience. If I have any complaint here it’s that the adventure wasn’t adventurous enough. If you’re willing to brave the apocalypse, hey, the sky is the limit. There is no more government, legal scripture, or other force of artificial wisdom to tell you otherwise, so what’s to stop you from doing, literally, anything you’ve ever wanted to do? Have you ever heard a “Florida Man” story and been … jealous? Have you ever coveted a Darwin Award? Have you ever wanted to date a zombie? For some, the zombie apocalypse is a golden opportunity.
There once was a drone named Akira
A corporate zombie, quite clear-a
Yet when true undead came
And nothing was the same
He discovered a life without fear-a
Rated TV-MA, 128 Minutes
Director: Yûsuke Ishida
Writer: Haro Aso, Tatsuro Mishima, Kotaro Takata
Genre: Our screwed future
Type of being most likely to enjoy this film: Introverts
Type of being least likely to enjoy this film: Zombies
