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Gory zombie movie made in Japan, 8 February 2002
6/10
Author: Splatterdome-AMH (splatterdome-amh@ymail.ch) from Switzerland

In an abandoned factory on the Japanese island of Okinawa, the U.S. army secretly developed a serum called "DNX" that is able to bring the dead back to life. Something went wrong and all scientists were killed. Now meet Saki and her gang. They just robbed a jeweller and are on their way to meet some Yakuza for a big deal. Guessed their meeting point? It doesn't take long time and an army of bloodthirsty zombies is after them. Soon everybody is running and fighting for his life...

20 years after the heydays of ultra-gory Italian zombie movies, the Japanese start to produce somehow very similar movies like this one. Heavily influenced by such films as George A. Romero's zombie trilogy, Italian and Spanish shockers from the late 70's and early 80's and the 1992 Japanese film "Living Dead in Tokyo Bay", this is a fun splatter film, and as such it delivers what fans would expect. The gory special effects are done very well most of the time - if you can't stand dismemberment, heads blown into pieces and gut-munching zombies, stay far away! On the other side, splatter movie fans will have plenty of fun with this movie.

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Retro Zombies, 27 January 2002
6/10
Author: rundbauchdodo from Zürich, Switzerland

Director Atsushi Muroga does it again... after having taken parts from "Reservoir Dogs", "Natural Born Killers", "The Getaway" and numerous other action/crime films to mix it all together for his gore loaded actioner "Score" (1995) about jewelry robbers versus criminal couple versus double crossing Yakuzas, he mixes Lucio Fulci's "Zombi 2" (aka "Zombie Flesh Eaters" etc.) with George Romero's "Dawn of the Dead" and "Day of the Dead" and "Re-Animator", plus "Return of the Living Dead" 1 and 3, and, concerning the basic plot, his own "Score" (which means the film has also elements of the above mentioned American non-Zombie productions) to create a modern Zombie movie that looks like one that was made in the early 1980s: almost nostalgic.

That doesn't mean that the movie is totally unoriginal. It's the first of a recent "Zombie wave" from Japan, followed by the nonsensical "punk rock horror" movie "Wild Zero" and the best of the bunch, the stylishly but a bit too long "Versus". "Junk" delivers all a Zombie fan needs, although it's been all there before, and - at least concerning the ideas lifted from Fulci and Romero - it has been there better. But all the blood and guts, plus the relentless action Asian cinema is known for, make this film entertaining 83 minutes, best consumed with fellow Zombie freaks, enough beer (or else) and snacks.

Obviously Atsushi Muroga doesn't intend to reinvent well known genres or plots. But he wants to give the audience a good time with popcorn action and horror - and gore. And this he does very well. Rating: 6 out of 10.

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Decent Japanese Zombie Entry, 14 October 2005
7/10
Author: EVOL666 from St. John's Abortion Clinic

A group of jewel thieves is to meet some Yakuza members at an abandoned facility to hock the hot ice...little did anyone seem to know that this "facility" was a former military installation that was doing work on the dead, namely - bringing them back to life. Guess it worked, 'cuz now the place is crawling with the undead. The jewelry deal goes bad, and now we have some people to supply lunch for the zombies...

JUNK is a pretty cool zombie film. Nothing really ground-breaking or spectacular, and seems to be much more related to the American, Romero-type zombie films than the typically whacked-out Asian stuff. The story is pretty simple, there's plenty of gore to go around, and the film is never really self-indulgent or too serious. A fun way to spend a couple of hours, but not a "great" film either. I personally tend to like JUNK less than most others that I talk to....still would recommend a look- 7.5/10

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Very entertaining Japanese zombie film., 4 October 2003
8/10
Author: HumanoidOfFlesh from Chyby, Poland

After a robbery,a group of thieves meets up with the Yakuza at an old abandoned factory in order to exchange money and jewels.However unknown to them the factory was an old military facility which was working on reanimating the dead.And they succeeded,meaning the factory is loaded with bloodthirsty zombies."Junk" is slowly getting a minor cult following,because it has creepy,old-style zombies that are a combination of Romero/Fulci/O'Bannon's zombies.The gore is plentiful and the feel of the film is very reminiscent of the Italian gut-munchers of the late 1970/early 1980 period.The film doesn't take itself too seriously and is pretty silly at times.There is plenty of gory mayhem on display-lots of headshots,zombies biting parts of their victims and eating intestines etc."Junk" is extremely entertaining,so fans of Japanese horror or zombie cinema won't be disappointed.

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Watchable but amateurish, 23 January 2005
4/10
Author: slake09 from Silver Lake, Ohio, USA

I like zombie movies, and I like Japanese movies, but this one was just too amateurish. The acting went from bad to worse, at times getting so bad you couldn't concentrate on the movie - you had to stop and marvel at a line delivered particularly badly, wondering why it wasn't edited out and if that actor was possibly a funding source for the movie. To be fair, the Japanese actors, in general, did a much better job than their American counterparts.

For a better example of the Japanese zombie movie, see Bio Zombie. That at least has a decent level of humor. Junk had little to no humor, indicating that they took the movie a little too seriously. It wasn't so bad that I couldn't finish watching, but it was so bad I knew I'd never watch it again.

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I don't want to hype this up too much, but it's brilliant, 1 August 2002
9/10
Author: davelynch16 from Ireland

I thought Dawn of the Dead would never be toppled from the Best Zombie Movie perch.

Junk, What a Movie! If you are a fan of Zombie movies, this is definitely for you. Four people go to an old abandoned factory to meat a group of yakusuna, to make a deal for jewellery they have just robed in a heist from a jewellery store. Little do they know that this factory was the scene of experiments carried out by the US military on brining the dead back to life.

Of course these dead didn't come back as normal folk, they came back as blood thirsty Zombies. I don't think I will be giving any thing away when I say that when the Yukusna turn up, al hell brakes loose. Boosting some great Splatter effects, and fine gore, (if you like that kind of thing).

I watch a lot of movies, and I often find myself looking at the time, wondering when is this movie over. Junk however I just didn't want to end, I hope they make a sequel; I for one will definitely be tracking it down if they do.

This movie is what Resident Evil should have been. I can see a lot of similar points in the game and Junk.

Some minor complaints are that the English spoken segments are not as well acted; maybe they used a different director. Also one of the Japanese who can speak English is not very good, it is very hard to understand him. They should have used subtitles for him. Also the film is too short, less then 80min.

I think that is a good complaint, that the film is too short. It leaves you wanting more. Find this film you will not be disappointed it kicks ass. Move over Dawn of the Dead, your time at the top was long, but there is a new Champion. 10/10

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From the maker of Score comes this unique zombie film., 2 March 2004
9/10
Author: Captain_Couth (sirjosephu@aol.com) from Sacramento, CA

Junk (2000) was one of the new wave zombie films to come from Japan during the turn of the century. Like the others it was made on the cheap but highly entertaining. This film's about an experiment gone awry (can't those scientists get anything right?). The gore level is very high and it features two very unlikely heroes and some hot Japanese ladies. Why can't they make zombie films like this in the United States instead of rubbish like Resident Evil (which parts of this movie were taken from). Junk (like Score) was partially shot in English. I love this movie and I know you will to.

Highly recommended

George A. Romero would be pleased.

Did I mention there were two hot Japanese ladies in the picture?

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Junk isn't., 28 December 2008
7/10
Author: BA_Harrison from Hampshire, England

I like Junk: sure, it's extremely derivative stuff (female super-zombie aside, of course), but it has absolutely no pretensions, delivering fans of your more traditional shuffling undead all the gut-munching, brain-blasting action that they could ask for.

The plot sees a gang of amateur jewel thieves (including sexy getaway driver Saki) bite off more than they can chew when they arrange their meeting with a Yakuza fence and his men at an abandoned factory: the derelict building is, in fact, a top secret army base where experiments in raising the dead have resulted in flesh-eating zombies, and it's not long before the criminals are fighting for their lives against hordes of mouldy walking cadavers.

This weak set up is simply an excuse for a series of violent gun-fights and bloody encounters with manky zombies, so it is easy to forgive the silly script, many glaring plot-holes and terrible acting (particularly from a handful of westerners, playing US Army dudes). Director Atsushi Muroga (who also directed jewellery-heist-gone-wrong action flick Score) wisely keeps the action flowing thick and fast, and ensures that gore-hounds are kept happy with plenty of splattery effects.

Eventually, things get very daft indeed, with the aforementioned super-zombie stealing the show in the film's finale: wearing thigh high kinky boots, this surprisingly sexy corpse runs rings around the surviving gang members, before being shot in the head. Unfortunately, this only makes matters worse: the she-zombie becomes even stronger (and, inexplicably, albino!), fighting on after having been completely cut in half!!!

Cool, crazy, and covered in blood, this undemanding undead actioner is recommended to those who want to switch off their brain and simply enjoy some gory mayhem.

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Better zombie movie than "Versus", but not as cool., 19 July 2005
8/10
Author: Aaron1375 from Alabama

This movie is more of a pure zombie movie than the movie "Versus", but I still liked "Versus" better. In the end that one was not purely a zombie movie, but more of a fight movie while this one had more zombie gut munching. This movie has jewel thieves going to an old military building to sell their stash of stolen goods. What do they find there? Zombies, from an experiment gone bad. Soon the mob shows up and they pull a fast one on the jewel thieves and oops, they accidentally make more zombies rise from the dead. Well after awhile the military shows up to activate a bomb to blow the building up, but there is apparently a zombie that has a bit more intelligence than the rest and she is not willing to let herself get killed. Some good blood and mayhem ensues, but not quite as good as the back of the box promised. Still, I enjoyed this movie, though it is not without its flaws. Not enough victims to be killed and the Americans present in the film. Not that I had a problem with them, but when they were in scenes with this one Japanese guy, he talked in English too, and you couldn't understand him easily when he did. I prefer they just use all Japanese actors and have subtitles. Other than that and a few other minor details this was a cool Japanese zombie movie and where else are you going to see a zombie that actually looks really good (and by good I don't mean gory, but attractive)?

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Zombie babe in Jack Boots, 14 February 2004
Author: Dr. Gore (drgore@hotmail.com) from Los Angeles, California

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

*SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT*

I bought this DVD. A bunch of thieves go to a warehouse to sell their stolen jewels to the Yakusa. It's too bad for them that the military was experimenting with zombies there. Soon everybody will have to fight for their lives as the zombies are starving for gangster brains.

Basically, "Junk" is a Japanese Blender movie. They didn't want to make just a Zombie movie. They wanted a Yakusa movie and a Heist Movie as well. So they shoved all the genres in the Blender and let it rip. It was a tasty cocktail. If you're a B-movie nut, you'll get into it. There's plenty of good gore and gut munching. If you're not a B-movie nut, you probably don't know this movie exists and are not reading this comment anyway. Either way, I say go for it.

One last thought, I love Jack Boots. All women look good in boots, especially Jack Boots. You know, the boots that go all the way up and over the knee. The kind of boots Ilsa wears, (in "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS" among others). "Junk" has a Zombie babe attacking wearing Jack Boots. My God, it was ecstasy for me. That's how I want to go out: A Zombie babe lusting for my brains as she tears into my neck. When the darkness washes over me, I'll reach out to touch her boots one last time. Ahhhhhh....

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