Zombie Hunter Rika

This can be viewed as a "live action cartoon movie" along the line of other movies like street fighter if you are into this then you definitely will enjoy this movie if not you may want to steer clear

This well cast low budget, silly and goofy Zombie movie has actually got some chops to it - the fight scenes are actually pretty good and the film has a strong lead actress and a good diverse cast of oddities for the background. The director does a stand up job executing the scenes of action with the limited budget and I liked the traditional Japanese folk music played as OST. Fun and entertaining and fans of films like Tokyo Gore Police or Machine Girl will dig this. Nudity = check. Swearing = check. Gore=eh, a little. Blood = hell yeah and a lot of it. Glad I bought this, glad to have it in my collection. You like goofy Japanese Zombie fare - then this is for you!

This movie was so bad that I actually enjoyed watching it. It became a zombie comedy. It was like the Killer Tomatoes franchise, it was so bad it gained a cult following. With that being said, remember, this is a stinko that can be enjoyed for what it is.

When average, everyday high school student Rika and her friend decide to skip classes and take a train to visit her grandfather, she was unaware that his remote village was infected with the living dead. As soon as they arrive, they're tossed into a nest of flesh-eating fiends as they desperately attempt to avoid becoming lunch while trying to get to Grandpa's, who fortunately happens to be a great surgeon, but unfortunately, unbeknownst to Rika, also happens to have Alzheimer's... ain't life grand?So, over the river and through the woods to grandfather's house they go. Once there, the zombie's follow suit, and poor Rika gets bitten by a girl-eating ghoul in a melee that occurs in Grandpa's pad, and her arm is amputated to spare her the fate of becoming infected. She later gets a transplant arm, courtesy of a fallen #1 Zombie-Hunter, and that arm comes with a complimentary Samurai Sword and a side-dish of special powers, and now the real blood-letting begins! Rather than bore you with annoying details and spoilers, here's the pros and cons of this low-budget Asian gorefest - 1) The story and characters are paper-thin, at times ridiculous, but this is a zombie flick, not Shakespeare. 2) In spite of the non-existent budget, the zombies look pretty damn cool, and the effects with flesh-eating, intestinal buffets, throat-tearing snacks and blood-letting kills are very good and near-believable. (Assuming you buy into the whole zombie thing in the first place). 3) Killing zombies with samurai swords looks like a helluva lot of fun, and would make a great sport. Certainly an improvement over Nascar racing, I assure you. 4) Just like their human counterparts, zombies aren't terribly trustworthy in a pinch, and not all of them are as stupid as they look. 5) The main evil Overlord zombie villain looks like some schmuck in a Halloween costume at a local Haunted House.6) Just when you think the producers have copped out and delivered an obligatory Happy Ending (no, not that kind, the other kind), we get a nice but simple twist that almost salvages this film.So, there you have it - if you dig zombie flicks, truckloads of arterial blood-spray, and want to kick back for a few laughs with a few pints with a few friends and a ton of gore, go for it, you might be pleasantly and sufficiently amused. Otherwise, why are you still reading this???

Very disappointing movie. The story line was poor. The acting was poor. The effects were less than poor. I do enjoy a good zombie movie, but I do like a little terror thrown in for kicks. A high school production would have been just as good.It was suppose to be funny, but that even fell flat 99% of the time.

Even though it's subtitled Avery good zombie movie :-) watch at least one time you will enjoy it :-)

As with most of the Japanese action movies, this didn't disappoint. Great action movie, but that was all some of these movies need better scripts.

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Zombie Hunter Rika is an interesting journey, but it's nothing new or exciting. The plot was pretty cool, the action was entertaining, and there were random scenes with breasts that didn't exactly add to the plot.There are no extras and the distributor didn't include a Language menu so you need a DVD remote with a subtitle button if you do not understand Japanese.This film is worth checking out, and you'll probably whip it out to show you guy friends a ridiculously fun Japanese movie, but there are better options out there; especially at the current price point of $28. Check it out on an On Demand service (I'd call this a rental, but those days are over lol).

Attack Girls Swim Team Versus The Undead was directed by Koji Kawano 2008.Rika was directed by Kenichi Fujiwara 2009.Yet for some reason reviewers and the back of the dvd box are saying that Rika is a follow up. I hope they don't mean it's a sequel because it isn't. Anyway, if you missed Attack it's now deleted and you've missed a 5star effort.Rika is a better zombie flick with more of a plot, ridiculous plot points in some cases, less sexuality but still manages to include some topless action which is quite funny. There's a ton more blood and gore and a fair number of comedic scenes. It's silly, it's serious, it's fun, has twists, it's ebtertaining and for a Japanes low budget film has a lot of production value often missing in other countries low budget zombie offerings. I loved it and was thoroughly entertained. Don't miss out as it's a limited edition.Extras just trailers. USA Release Region 1.