Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies.Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies.Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies.
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- Trivia"Coupez!" was originally titled "Z (comme Z)" until Ukrainian filmmakers pleaded Michel Hazanavicius to change the title. The reasoning for this is the use of the letter "Z" painted on the tanks of the Russian army in their invasion of Ukraine.
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I must admit that I did not have the greatest expectations for this because it is a remake of a Japanese film - One Cut of the Dead - so recent and with such quality. Still, in order not to have too many spare hours in my day, I decided to watch it. The story doesn't change much. A production team shoots a movie about zombies and then they start being attacked by zombies but... that's also part of the movie. Anyone who has seen the original knows that this ends up working well, being basically a comedy - with meaning and social messages included - about doing a lot with little in cinema. The film seeks to bring something new to the table, by using the original film, making it part of the same universe, which ends up encapsulating some of the novelties and more comical scenes of this remake, but still fails, as it replicates too many scenes that are not the film within the film, which ends up making little sense (for example, the director's motivations, his career, the various behind-the-scenes conversations...).
As in the original (which I loved much more on a rewatch), the first act is weird and doesn't work that well, but that's where the fun begins. The range of actors - which even includes the same actress playing the same character as in the original! - does an excellent job and it is clear that this is also a more expensive production than the Japanese one (which makes us wonder if it will go against the spirit of the original...?).
I confess that I don't quite understand why a renowned director - like Michel Hazanavicius - decides to make a remake of an acclaimed film that is only five years old. However, the truth is that Final Cut is quite funny. I would say just as or even funnier than the original. It is, even so - and despite trying some innovation by incorporating the first film into its universe - too close to the original in 80% of the scenes, so the advantage has to be given to the film that gave us something innovative.
As in the original (which I loved much more on a rewatch), the first act is weird and doesn't work that well, but that's where the fun begins. The range of actors - which even includes the same actress playing the same character as in the original! - does an excellent job and it is clear that this is also a more expensive production than the Japanese one (which makes us wonder if it will go against the spirit of the original...?).
I confess that I don't quite understand why a renowned director - like Michel Hazanavicius - decides to make a remake of an acclaimed film that is only five years old. However, the truth is that Final Cut is quite funny. I would say just as or even funnier than the original. It is, even so - and despite trying some innovation by incorporating the first film into its universe - too close to the original in 80% of the scenes, so the advantage has to be given to the film that gave us something innovative.
- PedroPires90
- Oct 7, 2022
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- Also known as
- Cú Máy Chết Cười
- Filming locations
- Hippodrome d'Évry, Ris-Orangis, Essonne, France(set of the zombie movie)
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- Gross US & Canada
- $15,124
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,455
- Jul 16, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $2,078,101
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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