A dark humor film that reflects the current state of Cuba

Quincy 2022-04-14 08:01:01

I have to say that the surprise brought to me by the movie "Zombie Juan" was completely unexpected. When I first selected the disc, the male protagonist on the cover was a frustrated middle-aged man with dark skin, curly hair, black lips, and a gloomy expression. It's a zombie movie, so I don't have the desire to watch it at all. However, I didn't expect this to be a work that highly demonstrated the level of Cuban filmmakers! It overturned a lot of my old beliefs.
It is completely different from other zombie horror films: the whole film is full of dark humor, cult, and even nonsensical funny elements, which are extremely surprising. There is both laughing and the coolness of "killing a person in ten steps, leaving a thousand miles behind". When comedy reaches a certain depth, it becomes an art worth exploring. Juan, the man who lived by deception and abduction for the first half of his life and achieved nothing, not only lived like shit, but also lost his marriage and the love of his daughter. It is such a small person, how to survive in a chaotic world, and finally stay brave to fight to the end, this is also his growth. Another fascinating aspect of this film is that it shows the confusion and thinking of the Cuban people about socialism from the other hand. Thirty years have passed since the Castro era, what is left of Cuba today? Poverty, despotism, deceit. Times are turbulent and people's minds change. In TV news, the zombie virus was advertised as a means of counter-offensive for the US imperialists. Zombies were also called reactionaries. The wife and daughter went to Miami, and the friend's son was called California. Even when the situation was out of control, the TV kept saying that the authorities The situation is under control... But even if the country is no longer beautiful, Juan finally chose to stay and fight and fight like a man, winning the respect of his daughter. (Of course, in the animation of the ending subtitle, his friends and daughter also came back to fight with him)
Personally, the hilarious points of the whole film are: (1) The elevator in the building where Juan lives, every time it stops in the middle of the two floors, he helps the old lady climb out of the elevator, but takes the opportunity to grab her butt and wipe the oil (2) Juan starts I went to my mother-in-law's house to see my daughter and begged her to give her a chance, but she was rejected, so she went home, frustrated, drank, and jumped off the building. When the camera switched, he jumped into the coquettish woman's house and had sex four times. He was about to have sex for the fifth time when his husband returned and fled from the balcony in panic. (3) After the outbreak of zombies, Juan and his friends were preparing to make a fortune for the country and set up a company to kill zombies. Every time they answered the phone, they said, "Hello, I'm Juan, the god of death. I'll kill relatives and friends for you. It costs 30 yuan to kill one person. Discounts for the elderly and children..." (4) A group of weirdos took to the streets to start a zombie-killing business. Boat paddles, melon-cutting knives, golf clubs, slingshots... all came together to hit the head, and the bad taste broke out. Among them, there is a monster coffee, who is from Cantonese in China... (Khan) (5) This group of people robbed a lot of goods. On the way, an old man in a wheelchair was chased by zombies. He shouted for help. . After a while, a friend came back with the goods in a wheelchair. The old man was gone. A bunch of zombies were lying on their stomachs and enjoying the food in the distance. They "rescue" the old man. (6) The human monster Ka was bitten and turned into a zombie, but he and Juan were handcuffed by the police. He desperately bit Juan, and Juan tried desperately to dodge, so on the rooftop, the two had a passionate "dance". (7) An old friend is suspected of being bitten by a zombie, and his last wish is to watch the sunrise. Juan is with you. Friends: "I love you", Juan: "I love you too", Friends: "I'm real, I want to play for you", Juan Angri: "If you talk nonsense, you won't be able to see the sun out", then got up and walked, took two steps back, and said, "No one sees anyway, come on", then pulled down his pants, exposing his cock. You stared at his cock for a long time, then laughed: "You've been fooled"...
Of course there are still many jokes, I just wrote some based on impressions. There are also many cool scenes in the film, such as thousands of zombies walking on the seabed; a car and a rope killed more than 100 zombies in an instant; and Juan's final battle, etc...

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Extended Reading
  • Madalyn 2022-04-18 09:01:20

    Is it the first zombie movie of a socialist country (Cuba)? Like the British movie "Shaun of Zombies", it is a film about the society and the government based on the theme of zombies. When we are also socialist countries, we see that "all the turmoil is a conspiracy of the reactionaries, and it is a conspiracy of the capitalist powers. Zombies are reactionaries. "When the argument was made, I couldn't help laughing!

  • Shaniya 2022-04-16 09:01:09

    Unkillable Cuban people and Cuban zombies like Grandpa Castro~

Juan of the Dead quotes

  • Juan: [answering phone] Juan of the dead, we kill your beloved ones, how can I help you?