[TAO CHU LI FA YUAN 逃出立法院]
Taiwan's parliament has an infamous reputation for sessions that get so spirited its members have been known to get into physical brawls on the legislature floor. Enter the imagination of I-Fan Wang, who, in his uproariously entertaining feature debut, cheekily satirizes this escalation from filibusters to fisticuffs with a premise that sees passionate politicians mutate into ravenous flesh-eating zombies. Our vantage point on this political bloodbath is split between the brash and badass parliamentary representative Hsiung (Megan Lai), and her meek, lovesick confidant, security guard Wang (Bruce Ho). Cruelly kicked out of office after her martial arts prowess makes her a liability to her corrupt and sexist rivals, Hsiung must rely (reluctantly) on Wang to enter the political arena on her behalf and fight (literally) for her policies. As she secretly directs Wang's words and actions via headset, her strategy is compromised when nearly the entire government falls victim to a pathogen that renders them undead — and so ensues the deadliest assembly of Hsiung and Wang's lives. Director Wang choreographs this chaos with a breathless deployment of gory slapstick, satirical sing-alongs and hilarious, fourth-wall-shattering graphics, generating a formal silliness and elasticity akin to Stephen Chow's mid-'90s nonsense comedies. Yet another demonstration of the zombie genre's undying dexterity with social and political critique, GET THE HELL OUT is ambitious and infectious entertainment. (Note adapted from Toronto International Film Festival.) DIR/SCR I-Fan Wang; SCR Shih-Keng Chien, Wan-Ju Yang; PROD Yi-Sen Ko. Taiwan, 2020, color, 96 min. In Mandarin with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Please note: this title is available to viewers located anywhere in the United States and U.S. Territories.
- Year2020
- Runtime96 minutes
- LanguageChinese
- CountryTaiwan
- PremiereU.S.
- RatingNOT RATED
- NoteIn Mandarin with English subtitles
- DirectorI-Fan Wang
- ScreenwriterI-Fan Wang, Shih-Keng, Wan-Ju Yang Chien
- ProducerYi-Sen Ko
- CastBruce Ho, Megan Lai
[TAO CHU LI FA YUAN 逃出立法院]
Taiwan's parliament has an infamous reputation for sessions that get so spirited its members have been known to get into physical brawls on the legislature floor. Enter the imagination of I-Fan Wang, who, in his uproariously entertaining feature debut, cheekily satirizes this escalation from filibusters to fisticuffs with a premise that sees passionate politicians mutate into ravenous flesh-eating zombies. Our vantage point on this political bloodbath is split between the brash and badass parliamentary representative Hsiung (Megan Lai), and her meek, lovesick confidant, security guard Wang (Bruce Ho). Cruelly kicked out of office after her martial arts prowess makes her a liability to her corrupt and sexist rivals, Hsiung must rely (reluctantly) on Wang to enter the political arena on her behalf and fight (literally) for her policies. As she secretly directs Wang's words and actions via headset, her strategy is compromised when nearly the entire government falls victim to a pathogen that renders them undead — and so ensues the deadliest assembly of Hsiung and Wang's lives. Director Wang choreographs this chaos with a breathless deployment of gory slapstick, satirical sing-alongs and hilarious, fourth-wall-shattering graphics, generating a formal silliness and elasticity akin to Stephen Chow's mid-'90s nonsense comedies. Yet another demonstration of the zombie genre's undying dexterity with social and political critique, GET THE HELL OUT is ambitious and infectious entertainment. (Note adapted from Toronto International Film Festival.) DIR/SCR I-Fan Wang; SCR Shih-Keng Chien, Wan-Ju Yang; PROD Yi-Sen Ko. Taiwan, 2020, color, 96 min. In Mandarin with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Please note: this title is available to viewers located anywhere in the United States and U.S. Territories.
- Year2020
- Runtime96 minutes
- LanguageChinese
- CountryTaiwan
- PremiereU.S.
- RatingNOT RATED
- NoteIn Mandarin with English subtitles
- DirectorI-Fan Wang
- ScreenwriterI-Fan Wang, Shih-Keng, Wan-Ju Yang Chien
- ProducerYi-Sen Ko
- CastBruce Ho, Megan Lai