The filming of a zombie movie goes completely into a spin.
The actors are bad, alcoholic or full of themselves, the director overwhelmed by events, and now real living dead attack the actors during the scenes!
Here is a summary that does not seem very engaging, and should, in principle, interest only fans of Z series, excluding 99.9% of people ready to pay for a cinema ticket or to heat up their subscription card.
And in fact, you have to hang on during the first half hour of “Cut!
“, wondering what Michel Hazanavicius, the director of “The Artist” or the first two “OSS 117”, wanted to do.
Unless, of course, you've seen the cult Japanese feature film "Don't Cut!"
“, released in a few theaters in 2017 in France (just over 2,000 admissions on the clock), including this film – which will be released this Tuesday, May 17 in the evening at the same time as its presentation, out of competition, at the opening of the Festival de Cannes — constitutes the remake.
From “atomic nanar” to comedy of the year
Because “Cut!
», new title of a work which was originally to be called « Z (like Z) », retains its brilliant structure and its particularly skilful story, suddenly tipping the opus from the category of « atomic nanar » to that of "comedy of the year", no less.
An incredible declaration of love at the cinema, but also a frank slice of fun and a funny "blood for blood" film, in which shine actors as unexpected there as invested, like Bérénice Bejo, Romain Duris, Finnegan Oldfield or Grégory Gadebois .
“Cut!
», the film that will make you love zombies!
Editor's note:
4.5/5
“Cut!
», French comedy by Michel Hazanavicius, with Romain Duris, Bérénice Bejo, Finnegan Oldfield, Matilda Lutz (1h50).
In theaters from Tuesday evening May 17, at the same time as its presentation at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival.