Weekly Comp - Pandemic - 15/05/2011 - FINISHED

[iluvdvds@Cult Labs]

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Welcome to another competition, the billionth one. This week's prize is the excellent...



THE END OF THE WORLD IS NEAR. [again]



Japanese director Takahisa Zeze (Flying Rabbits; Moon Child) combines the apocalyptic excitement of the disaster movie with the high tension of a medical thriller in Pandemic, which stars Satoshi Tsumabuki (Dororo; The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift), Kanningu Takeyama (Memories Of Matsuko) and celebrated veteran actor Tatsuya Fuji (In The Realm Of The Senses; Empire Of Passion) in a terrifyingly topical tale of a world threatened by a mysterious virus.

When a lethal avian flu outbreak hits a small village in the Northern Philippines, the international medical team working to contain the virus hears unconfirmed reports that one of the residents has left the village to attend a relative’s wedding and has taken a chicken as a gift.

Three months later, a poultry farm on the outskirts of Tokyo is found to be infected. At a nearby hospital, a patient thought to be suffering from flu tests negative for the disease but then suffers from fever, pneumonia, bleeding, diarrhoea, systemic infection and multiple organ failure. Doctors quickly determine that the cause was not avian flu. It was something much, much worse – a brand new form of flu, the likes of which has never been seen before. Early estimates suggest an outbreak of this deadly plague could infect 2.5 million people within the Tokyo area and kill around 640, 000 within weeks.

Fear quickly spreads as government authorities and medical researchers race to identify and isolate the virus and to produce a vaccine. Meanwhile, as the outbreak becomes an epidemic, the death toll begins to rise far more quickly than anticipated. Japanese citizens are barred from visiting other nations and as the invisible threat takes over Tokyo, mass panic leads to chaos as martial law is imposed. In the middle of it all is the hospital where the virus was first discovered, the site now a war zone hosting a conflict between the military, the medical teams and the stricken public. Now, the race is on to save Japan and prevent a global outbreak that could lead to Armageddon.

Pandemic (cert. 15) will be released on DVD (£15.99) by MVM on 9th May 2011.

And here's some pictures from the film...














Comp rules will follow shortly.

[iluvdvds@Cult Labs]

And here's how to win!


Exploitation cinema! We all luv it. So this week is all about it. Simply come up with a title of a fake film which exploits a recent news story!


Here's a few posters I put together to get you thinking...







Simply come up with a title, or poster if you like. The three funniest entries will be selected next sunday by me and they'll win this DVD.

Simple.


Good luck,

Kyle

[bigandya]

What were they then?

The Little Osamaid?

Shriek of the Mutiladen?

(couldnt think of the 3rd...)

[Pete]

A Fish Called Osama

Shriek of the Mutilated Infidels


can't think of a third either!

[pedromonkey]

Here's one!!!

[pedromonkey]

here's another

[BioZombie]

Here is my attempt at a poster.

[DryJack]

Coming soon to a bargain bin near you (unless it's tali-banned!)

[Jinx_Barkman]

Fun comp! It will be interesting to see what everyone comes up with. Here's my rather quick attempt.

[BioZombie]

Here's another one