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    ARCHERY AT THE MOVIES: PART 3

    Dec 10, 2020 7 minutes

    SCHOOLGIRL APOCALYPSE (2011)

    Original title: Sera-fuku Mokushiroku

    DIRECTOR: JOHN CAIRNS

    THEY SAY: "SAKURA IS

    They say: "Sakura is your typical Japanese school girl that lives in a small town in the mountains. One day at school, during archery practice, her teacher and classmate start acting strange."

    12 Ignore the slightly NSFW translation of the title, this is an arthouse zombie action flick with a slightly improbable production story, that somehow comes together into a highly watchable piece with some nice woozy impressionistic touches and a Sergio Leone backnote. It's a coming-of-age movie of sorts, and if you like a lot of zombies getting impaled by arrows, you're in for a treat.

    Realism rating: way above average

    THE SACRED ARROW (2014)

    ORIGINAL TITLE: WU CAI SHEN JIAN

    DIRECTOR: PEMA TSEDEN

    They say: "Two Tibetan villages keep friendship from generation to generation. Now two young man will compete in an upcoming archery contest."

    A Chinese production with a Tibetan director based in China, this will please fans of widescreen fantasy and epic Asian landscapes. A historical feature but apparently set in the present day, it explores a rivalry against the

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