Get the Hell Out

Newly appointed parliamentary candidate, You-wei Wang and his assistant, Ying-ying Hsiung are determined to stop the building of a chemical plant by a corrupt corporation. When a lethal virus spreads throughout the building, turning the infected into rabid zombies, You-wei and Ying-ying must try to escape and lead the survivors to safety. The debut feature from director I-Fan Wang, Get the Hell Out is a gory horror-comedy romp that pokes a satirical finger at politics while turning a spotlight on the rise of right-wing groups, the environment and social media.

‘Taiwan’s parliament, the Legislative Yuan, 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 these passionate politicians mutate into ravenous flesh-eating zombies.

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 by a filmmaker who recognizes the mileage to be gained from making shrewd choices.‘ Toronto International Film Festival