Firing back in rapid order, director Naoyuki Tomomatsu offers up the next chapter in his trilogy about the world of women dealing with the plight of a virus turning men into zombified rapists, running wild throughout Japan. Released the same year as part two, this third effort in the series doesn't have as much social commentary, yet makes up for that with the most thrilling and rousing end in the overall franchise.
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With the virus still being studied, Nozomi (Alice Ozawa) continues to try to find a cure but is haunted by her feelings for Momoko, (Saya Kobayashi) who was killed in the early stages of the apocalypse. The soldiers around her protecting the last of the women aren't helping matters either, for they find themselves bothered more with each other's sexual urges than protecting each other, and that starts to put Maki (Ren Miyamura) and the others stationed there in danger. When the issue becomes further complicated, due to an oncoming zombie massacre from the Otaku clan determined to rid the world of women, they all must band together to save the community and put an end to the uprising.
This was an enjoyable effort in the series. Much like the other sequels, this is based around exploiting rather sleazy and depraved themes. This means most of the time focusing on softcore rubbing and fondling with each other in close-up detail, which comes off far more erotic than expected considering the situation of being in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Likewise, all the community showers, topless beatdowns and self-love sequences add even more nude scenes. This still has the rape issue to deal with, as there's plenty of those scenes within the film, as the horde attacks with more frequency, creating some intense scenes.
Another big factor is the increased number of zombie scenes, resulting in a more action-packed movie than expected, considering its length. Most of this action is the main finale, which is filled with zombies swarming the various barricades of the fort. This ends up causing them to ravage the group, as the horde begins engaging in their usual rape antics with all kinds of fun mini-encounters throughout the facility. Moreover, there's even a truly sleazy finale, with all the different rape sessions being indulged in here for a long section, which borders on the hardcore pornographic, such are the intensity and frequency of these encounters. Along with all the gory kills and solid-if-unremarkable acting performances, there's plenty to like alongside the few problems displayed.
One of the few problems is that there was no need to recap the previous entries in the series. This takes up so much time detailing the history of the outbreak, by replaying the scenes from the previous films in order to pad out the running time for a film that becomes tedious. Being as brief as it is already, wasting that time on a recap highlights the weak story by writers Naoyuki Tomomatsu and Yûko Momochi and it could've used another pass to add in more elements as in ‘Rape Zombie 2.' Consequently, it's rather tough to get into the concept of the storyline as the misogynistic plot doesn't make for the easiest work to do so, due to the extreme subject matter being seen in this light. The only other issue for this one is the film's rather quizzical inclusion of the idol singer and her inane song that's played during the rally meeting, which just drags the pacing down even further along with the tempo-based issues from the recap and stock footage.
The film provides a more action-oriented segment to compliment all the plot advances put forth in ‘Rape Zombie 2' and delivers on that front. The zombie scenes are more frequent and get far more extreme in their ideas and really causes this entry in the series to be a must for fans of the earlier entries or aficionadoes of the extreme exploitation scene in Japan.
