Written by Sakichi Sato
Based on the manga series by Hideo Yamamoto
Directed by Takashi Miike
Starring Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamato, Alien Sun and Sabu
Japan
This ultra violent crime thriller, based on a series of Japanese comic books, was available on the horror movie streaming site, Shudder. You might say, hey, this isn’t a horror movie! It doesn’t belong in Horrorfest! Unfortunately, you’re wrong. See, I program Horrorfest, and I programmed this movie, therefore it’s horror.
Kidding aside, I think it sorta counts because let’s be honest – what is this movie most famous for? The insane amount of gore, that’s what. Normally that’s relegated to slasher movies, but this time it’s in a gangster movie. Still, I say if you’re watching something just to see the gore, it’s a horror movie. So there.
The plot is a little convoluted, but I’ll try to keep it simple – suffice it to say you’ve got a bunch of warring factions of gangsters and they get played against each other by a guy who sicks a serial killer he has manipulated under his control after them.
This is one of those ones I’ve heard about for years because of how extreme it is – Tarantino’s clearly a fan. It is extreme with some very hard to watch scenes, including a torture one early in the film. There are other gory scenes that are more laughable thanks to the turn of the century CGI in use. Everything is so over the top that you have to assume we’re in the realm of satire, though I’m not certain any sort of real message lands with any decisiveness.
If you want to see a Takashi Miike horror film, I recommend AUDITION instead, covered in Horrorfest 2010.
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