Wall

At first i didn't like it, then i didn't care for it, then i gave it another chance, and now i love it. Some might argue Miike contradicts himself with his critique of cinematic violence by going over the top with it, but i think that's exactly the point. There's also a bunch of fantastic sequences, so even if you don't quite like the concept, it's hard to hate a movie with vampires, samurais, yakuzas among others.

Scorpio Velvet

17Jul12

Close to the most violent and most bizarre film I have ever seen only to come from the mind of Miike, an endless series of violence that leads to a heap trip worth watching for "the" serious international cult film buff but also Miike at his best.

Howard Orr

6Apr12

A sort of fantasia on Japan's obsession with graphic violence and samurai culture; the film tries to critique how the image of violence is manipulated in the service of cynical interests, not least those of the entertainment industry. To me, it's a mess, not least because it wallows in the violence it seems to condemn. But the biggest compliment I can pay is that perhaps only a Syberberg could have got away with it.

AmericanWaterGummo

3Dec11

2 erections out of five? that how hustler rates porn. no joke.

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Jack Lehtonen

5Nov11

A film which actually earns the adjective "insane". Miike's grand experiment (or perhaps jest), where he throws everything out there in an attempt to capture atrocity and hatred itself. Is this Miike's reflection on the 20th century? Either way, the violence transcending time, the endless cycle, leads to perhaps his most philosophically dense film. Essential 21st century cinema.

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Juliet Benson, HKFanatic

Easton Dubois

8Jul11

2 erections out of 5

Tristan P. Teshigahara

8Apr11

これなんや

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Scout

4Apr11

A better if less pretty version of Highlander.

Tyler Aikens

25Jul11

....really?
Scout

25Jul11

Well, it's actually about something, which I can't say about Highlander. What it's about is anyone's guess. I love this film, by the way, so I'm not being totally facetious, I just don't get most of it.