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When it isn’t bewilderingly silly and inconceivably overblown (i.e., jumping out from a flying helicopter and landing unscathed), it’s of the typical Miike variety — burping, farting, peeing, pooping, bleeding, etc. — and he is constantly introducing foreign elements into the action without rhyme or reason, all leading to the question of who’s the bigger badass. (Every once in a while he hits the mark with a laugh: a CGI cockfight stylized à la The Matrix.) Despite the blurred and faded color of the cinematography, Miike still can turn out a decent composition: the little girl on a swing, the battleground pit of the cockfight, a lingering conversation on the roof of a store. With Teah, Michelle Reis, Patricia Manterola, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, and Koji Kikkawa.

[See it if you must.]

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originally posted: 04/08/04 15:01:25
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