When the first song kicks in and the film starts to reveal it's wonderful visual stylings I thought this is fantastic but is it really going to be able to keep it up for two hours? The answer is no, not really but not necessarily for the reasons I thought. Knowing nothing about the film and the language barrier meant I found it hard to tell if the film was supposed to be serious or not, although by the end I guessed "not". Whatever the tonal intention there are moments that just stand out as being wrong, perhaps trying to play up to the japanese and hip-hop obsession with sexualising everything but coming across as awfully misjudged (or just plain awful). It's a shame because when it stays clear of the exploitive stuff it's wonderfully bizarre, stylish and fun.
Overall the film is just frustrating, jumping back and forth between the good (all the songs and visual design), the bad (overlong fight sequences and cock jokes) and the ugly (rape culture)
November 11, 2014 at 11:36PM
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