Articles in Japanese Movie Reviews
Violent Cop (1989) Movie Review
Azuma (Takeshi Kitano) is a 20th century cop living in a country still mired in the traditions of the past. Rookie cops kowtow to the veterans at every turn and even the homicidal drug dealers respect their crime boss. But Azuma isn’t your average cop — he’s prone to violence and perhaps, just perhaps, he [...]
January 17th, 2002 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreBlood: The Last Vampire (2000) Movie Review
Blood: The Last Vampire is my second Japanimation in as many days. Blood is a cinematic feature that runs just over 45 minutes long. In Japan, this would be akin to a movie-of-the-week, since animation is considered a movie art form there, not just another weekend morning cartoon show as it is here in America. [...]
January 9th, 2002 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreRing 2 (1998) Movie Review
Thirty minutes into Ring 2 and my only thoughts were, “The director really shouldn’t have hired a woman with a bum leg to play the female lead.”
This thought surfaced because of the female lead’s complete lack of personality and inability to invoke enthusiasm. The actress playing Mai, the female lead, seems to sleepwalk [...]
The Hidden Fortress (1958) Movie Review
Akira Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress’ full name is actually The 3 Villains of the Hidden Fortress, and in interviews of the past, George Lucas of Star Wars fame has admitted that there were elements of his space opus that were based on this Kurosawa film. Fortress once again teams Kurosawa with his favorite actor, Toshiro [...]
January 8th, 2002 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreMy Neighbor Totoro (1988) Movie Review
As the saying goes, Children do and say the strangest things. I couldn’t tell you if I ever saw a big furry creature that resembles a real-life teddy bear when I was 4 or 7 years old. Then again, I have never lived in the country (or anywhere with a lot of trees, for that [...]
January 8th, 2002 | Nix | 3 Comments | Read MoreYojimbo (1961) Movie Review
After reviewing Akira Kurosawa’s masterful “Seven Samurai” I thought I’d go back and review his other masterpieces. “Yojimbo” is similar to “Samurai” in many respects, but is also vastly different, in that there is only one main character here, the Yojimbo (or bodyguard, in English) of the title. Toshiro Mifune, who had a co-starring role [...]
December 4th, 2001 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreBattle Royale (2000) Movie Review
Despite not being very original, “Battle Royale” proves to be something even better — a killer of a movie. Not only are there more than 40+ students sent to an island to be killed off (at the hands of each other, no less), but also the adults are around to urge them on. You see, [...]
September 21st, 2001 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read More
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