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Directed by: Takashi Miike Starring: Riki Takeuchi Disclaimer: I didn't finish watching this movie, which makes my review somewhat less relevant. If you've seen it all, feel free to write your own review and rate it. Part of the reason I wanted to post this was so other people (hopefully fans) could describe where the movie ends up going. My only other experience with a Takashi Miike is Ichi The Killer, which I thought was a somewhat entertaining film. It'd been hyped up a lot, and it was sort of a let down, but I still found the story and characters to be enjoyable. According to IMDB and the DVD case, Dead or Alive is apparently packed with taboos, violence, sex, rape, drugs, and all that other good stuff. In the opening fast-cut sequence we see all of these, but without any context they aren't shocking or really entertaining. It's like watching a slideshow. What comes next is what can only be described as a boring series of mediocre, dry scenes involving different groups of characters. There's only a few brief pieces of action, and the rest is meaningless dialouge and long silences. Perhaps this is an important setup to what happens in the rest of the film, I don't know, but regardless, it was boring enough that we shut the movie off. Even if the last 30 minutes contain the most outrageous and awesome action scenes, it won't make up for the first half of this movie, which bored me to tears. The violence and shocking images seemed painfully tacked on, without any context -- again, context might be added later in the film, but I don't really care to find out. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen and finally gave up. Every time I'd get bored, I'd say: 5 more minutes, I'm sure it's going to start getting cool. And it never did. It just kept talking. RATING: 1.5 PROS: None that I saw CONS: Disjointed, confusing, boring, amateur ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221111/
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The movie leads up to the best ending for a movie, ever. The rest of the movie is pretty mediocre though (besides the first five minutes)
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May 31, 2004 18:57
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I'm giving this movie a high rating because of how amazingly hosed up it is. The opening scene is really kick rear end(clowns with shotguns) and the ending will keep you laughing on the floor. Its just a very good action movie. Not much in plot or landmark film making, but just good action.
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