Those Crazy Asians

This is the movie fatal attraction wishes it could be.

Do you want over the top violence, characters, and visual flair? Than look no further. The gunshots seemed to have been recorded at a ridiculously high volume.

see review for Dead or Alive.

The word extreme does not do this movie justice.

Holy incest! Fun for the whole family. If you need any further evidence of the rift between American and Japanese cultures, chew on this little tidbit for a while, this movie was made for Japanese TV. If you tried to edit this for American TV it would probably end up being about two minutes long, and that might be being generous. It may be one of the most twisted things I've ever seen, and believe me, I've seen some pretty twisted shit.

Takashi Miike, Park Chan Wook, and Fruit Chan each contribute a short to this amazingly disturbing anthology.

Only Miike could make a movie like this. It's a western, a samurai film, a comedy, and a surrealist film with an all Japanese cast that speaks fractured English throughout.
It caused a bit of a stir with Shintoists thanks to the scene which depicts a man hanging dead from a torii mon, one of their sacred symbols. Fortunately Shintoists are a bit more open minded and understand the concept of freedom of expression unlike some other religious organizations that I can think of. Tarantino makes a guest appearance, and provides some of the worst acting I've ever seen. I'll tell ya, for a guy who writes some of the best dialogue in American cinema, he can't act worth a shit. He's outshined by a cast that can barely speak English (it's pretty funny, actually). If you're a fan of spaghetti westerns then you should definitely give this stir fried take on the genre a look, and if you're a Miike fan, it's essential viewing.

The first in Park Chan Wook's Vengeance Trilogy is a great comment on the futility of revenge.

The second in The Vengeance Trilogy is much darker and more violent than the first one. If the ending doesn't rattle you than you must have an odd definition of family.

This is my favorite of The Vengeance Trilogy. The story, to me anyway, is more heartbreaking than the first two, and the visual style is outstanding.

WARNING: This movie bites with sharp, nasty teeth.

What can I say about The Untold Story? Well it tricks you, for one thing. The first half is more of a horror comedy. There are a few brutal moments, but nothing when compared to what comes in the second half. This movie shifts gears before you can blink, and throws you into an insane world of prison beatings, botched suicide attempts, police brutality, and one horrifically graphic confession. There are bits of humor, but I don't know whether they lighten the tone or just make what's going on seem more fucked up. This movie is supposedly based on a true story, although it seems to be very hard to find any info on it outside of the old, "I have this friend of a friend who told me...". But true or not, this movie is a must see for fans of rough horror. And I don't know about you, but those pork buns look mighty tasty.