Sentenced to die in the electric chair for murdering his girlfriends' rapists, Tenshu somehow survives the execution attempt. Astonished prison officials give Tenshu a choice: face the chair again or ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 26, 2004
Stats: 114 reviews
A massive disappointment considering this director did 'Versus', the zombie/martial arts hybrid.
The characters are given a stay of execution so that they may participate in an odd experiment of selected isolation. The first two reels are interesting, but after 'The Witch' chap...( read more)
VERSUS was a low-budget zombie/yakuza film meshing chaos and stylized action, Alive is a slightly bigger budget attempt at Cube-like tension and atmosphere. Unfortunately for Kitamura, while he may very well be the next John Woo when it comes to cool action, he needs a lot of wor...( read more)
Most solid Kitamura flick so far. Is no sci/fi classic, but it manages to keep things interesting, the "matrix-esque" final battle do mess up things a bit. Hideo Sakaki shows that he has some acting range, maybe in a better film he could do more.
My favorite movie. This movie got me into Ryuhei Kitmaura's other films. Absolutely awesome.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of atmosphere and cinematography. Oh yeah, love it. BUT, a film needs likeable characters too. A plot that makes sense and KEEPS MOVING - maybe even some subplots. Ideally it also needs to be unpredictable and not bore the undergarments off those...( read more)
This movie is definitely no Versus but it does have its own charm. Although it manages to have a unique plot many parts are boring and unnecessary and don't fulfill their own potential. Despite this it managed to keep me interested with some decent scenes and a bit of action near...( read more)
starts out fairly interesting then it kinda goes into a crawl lol but i did like the matrix style show down at the end
I was mildly entertained when I watched Kitamura's "Azumi" and I figured I would give him another chance with another one of his movies. At first, the film seemed like it would have an interesting setup for two condemned men essentially having freedom with some certain exceptions...( read more)
From the director of Versus comes this bland and bizarre sci-fi. It ultimately made little sense and culminated in a ridiculous Matrix-style battle. Conceptually, there are some good ideas represented here... the execution is lacking. Interesting to watch, but I couldn't go so fa...( read more)
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