A Manga/Anime come to life. With a rocking soundtrack, exotic weapons from swords to guns to sword guns and bizarre surreal moments such as a very creepy stop motion doll dream sequence. The martial arts scenes are very well done and are often creative, from the weapons used to i...( read more)
Ben Hiura, Hiroko Yashiki, Kentaro Seagal
Living in an undisclosed time and location, a master samurai known as Grave is on the constant lookout for a battle worth his energy. He finds this fight in a quest for a coffin from the Tougan Temple...( read more
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Directed by: Kentaro Seagal, Tak Sakaguchi, Takamasa Suga, Yôko Fujita, Yûji Shimomura, Yûki Takeuchi
Release Date: January 1, 2005
DVD Release Date: June 27, 2006
Stats: 255 reviews
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February 19, 2009
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September 19, 2007
A man who lives to fight meets the Angel of Destruction. Decent action, kinda unbelievable over the top but still entertaining.
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February 28, 2007
Silly live action anime with no ending is never boring, but doesn't hold any substance, either.
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February 16, 2009
This takes you into a fantasy of martial arts and stunning visual effects. I watched this movie 5 times in 2 days before I had to return it and I rented it again.
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December 22, 2008
Nice action/fantasy film takes you to its own little universe for one hell of a roller coaster ride.
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August 15, 2009
Versus action director, Yuji Shimomura, takes a shot at the head director's seat with Death Trance. The outcome is an entertaining action flick.
The story is pretty flat, which isn't that surprising, but there is some science fiction meat to it, especially near t
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February 11, 2009
Interesting premise and style. The fighting is exciting although sometimes goofy. The ending was unsatisfying, but at the same time it hints that so much more great things will happened that they cant all be shown, and thats somehow impressive.
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