September 18, 2008
More bizarreness. Kind of the Evil Dead II of the series in that it retells part I then goes forward.
Nobu Kanaoka, Shinya Tsukamoto, Sujin Kim
Two years after leaving the grungy cyberpunk calling card Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Shinya Tsukamoto reenters the world of flesh and metal metamorphoses with a more narratively ambitious film that ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 29, 1999
Stats: 142 reviews
Flixster Reviews (142)
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July 14, 2007A young father is stalked by a pair of strangers who kidnap his son and inject him with a mysterious device causing him to undergo frightening changes. Having just re-watched this film, I'd have to say it has dated a little; the cinematography in particular can hardly be describe...( read more)
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May 30, 2007Not quite up to the original, and certainly more cliche overall, but still awesome.
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March 14, 2008Very good sequel that, though isn't as good as the original, adds a lot to it. Also, this is the first time I saw Tsukamoto as an actor. This could almost be described as the "Mainstream Tetsuo".
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February 20, 2008wathced this back when BBC 2 still showed good films, not quite as original or good as the first film, but still a classic.
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November 5, 2009Basically, I don't feel that this is a worthy sucessor to the original. While the original was confusing and bizarre in a good way, this is just dull and rather uninspired. Perhaps it's because the idea is no longer so shocking and original with the sequel? I don't know.
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November 20, 2008Shinya Tsukamoto's "Tetsuo II" achieves something impossible.: It is even strange, gory and surrealistic than the first one. And wow! This isnot even a sequel nor a remake! Sometimes compared to David Lynch, sometimes comapred to canadian hrro master David Cronenberg, Tsukamoto a...( read more)
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November 8, 2008Shinya Tsukamoto is widely known for Tetsuo: The Ironman, but this film is really a hit or miss for science fiction fanatics.
The story is a mess. The film takes the time to actually try to build some plot, but the little explanations that they have really hurt. It isn
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September 7, 2008basically a colour remake of the original tetsuo - very surreal movies.
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August 28, 2008though it is very different from the original tetsuo, this film maintains the unique style tsukamoto creates, fusing machinery to humans. this, combined with a great photography and a simple yet interesting story makes it a great film, it is much more narrative and conventional t...( read more)
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