This was the first film of Tikeshi Kitano's I saw back in August last year. It started off pretty well, especially with a back story as to how events came to be. However towards the second half things started to fall apart as it seemed to cliche itself with the Yakuza rising to power only to suddenly and abruptly lose it.
The only highlight for me was Omar Epps a very convincing performance I might add.
The film would've been better if more thought/emotion for characters had been portrayed, but in the end all you seem to get is everyone getting disposed of in a variety of brutal ways (i.e. dismemberments, finger cuttings, cars exploding and chopsticks being stuffed up noses).
For me the second half began to get a little pointless, although I might be wrong about this it didn't offer anything surprising.
Since "Ring" (or "Ringu" as it's called) I thought there were going to be other quality flicks from various Japanese film makers.
Not bad though, but too extreme with the violence. 6/10
The only highlight for me was Omar Epps a very convincing performance I might add.
The film would've been better if more thought/emotion for characters had been portrayed, but in the end all you seem to get is everyone getting disposed of in a variety of brutal ways (i.e. dismemberments, finger cuttings, cars exploding and chopsticks being stuffed up noses).
For me the second half began to get a little pointless, although I might be wrong about this it didn't offer anything surprising.
Since "Ring" (or "Ringu" as it's called) I thought there were going to be other quality flicks from various Japanese film makers.
Not bad though, but too extreme with the violence. 6/10