It is also worth noting that Musa displays one skillful approach in respect to its narrative: the bad guys are neither made explicitly bad nor demonized in any way. In fact, the film shows as many bad points about the protagonists as it does the antagonists. This creates an interesting tension, where the audience becomes aware that it is rooting ( Read more... )

Musa: the Warrior (Sung Su-Kim)

Overall, this movie was extremely mediocre. It was interesting seeing a lot of the actors that I recognize from Crouching Tiger and The Emperor and the Assassin even down to a few of the extras, but overall there were far too many problems to forgive ( Read more... )

Kids Return dir. Takeshi Kitano

Another fine film by Takeshi Kitano, Kids Return is about on the same level as Sonatine. The technical aspects of the film are not quite as interesting, but in my mind the plot, which involves the paths of several teenagers after they leave high school, is far more compelling. Although Takeshi himself does not act ( Read more... )

Violent Cop

Takeshi Kitano's Violent Cop was by far the worst of the three films I saw this weekend, although it certainly had its merits. It is also the most accurately named movie I have ever seen. It is indeed a story about a violent cop and not much more. Its main problem lies in the fact that it is essentially an unoriginal genre piece with ( Read more... )

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