Sho Aikawa

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Dead or Alive 3: Final movie review

by Chris   ⋅   December 7, 2003   ⋅   Comment now

The last film in Miike’s Dead or Alive trilogy brings the series around full circle. For their final incarnation Sho Aikawa’s and Riki Takeuchi’s characters are each other’s nemeses once again, only this time they have switched roles of outlaw and lawman; cyborg and Blade Runner, respectively. The film takes place in Yokohama 2346. Japan [...]

Gozu (aka Gokudo Kyofu Dai-Gekijo) he-said-she-said movie review

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   November 9, 2003   ⋅   Comment now

SHE SAID: Wow, incredible. I’m just gonna say right off the bat that if surreal is your dig, you’ll love this movie. If you’ve ever pondered mortality, take a test-run. You’ll hop into anti-hero Minami’s 1965 Mustang convertible (my aunt had one of these bad-boys; they are niiice!) and vroom off to Nagoya to [...]

Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha movie review

by Chris   ⋅   November 7, 2003   ⋅   Comment now

THE NAKED CHICK’S CORPSE HIT THE PAVEMENT LIKE A COLOSTOMY BAG FILLED WITH CHEESE Like Lynch, Miike’s films demand to be watched at least twice. Once for the purely visceral impact, and once to pick up on the symbolism and subtle nuances of the story. But if Lynch is Jazz, Miike is pure rock [...]

Dead or Alive 2: Tobosha movie review

by Chris   ⋅   November 7, 2003   ⋅   Comment now

Dead or Alive 2 is something of a surprise. Of course, following the first film’s ending it would be impossible to make a continuation of the story, so what’s a director to do? Flip everything up. Change tempos. Continue the story once the two souls have been reincarnated. Make a mellower, more reflective, more thought [...]

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