This third installment in the Guinea Pig cycle prostitutes its way to wider acceptability with humor.
Trouble is, the humor is so juvenile it's tedious.
A salaryman decides to off himself. He cuts off his own hand, rips out his innards and saws through his throat with a long knife.
Unfortunately (for him), these gory acts don't kill him...they only make him stronger and more determined to find other ways of suiciding.
Considering the fact that these productions are shot on video (which is a very harsh, unforgiving medium), the special make-up effects are pretty amazing. If they had been filmed and lit more low key, they'd be almost perfect.
HE NEVER DIES becomes even sillier when our hero's best buddy and girlfriend turn up.
Definitely miles removed from the mean-spirited hijinks of the previous two installments, this is mildly amusing if you shuttle from gore scene to gore scene.
Still, you have to admire the Japanese for their balls in producing material like this.
Trouble is, the humor is so juvenile it's tedious.
A salaryman decides to off himself. He cuts off his own hand, rips out his innards and saws through his throat with a long knife.
Unfortunately (for him), these gory acts don't kill him...they only make him stronger and more determined to find other ways of suiciding.
Considering the fact that these productions are shot on video (which is a very harsh, unforgiving medium), the special make-up effects are pretty amazing. If they had been filmed and lit more low key, they'd be almost perfect.
HE NEVER DIES becomes even sillier when our hero's best buddy and girlfriend turn up.
Definitely miles removed from the mean-spirited hijinks of the previous two installments, this is mildly amusing if you shuttle from gore scene to gore scene.
Still, you have to admire the Japanese for their balls in producing material like this.