First off, this movie was nothing but cartoonish violence throughout. From the weapons to the characters, this movie was made for people who like action and over-the-top gore, but still want to be able to laugh about it. Too often (here in the states) gore is used to incite disgust or fear in the viewer. I personally find it disgusting that they think I'll pay money to see two hours of someone treading the fine line between art and tasteless.
In Machine Girl, I knew what I was getting into from the cover. A school-girl with a Gatling for an arm. It was going to be bloody with some humor mixed in. On my personal score-sheet, this movie would be filled with beheadings, frags, dismemberment, and most importantly, creative deaths. While the CG was noticeable, it's important to note that it was supposed to be. That's part of the cartoonish violence and I (a person who hates CG) started to forgive that in order to get into the film.
Probably the most blatant example of the humor in this film is when Miki gets a mere laceration from a sword on her stomach, then spends the next scene suffering terribly from it. Up until that point, with numerous blood-geysers and dismemberments, and completely ignoring blood-loss and shock, I found the little nick she had to be a riot, and it was meant to be taken that way. In one of the final battles, Miki loses a foot to the Flying Guillotine and the evil-doer tells her she'll be dead in minutes from blood-loss. For an hour and a half people were losing limbs and blood, and now they're worried about bleeding out? That's humor, folks, not stupidity.
This film was really good, and in the same vein of film as Sin City. Comicbook violence and really good acting.
In Machine Girl, I knew what I was getting into from the cover. A school-girl with a Gatling for an arm. It was going to be bloody with some humor mixed in. On my personal score-sheet, this movie would be filled with beheadings, frags, dismemberment, and most importantly, creative deaths. While the CG was noticeable, it's important to note that it was supposed to be. That's part of the cartoonish violence and I (a person who hates CG) started to forgive that in order to get into the film.
Probably the most blatant example of the humor in this film is when Miki gets a mere laceration from a sword on her stomach, then spends the next scene suffering terribly from it. Up until that point, with numerous blood-geysers and dismemberments, and completely ignoring blood-loss and shock, I found the little nick she had to be a riot, and it was meant to be taken that way. In one of the final battles, Miki loses a foot to the Flying Guillotine and the evil-doer tells her she'll be dead in minutes from blood-loss. For an hour and a half people were losing limbs and blood, and now they're worried about bleeding out? That's humor, folks, not stupidity.
This film was really good, and in the same vein of film as Sin City. Comicbook violence and really good acting.