Insanity from Japan. "The Machine Girl" is a modern blood-soak tale of revenge. A simple, candid payback story (which is a running theme with many characters getting onto the act as blood ties are important), however there's nothing restrained about its macabre humour and over-the-top visuals. Campy make-up and cheesy gore effects on CGI overload, but there's a gleeful sense to all of the spurting mayhem that it's hard to take seriously or to be disturbed by. Comic-book pulp with a typical grindhouse edge, sees many characters (some quite colourful or cornball) come and go and plenty of outlandish instances formulate into deliriously unholy madness --- but these gratuitously choreographed sequences were delivered with plenty of ticker and style by writer / director Noboru Iguchi. Crisp cinematography and a sprightly cued score added to the exuberance, although I did find the mid-section to somewhat drag a bit.
High-school girl Ami sets out to avenge her younger brother's death at the hands of some school bullies who have ties in the Yakuza family. But her first encounter sees her losing half of her left arm and barely escaping to find shelter in a garage that's owned by her brother's dead friend's parents. There they heal her, arm her up with a high-powered machine gun and she teams up with the chainsaw-wielding mother Miki for revenge of their loved ones.
A cute Minase Yashiro brings a strong and determined presence to her Ami character and Asami along side her has a forceful stability as Miki. The bad guy roles are colourfully done with venom by Kentarô Shimazu, Honokaa (wearing a bra that you won't forget) and Nobuhiro Nishihara.
Overcooked, but ludicrously ruthless bloodbath fun.
High-school girl Ami sets out to avenge her younger brother's death at the hands of some school bullies who have ties in the Yakuza family. But her first encounter sees her losing half of her left arm and barely escaping to find shelter in a garage that's owned by her brother's dead friend's parents. There they heal her, arm her up with a high-powered machine gun and she teams up with the chainsaw-wielding mother Miki for revenge of their loved ones.
A cute Minase Yashiro brings a strong and determined presence to her Ami character and Asami along side her has a forceful stability as Miki. The bad guy roles are colourfully done with venom by Kentarô Shimazu, Honokaa (wearing a bra that you won't forget) and Nobuhiro Nishihara.
Overcooked, but ludicrously ruthless bloodbath fun.