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posted by anviange
In a futuristic Japan, a man known as ‘Key Man’ has
spread a terrible virus that makes humans into
grotesque beings called Engineers who spout weapons
from any injury. A special task force has been set up to
deal with them. They use violence, cruelty and sadism
and executions to maintain order.
Helping them is Ruka, an expert dispatcher of
Engineers. She is looking for the man who killed her
father who was a policeman. Ruka is told to hunt down
Key Man but he infects her. A nationwide crackdown on
Engineers is ordered after a policeman turned Engineer
wastes an entire precinct in Tokyo.
Ruka meets...
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posted by anviange
Dolls! Scary killer dolls! Argh!
I do not like dollies or mannequins coming to life. It
really scares the bejaysus out of me. Which is fantastic
fun when it comes to watching horror films. This is
definitely the best scary dolls movie I have ever
watched.
The basis of the plot was quite confusing. There is
something about during the Japanese occupation of
South Korea, a doll maker falls in love with a woman in
a red kimono and makes a huge life size doll in tribute
to her. The woman falls in love with him too. When she
is found murdered, the doll maker is blamed and killed.
The doll sits by his grave,...
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posted by anviange
I have included Three Extremes because it is a nifty
cross-Asia Portmanteau film featuring three films from
different countries in Asia – Dumplings, directed by
Fruit Chan (Hong Kong), Cut, directed by Park Chan-
Wook (S Korea) and Box, directed by Takashi Miike
(Japan).
In Dumplings, an actress is terrified that she is getting
old and losing her looks. She goes for a cure to a
woman who cooks her dumplings which contain a
remarkable rejuvenation ingredient. The ingredient is
sinister but the actress will do anything to retain her
youth.
In Cut, a psychotic extra from a film set holds the
director and...
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Lee Geum-ja served a lengthy prison sentence for the
murder of a young school boy Won-mo. the case is a
national sensation due to the lurid nature of the murder
and Lee Geum-ja’s young age at the time of the crime.
Due to her kindness and good deeds in prison, her
sentence is reduced. She is innocent of the murder –
forced into confessing by Mr Baek – the real killer who
threatened to kill her newborn daughter.
Once out of prison, Geum-ja calls on favours from
prison inmates for food, shelter and weapons. She also
secures a job in a pastry shop. To distance herself from
her kindly image she tarts...
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