SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Leofwine_draca GUN WOMAN is a low budget, gritty slice of Japanese exploitation, shot in America, that contains some explicit themes and a lot of style to make up for the lack of budget. The director certainly works hard to build up a sense of rhythm and dynamism and he succeeds in that respect, making a film which is watchable despite the darkness of some of the subject matter.The tale is about a crazed assassin with a penchant for necrophilia who's protected by a sinister organisation for whatever reason. A man whose wife was murdered decides to get revenge, but the bad guy's level of defence is such that doing so will prove near impossible. So he concocts a plan that involves endless nudity on the part of the lead actress and some very outre moments.GUN WOMAN is a strong film in terms of subject matter. The female nudity is constant while the gore is very strong indeed and painful too in places. The film is dialogue heavy at times but it's never silly unlike some other Japanese exploitation movies like TOKYO GORE POLICE. It builds to an effective bit of action cinema at the climax with the last 20 minutes chock-full of well-choreographed mayhem. Is it a perfect film? No, not really, but then few films are. GUN WOMAN delivers what it sets out to deliver, which is to give the viewer an hour and a half of heavily stylised violence with an original streak.

mediumllama It has been a long time since I've seen a movie this aggressively awful towards women. It's almost impressive!And if that weren't enough, it looks terrible, has an AWFUL storytelling device, has sucky acting and is the closest to someone's personal jerk-off reel that I've ever seen.It's interesting enough to think, "Say, maybe I'll stick to the end to see if this whole bullshittery gets pulled off, that'll maybe be worth a gander."It isn't. Spoiler alert, most of it is her naked, bleeding and woozy, whipping ass for like maybe 2 minutes. Look, I'm not kink shaming; you're not gonna be able to get this exact combo just anywhere. But if only it were good, too!And, you know, not the literally worst to all women everywhere. She is naked like THE WHOLE TIME. I could've given her a gynecological exam! AND THEN THEY BLUR THE DUDE'S DICK OUT COME ON.

senseimike2003 My wife and I sat mesmerized by this movie. Some scenes were hard to understand till the end but the performance by the mad doctor and the Gunwoman held you with their intensity. The plot came together in the end and all in all we were very satisfied with the ending. People have said its Japanese gore, and they are right. But in this context it works - all the way! Don't think, don't analyze, just watch till the end and see if you don't feel the same. The main character, The Gunwoman, is played for all its worth by Japanese actress Asami. No Oscar here but she deserves one. Bloodied, brutal, fearless. We can't wait for part 2!!!

annaned I'm a little surprised because I see a lot of bad critics. I don't think you absolutely have to be a fan of Japanese gore movies to enjoy this excellent film. This is strange, gore, disturbing, ugly and violent. However it's also a deep, beautiful and captivating tale about vengeance but also and especially about humanity, compassion, and union. To me the whole point of the story is how two human beings can be bound by hatred, pain and emptiness and feed their relationship with violence and blood. It shows that love is not the only feeling that's able ton bring people together, dark feelings can also lead to a relation that's again more subtil, interesting and strong. Besides my interpretation of the relation ship between the two characters, I loved the ambiance, the filming techniques that make the film looks older than it is and create a unique estheticism, the amazing actors (especially mayumi and the mean guy) The uncluttered settings are also very elaborated and well thought to fit this plot which by the way seem very deja vu, basic and clumsy; however don't trust the synopsis which make everything seem simpler that it really is : the story is deep and full of facets, there are a hundred ways to interpret and appreciate Gun Woman. It has to be seen