Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

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Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Walter Sloane Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Leofwine_draca YAKUZA APOCALYPSE is a typically demented slice of Japanese mayhem from Takashi Miike. It's a fresh and original film in an increasingly jaded world of all-too-familiar cinema, an often stunning blend of visceral delights. The plot mixes in outrageous comedy, a zombie-style vampire outbreak, and the yakuza genre into one unforgettable whole, in a style that could only be handled successfully by Miike or perhaps Sion Sono.My main problem with this film is just how obtuse it is when comes to meaning. Things happen for no real reason and are never tied up. It just "is". A vampire apocalypse sweeps Japan but that's only incidental to a main action-adventure template in which martial arts comes to the fore. The character of the "world's ultimate terrorist" is a case in point; it's very silly, stupid in fact, and makes no sense at all, and yet it's such a great and eccentric addition to the film that you can't help but love it.Miike adds many diverse elements into this heady brew, from outrageously funny character performances to gore and well-choreographed action. Yayan Ruhian, from THE RAID series, is present here and a great addition to the story, just as bad-ass as you'd expect. The early part of the film feels rather unfocused but it all builds to one supremely unforgettable climax which is as delirious as you could hope for.

Bram Veneman This movie is from Takashi Miike so its on the weird side. That said, if you like slow paced Japan style logic and if you like action; this movie delivers in the most pure form. Combining the crazy and absurd." Like Sukiyaki Western, but not a western and way better! "Story 9/10 Action:8/10 Romance: 7/10 (there is) Acting:10/10 Cinematography:10/10The story line is insane but also good if you think about it. If you think there are gaps, you need to let go and just take it and move on. There are mysteries in life too and these gaps were put there purposefully. Thats the difference. Fights are well fought, and the final fight is the essence of fighting: brutal. Its a stupid fight but isn't all fighting meant to be stupid. You can argue, but fights don't decide whose right, just whose left.Visual aspect is whats most surprising. I watched Full HD. Selected scenes are portrayed in such a cheap way, its almost nostalgic. Reminded me of watching stuff like Power Rangers or Teletubbies. And still it was good.

FlashCallahan Fearsome yakuza boss Kamiura is also a bloodsucking vampire. One day, men arrive from a competing clan and deliver him an ultimatum: Play nice or die.Kamiura refuses and, during a fierce battle, is torn limb from limb. With his dying breath, he passes on his vampire powers to his loyal lieutenant, Kageyama. His first order of business is revenge, setting him on a collision course with the seemingly unstoppable foreign syndicate, while making his name..........I don't know if I'm missing a trick or so etching here, Miike is a visionary director, making some of the most gut wrenching movies and bonkers set pieces in the last fifteen years, and here, he seems to have tried to up his game, and in doing so pushes it off the cliff whilst in a wheelchair.It starts off as your typical generic exploitation gangster movie. Rival clans feud, as they do, but then some one who is not too dissimilar to Mortal Kombat's Raiden comes into shot, wearing a coffin on his back, whilst that bloke from The Raid is dresses as a geek, and turns into an assassin. Then someone inherits vampire powers.This is the most sanest part of the film.Then it goes from bonkers to you asking yourself 'is this some sort of experimental movie to rat out the snobby wannabe film critics who know nothing about the medium of film'. If it is,mother it's genius, because there will be someone out there who thinks that this is the best film ever made, because of its symbolism. When in fact,mother only symbolism I saw here was a big fat middle finger to pretentious geeks, and a big laugh emoji to those who just think its a load of old cobblers.By the end of the second act, we have a frog that appears to have wandered in from Sesame Street. At first you just think its a man in a costume, after all, we've already seen a man dressed as a toucan, and vampires eating transparent slugs.And then it goes beyond the realm of the senses, as it begins to reference Big Trouble In Little China, Godzilla, and all the while have the air and cheapness of something that Takeshi's Castke would be embarrassed at.But,then again, I believe this film will be studied for years to come, and garner a huge cult following, because some snob somewhere will they know the true meaning of the film and try to influence others to his train of thought.But it's not, it's about a man dressed as a frog with evil eyes who can do karate.And if that sounds like your idea of heaven, then go ahead.

Zobras Miike produced a myriad of dull, forgettable movies in the last 10 years, but Yakuza Apocalypse could be one of his last epic classics for a while. This movie is a mad, funny, dark, unpredictable, unconventional and violent Miike classic and has everything we came to expect from the director's brilliant movie-directing.Don't let the whole "vampire" elements put you off. Yakuza Apocalypse doesn't intent to take itself too seriously, but you can't watch 30 min in the movie without noticing Miike's genius all over it. It's outrageously funny.I won't dwell into the movie's plot, and Ichihara's brilliant performance, but Yakuza Apocalypse is really worth a watch, especially for Miike fans. In all modesty, this could well be his best movie since Gozu, and that's saying a lot. A must-watch!