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I dont get it
I don't really know how to explain with this movie. It was just plain weird. The beginning of the movie was great; The first scene was like "Holy sh**! Brutal stuff!" After that, the next 20 minutes or so it had an eerie feel to it. During the middle of the movie however, I began to fall asleep as it started to slow down. Everything after the first 30 minutes of this movie I was like "Huh? What? Ok...I think I get it now.." and as the movie ends, i'm back to "What? I dont get it". Yes, i know sort of confusing -- which is what this film was to me. Part of me(and I think most people here in America would agree) that a bunch of kids getting together to commit suicide for the hell of it is just plain stupid. I think the writers and directors tried to go beyond something so simple, but I dont think it went very well.
At best, you'll think this movie is "O.K.". The ratings for this movie stand true, it deserves no more than 3 1/2 stars.
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A recommended J-Horror
This film is dark and disturbing, and probably one of the best J-Horrors to come out recently besides "Rampo Noir." It has haunting visuals and dialogue, and the acting is pretty good.
Now, while I understand the messages and morals behind this film, it can be confusing, so just take it with a grain of salt. There are many meanings and messages that you can find within the strange occurences. I am certainly not going to spoil the film for you by revealing what the movie is trying to convey.
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Bloody, disturbing and terrific
I'm just mad about asian horror/drama. This is no exception. Fifty school girls hold hands on the edge of the train platform, the train comes rushing in to the station, the girls start swingin their arms and singing and jump on the tracks, all you see is blood spraying up on people waiting on the platform and body parts, heads, legs, etc., flying around. The rest of the movie is the police trying to find out why the school children are killing themselves. To me it looked like some sort of subliminal message coming from the little girl singing group on tv. Why I don't know. enjoy!
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The Content
This review will be short lived as 30+ five star reviews have already backed this movie.
I felt the movie was done in very poor taste. There is a way to handle the subject but it was almost as if they filmed this movie because "ohh suicide! What a marvel!" By no means am I bashing the movie because of the gore, gore is a part of our reality but the movie lacked a tasteful plotline. I have to say the skin shreds were a bit much as well.
I'm sure things like this do happen but when you put it into a film there's a line between being real and taking it too far. I strongly advise no one under 17 to watch this movie.
I'm sorry to those that did like it but this is just another person's opinion.
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Brilliantly dark and disturbing, cutting-edge horror
With an opening scene so shocking and disturbing as to be deemed infamous by many, 2002's Jisatsu saakuru (aka Suicide Club) grabs you by the throat, thrashes you around for an hour or so, temporarily morphs into some kind of weird rock and roll opera, gives you another kick in the solar plexus, and then bids you on your way - a little confused about what the heck you just witnessed. The film will probably be just a little bit too open to interpretation for Western audiences, but by gum I freaking loved this movie. While American horror directors seem to base all of their films on a shared database of five scripts, the Japanese are continuing to revolutionize the horror film day in and day out.
If you've ever heard of this film from director Sion Sono, you probably already know how the movie opens. You've got a group of Japanese school girls (fifty-four in all) talking and giggling one minute, and then joining hands and jumping in front of an oncoming train the next. I wanted to stand up and applaud right here in my room because it's so shocking and so well done. Yes, we gorehounds can critique the manner in which the blood first appears, but no one can question the effectiveness of so much blood literally going everywhere. Shinjuku Station almost instantaneously turns into Splatter City, baby. The cops, led by Detective Kuroda (Ryo Ishibashi) investigate, but there's not much they can do about a mass suicide - not until the pattern of suicides continues to the point that they have to consider the possibility that someone is murdering these kids in some kind of incomprehensible way. The second scene of multiple suicides is almost as unnerving as the first, and as time goes on individuals - including adults - begin taking their own lives, as well, a fact which sort of undermines any cult group theories. A couple of mysterious informers - one calling herself The Bat and the other a child who continually clears his throat after every sentence - as well as a distinctly weird web site provide some insight into the subject, but the clues they provide are pretty cryptic. Believe it or not, events actually take an even darker turn later in the film.
As is so often the case with Japanese horror, some of the deeper aspects of this film may not make perfect sense to those unfamiliar with Japanese culture, but I daresay any horror fan cannot help but be impressed by what goes on here (those who can't stomach a little blood and gore, though, probably won't last very long). It's a really dark story, and some of its central images are of the type that you won't be forgetting any time soon. I'll admit that the story didn't answer all of my questions, especially at the end, but this is horror on the cutting-edge and I loved every minute of it.
