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Grouchy
07-21-2013, 08:30 PM
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Grouchy
07-21-2013, 08:52 PM
Again, no idea where this should go. It's a 2012 movie and the only US release listed are obviously festivals, but 2013 seems a safer bet.

I give this a Yay. This starts as a slow-building thriller from the more sober side of Miike and then once the professor goes in full killer mode it turns into a demented, bloody dark comedy... with an almost supernatural ending. Miike directed the shit out of the shoot-out. It looks like he exhausted every possible way you can film a high school kid getting his brains blown by a shotgun. But the shift in tones is jarring.

As a minor criticism, you can practically tell the killer is the professor from the start. It's plain common sense. So every scene that planted red herrings or played with that mystery was pretty much a waste of time.