This is not a bad movie...let that be said right now. The title, however, is totally misleading. I can only imagine it's trying to cash in on the popularity of Tokyo Gore Police which totally lived up to it's name. This movie has very little gore (or none, depending on your definition of "gore"). A better title would have been something like "Tokyo Fight School" or something along those lines. Terrible choice of title aside, it's really not a bad film.
Owing at least some of it's story to movies like Battle Royale, it's basically a teen-vs.-teen fight movie. Basically, a website has a bunch of kids' names on it and they all have some sort of secret they're fighting to keep a secret. Kids get points for "defeating" other kids and sending info to the site from their mobile phones. With these points they can delete their own data or cash them in for money. It's really a bit more well thought out than all of that, but I'd say that's a fair summary. It's a bit low budget, but not in a totally repulsive and terrible way. Everyone plays their parts quite well and the story moves along quite nicely and never lingers on itself.
The one thing I don't understand is why the Japanese are really the only people (aside from perhaps the British) that are willing to depict teenagers capable of terrible violence. Here in the U.S. violence is our bread and butter, but the only movies you'll see depicting teens as they really are (let alone violent) seem to be indie films that only a handful will ever see. I'd definitely recommend the movie to anyone who knows that the title is total crap.
Owing at least some of it's story to movies like Battle Royale, it's basically a teen-vs.-teen fight movie. Basically, a website has a bunch of kids' names on it and they all have some sort of secret they're fighting to keep a secret. Kids get points for "defeating" other kids and sending info to the site from their mobile phones. With these points they can delete their own data or cash them in for money. It's really a bit more well thought out than all of that, but I'd say that's a fair summary. It's a bit low budget, but not in a totally repulsive and terrible way. Everyone plays their parts quite well and the story moves along quite nicely and never lingers on itself.
The one thing I don't understand is why the Japanese are really the only people (aside from perhaps the British) that are willing to depict teenagers capable of terrible violence. Here in the U.S. violence is our bread and butter, but the only movies you'll see depicting teens as they really are (let alone violent) seem to be indie films that only a handful will ever see. I'd definitely recommend the movie to anyone who knows that the title is total crap.