Minami, a junior member of a Japanese underworld organisation, is sent on a road trip with a senior colleague, Ozaki. Ozaki is to be bumped off, as he is now a liability to the organisation. On the way Ozaki disappears under mysterious circumstances.
Directed by Japanese action-horror master Takashi Miike, this movie had potential. The yakuza setup, the planned assassination, Minami's conflicted loyalties, all these should have set the movie up for interesting plot development. Sadly, it was not to be.
The movie moves at a pretty slow pace initially and for the first 60% or so it is quite dull. After that it is plain weird, and weird for weirdness sake rather than interesting/quirky-weird. Very pretentious, pointless second half.
Directed by Japanese action-horror master Takashi Miike, this movie had potential. The yakuza setup, the planned assassination, Minami's conflicted loyalties, all these should have set the movie up for interesting plot development. Sadly, it was not to be.
The movie moves at a pretty slow pace initially and for the first 60% or so it is quite dull. After that it is plain weird, and weird for weirdness sake rather than interesting/quirky-weird. Very pretentious, pointless second half.