Reviews

If you're over 14 years old, oh boy are you in for a surprise watching this movie. The empty plot is stretched over an excruciating 2 hours. The story is just a vehicle for a laughably-bad villain to crush as many victims face as possible. Everyone is an absolute idiot, which destroys any sense of implication on part of the viewer. You will probably roll your eyes about a hundred times watching this. If real-world police were as inept as those guys, the world would be burning right now. It's on par for Korean movies though. Koreans love to depicts police as mentally-challenged and incompetent (as seen in "I Saw the Devil" or "The Wailing").

The plot makes no sense and the characters motivation make no sense as well. There are inconsistencies and plot-holes every 5 minutes.

The script was probably written by an edgy 12 years old. They try so hard to make the villains as villainous as possible that it comes across as deeply funny instead of disturbing. It's the idea that a child has of evil. If Anton Chigurgh from "No Country for Old Men" was an excellent villain, imagine the opposite here and you get the picture.

Avoid this at all costs. Even die-hard horror fans will have a bitter aftertaste in their mouth after watching this.

Probably the worst big-budget horror movie I've ever seen. It's basically "Scary Movie" without the comedy aspect. Imagine that.

The characters are simple-minded idiots who make the single stupidest choice in every single dilemma they encounter. The monster has a set of rules, but never follows them.

The movie is also riddled with derivative stuff that will make you cringe. It has zero originality and copied everything that came before but in a worst way.

I give it 3 stars because the editing is good and the movie was able to screen in the projector at the theater. The rest is a train-wreck if I've ever seen one.

This director is now in my list of banned director. People who I will never watch another from again. Take your place alonside Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer and Uwe Poll please.

Great cinematography, great acting. It had such potential! The script unfortunately is lazy and doesn't know where to go. The ending doesn't explain anything and is just thrown out there.

The movie tries so much to shock you but never really succeed. It's just a lot of blood on screen.

Expected more than that.

The director could've cut half of the film and the story would've been the same. Long drawn-out shots of pointless stuff and expository dialogue that goes on and on forever into the abyss.

After 40 minutes max, the plot-twist becomes obvious to anybody and cuts the suspense short.

Main character is a horror-movie-tier idiot who breaks suspension of disbelief by his utter stupidity.

The positive side is the cinematography but if I only wanted that I would go watch National Geographic instead.

Watching this is like being slowly tortured and awaiting a swift death.

Let me start by stating that this film contains the most beautiful animation ever seen in a Japanese cartoon, hence the 3/10 score.

That being said, cinematography can only account for so much in a movie. In this case, the rest is simply a train wreck.

The movie is aimed at children aged 8-16 at most. The dialogue is a cringe-fest, characters are unbelievable and the story is boring. There is no suspense, no anticipation and no character development.

The typical anime character are present here and everyone is expendable to the story, which is a mess. The intrigue is without substance and won't entice a shred of interest on behalf of the viewer. This is a rare instance where my biggest anticipation was for it to be all over.

If you've seen "Only God Forgives", expect the same kind of filmmaking: all the efforts went into the visual side of the movie. The rest is horrible. It needs a special level of immaturity to be enjoyed. Adults cannot be entertained by this.

The definition of over-hyped.

Excellent film for a Saturday night. Great dialog and tension builds throughout the movie to a violent climax.

The story is minimal but only serve as the driving force to put into motion this half hour between the two girls in their apartment.

You can really identify to these characters as if you were to be trapped in such a situation (Your roommate destroying everything you have) you would go berserk trying to kill the other one.

The biggest flaw of this movie is the duration. It only last 1 hour and 7 minutes. I mean, the fighting is starting to become really good and it ends abruptly.

Too bad the film cuts at such a great part.

Another thing, Lana is hot, which adds to the greatness of this piece of Japanese cinema.

Perfect gunfights, perfect script, a little humor, excellent characters, Gackt, Hyde, etc... How could that failed? No way it could. The cinematography is absolutely brilliant in every way; from the epic gunfights to the depiction of that Asian-type City of God, Moon Child never let down the viewer for one minute. The dialog is perfect and you can really "feel" the emotions of the characters and all the things that they've gone through. This film accomplishes something that only a few director can do; mix vampires, gangsters, vampires, social message and masterful combat choreography all in one and make a masterpiece with it. A flawless film even though the principal characters are amateur and were singers before starting to act. Gackt depicts the perfect yakuza and no one could've best depicted the character of Sho in my opinion. The combat scenes are totally stunning and they keep your attention during the whole thing (Special Mention to the first gunfight and the final assault at the end). And, by the way, don't believe people who are saying things like: This movie discuss homosexuality or/and is homo-erotic because it's not true. It's mainly centered around the everyday life of orphans and their struggle to survive in a near-anarchy society.

Moon Child is an experience that I will never forget.

Simply put : This film is excellent. I loved it! This had to be made because it completes well the story of the first Azumi and extends the pleasure of viewing it. This is one of the most attractive adventures I've ever been part by watching it. But, maybe this one's good but it's nothing compare to the first which was 10 time as good as this one. But nevertheless for anyone who've seen the first need to see this sequel. The director puts a lot of heart-wrenching scenes which were in my opinion useless. They kill too much characters just to put tears in your eyes I guess. However, I loved Chiaki Kuriyama in her role as Kozue, she's very good but she's cursed to play bad-ass girls for the rest of her life. Azumi's still a pretty on the outside but cruel on the inside young girl who just wants to finish her mission so she can escape to another place. I really think Aya Ueto was the perfect choice for Azumi, no girl on this planet is the same as her and they cannot replace her because she's unique in her talent and in the impression she gives to the viewer.

I give 7.4 to this film. It's an excellent completion to this epic even though I would like a Azumi 3 to come out in the next few years.

As you've probably guess by now by the synopsis and after the first viewing, this film is a big rip-off of "Ringu". Everything's the same except for one thing: Instead of a killer tape, we're given a killer phone call. The tension is well-maintained and very atmospheric but fails to gives a really good story unlike The Ring. Takashi Miike didn't pull off a masterpiece here, neither a original scary movie. At some parts in the viewing you will probably be thinking to yourself : "This is going nowhere" and you're totally right. The plot is stuck after some times and doesn't seem to be going somewhere so you will continue watching hoping for something good to come but after waiting a bit you're given the end credits sadly. The film offers a resolution for the story but doesn't resolve it like it's suppose to do it. The end is left to the interpretation of the viewer but to me it's just that it was botched and they couldn't think of a good resolution.

Now for the good points, the camera work is excellent and I loved the actors, they were excellent and gave well-acted characters. I liked the death-scenes too but the stupidity of the victims were no good to them. This movie could've been a excellent horror-thriller if it was made with a original story with something to clear up the path instead of fog to make it more difficult to understand.

Average movie with good actors but no plot. If you've seen The Ring then you don't need to see this.

I heard only praises about this movie and was expecting a masterpiece as some people described it. If you're really in the mood of this film then you will surely enjoy it. Maybe Asami was a little annoying sometimes but the actress is very good as a demented-psycho. The only thing that I didn't like about this was the over-slow-paced beginning that just wouldn't start off, but anyway I was rewarded half-way through. Actors are great and the "Kirikirikirikiri" line will stick with you for a long time after seeing this. Just like a lot of people are saying: this is NOT a gore-fest by any kind. Don't expect a sequel of Guinea Pig or a variant of Ichi the Killer (which is great I think). Get into this movie and you'll experience something you've never felt before. This is surely something that I will buy in the future because of it's unique feeling that it builds into you.

Put it in your "To Watch" list. It's worth the time.