Machine Girl

Pros: gore-fest, interesting premise, pretty cast
Cons: character development and plot disappear

Writer and director Noburo Iguchi reminds the world why Japan remains the top of the world in truly screwed up splatterfests like Kill Bill. The Machine Girl (Kataude Mashin Garu) is a twisted super heroine origin revenge tale that unloads gallons of ...

Pros: Over the top, gore filled, surreal Asian violence. What more could you ask for?
Cons: FAR too gory for most.

For the most part I've tried to write here about mainstream DVDs being released. On occasion I've chosen to let you know about other films making their way to direct DVD release. Today let's look at something else. Movies that never see release in the US ...

Pros: Great Gore.
Cons: Some very slow parts.

TokyoShock, the Asian exploitation branch of film distributors Media Blasters, has long been known for bringing quirky and crazy Japanese films to domestic audiences (my personal favorites being the three Misa Kuroi films that make up the Eko Eko Azarak ...

Pros: the intro is cool, the parents of the chief bully are superb bad guys
Cons: that gore is the film's chief concern actually gets in the way

“The Machine Girl” has a plot that is simplicity itself: a young girl sets out to avenge her brother’s murder by a gang of bullies, but the situation escalates when the bullies’ families are willing to go to the same lengths to protect their sons as she ...