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Topic: 13 Assassins

Holy crap.

I caught this at Melbourne International Film Festival last night, and it's now firmly embedded as one of my favourite works by Takashi Miike.  Slow to build, wonderfully shot, and with a slight hint of Miike's signature fascination with the macabre; this is a truly brilliant rendition of the classic Japanese Samurai film.

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  • Registered: 2010-05-01
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Re: 13 Assassins

Yeah, I loved this movie. I haven't seen any of Miike's other flicks that I can recall, cause I had previously heard that most of his movies were gorefests. I'm thinking about catching some of his other stuff, tho. What other Miike films would you recommend?

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Re: 13 Assassins

ichi the killer feels like a live action manga

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  • From: Kent, England
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Re: 13 Assassins

I prefer the original actually. What lets this one down a tad is the magic bean that comes out of nowhere at the end.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan

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  • Registered: 2010-05-01
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Re: 13 Assassins

Just a heads-up. This just got added to Netflix Instant.

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