In my book, Shinya Tsukamoto can never completely stink. This is the man who gave us the original Tetsuo: The Iron Man, a film so deranged the first time I watched it I thought it was gonna melt inside my VCR all on its spontaneous own. But this is the third time he's been over this particular territory, which makes that ... what? First time ( Read more... )

It’s a rare and wonderful thing when you see a film by a first-time director, made by people with no money and no moviemaking experience-and yet the passion they feel for what they do makes those limitations meaningless....
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