Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Bunraku (2010)


A stranger comes to town looking for revenge on the areas most powerful warlord. This is a stylized retelling of 'man without a name' in a post apocalyptic future where guns are 'banned' and ruthless crime lords rule the lands. How much you enjoy this one is almost entirely based on your ability or willingness to suspend belief and let the movie deliver every aspect of its skewed, primary color, story board style vision.. sort of a mash up of Edward Scissorhands (1990), Sin City (2005), and Kill Bill (2003-04). The action is near non stop set over minimalistic cartoonish backdrops. The fighting is highly choreographed, the 'bad guys' are over the top and the good guys aren't really good, they just don't like the bad guys. A lot of mindless fun and testosterone in 118 minutes of mayhem.

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