Such a unique "action" movie. The Limits of Control takes the usual action/thriller film formula and turns it on its head.
Some of the characteristics of classic action/adventure/spy/thriller films include:
- Darwinistic power fantasy - I already write about this in detail in my review of John Woo's cult classic shoot-em-up Hard Boiled, which is still the best example of this I've found, but it's present in many other movies. The archetypal action flick features an alpha male in a…
The undisputed master of ninja trash fiction, director Godfrey Ho, made over 100 bad movies, and this one is widely known as one of his most ridiculous ones. As with other Ho films, Ninja Terminator is a collage between the material he personally recorded ("Movie A") and clips from some other movie that he "adapted" to his plot by dubbing the voices ("Movie B"). Movie B is in this case some super-obscure Korean potboiler known as Uninvited Guest (1986), while…
A few days ago, I watched my favorite movie, Yoshishige "Kijū" Yoshida's Eros + Massacre for the sixth time. When it was over, I felt the urge to watch it once more; there's just something really addictive about it. This review is an attempt to try to put into words what it is about E+M that I find so compelling, why it changed the way I look at cinema, why it still feels so original 48 years after its release…
