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It's Payback Time!
The life of a young, Japanese schoolgirl is destroyed when her family is killed by a Ninja-Yakuza family. Her hand cut off, she replaces it with various machines-of-death, and seeks revenge
The Machine Girl
2008 ‘片腕マシンガール’ Directed by Noboru Iguchi
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Alternative Titles
The One-Armed Machine Girl, Kataude Mashin Gāru
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Bat shit crazy splatterfest with cheesy looking special effects that made me laugh so hard I nearly coughed up a lung!
Forget blood splatter this film is jam packed with human geiser's of blood going off on a regular basis!
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God i love absurd japanese shit like this, its very flawed but enjoyable as hell.
(watched with balex and demon slayer)
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Way more fun then I expected! A girl with a battling gun for an arm wages war against Yakuza. Every bit as fun cartoonist as an anime movie with over the top gore and blood. It looked like it was fun to make.
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Great in spurts, but Iguchi hasn't really got the whole "cinema of attractions" thing down consistently enough at this point. Crude and comical practical effects have to make way for an unimaginative story too long. Starting the movie in a more exciting present sort of ends up feeling like a necessary promise of things to come, as she only becomes "The Machine Girl" like an hour in. Every scene with Asami is obviously gold. Four stars is a bit generous, but hey it's me rating a Noboru Iguchi movie so what do you expect?
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Like a Japanese Planet Terror [2007].
Just reviewing this to remind any friends who're still sleeping on this to get on it.
If you've never heard of this: yes- it does exist, no- no disappointment, yes- it is of vital importance. Do not delay. -
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Probably one of the better modern Japanese gore movies I've seen. It's not a masterpiece but it knows its own limits, which is what makes a movie like this work. It keeps it briskly paced and it uses the low-budget gore effects at the right moments. It doesn't have the blood spewing at all moments nor does it make it the sole focus of the entire film. It helps that that the plot seems to have been written first instead of shoehorning a plot into setpiece ideas.
It's not like the plot is anything original. It's standard revenge on the mob stuff but there are enough original moments that make it fun to watch. Tracksuit ninjas, drill bras, and tempura…
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THE MACHINE GIRL is the perfect film, because anything you did to make it "better" would only make it worse. Yoshihiro Nishimura's practical effects set a new standard for splattery fun that I don't think anybody else has yet matched.
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Die Schülerin Ami will den Tod ihres Bruders rächen, denn dieser wurde von einer Jugendbande ermordet. Etliche Feinde stellen sich ihr in den weg, aber ihre am Armstumpf montierte Gatling Gun macht ihr einiges leichter.
Japanisches Splattertrashaction Fest von 2008, wo das Blut in unmengen fließt. Beim Ansehen hat man seinen spass, auch wenn einiges billig rüber kommt. Was aber nicht stört da es dem Film seinen eigenen Charme gibt. Die Charaktere sind alle sowas von drüber, das es eine helle Freude ist. Die Effekte passen sich dem ganzen ohne Probleme an.
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It is a must-see film for those who want to see the blood gushing out of the cut organs, a machine gun attached to the arm, and a chainsaw attached to the leg.
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*cues Carl Douglas*
Oh-ho-ho-ho
Oh-ho-ho-ho
Oh-ho-ho-ho
Oh-ho-ho-hoEverybody was Kung Fu fighting
And there were many dying
It was a horrible sighting
To see those bodyparts flying
Then came the fountains of blood, spraying everything in sight
The body landed with a thud, bringing an end to the fight
The only way to get payback, is to go for the kill
They turned your hand into a snack, so make sure they get their fill
*bows to Carl Douglas*'The Machine Girl' by Noboru Iguchi ('Robo Geisha') and with the works of special FX master Yoshihiro Nishimura ('Tokyo Gore Police') is another one of these glorious over-the-top Japanese gorefests, with lots of gory details, amazing fight scenes and the obligatory…
