ichi the killer - good or bad cinema

[dumadiscount]

ppl have told me to watch this... is it just some ultra-sick shit or is it actually a good movie too?

[qwertyuiop5]

i found it to be a good move, not extremely good, but quite good

there is much more to it than the "ultra sick shit", but thats in there too

[denimdestroyedmylife]

this should be a poll.

good.

[englandmj7]

No, Ichi the Killer is not good unless you want to watch the most absurdly and unecessarily gory movie you have ever seen (and that is alot coming from me) with a retarded ending and equally retarded story.

It is "cool" in a "getting drunk with friends and saying 'aw fuck, that's gnarly' every five seconds kind of way," not a Battle Royale, "this violence/story is kickass kind of way." If you like seeing a close of up a crying woman having her nipples sliced off with a razor blade, or a man being suspended from the ceiling with fish hooks having a pot of boiling oil spilled on his back and face, then by all means, check it out.

I am surprised this one even made it past the censorship laws in the US, to be honest.

[votefornara]

it's so sick that it's good.

[JohnnyRed]

I liked it. It's cringe-worthy in a few parts, but it's basically meant to be a live-action anime. In that sense, it's a great success, and the violence is very cartoony for the most part. It's a bizarro story about manipulation and stolen identity, with a good helping of the organized-crime underworld to boot. The story is just overshadowed with crazy gore.

good.

[macuser3of5]

I vote lame.

If you want something badass, grab Tetsuo the Iron Man. You will never look at drills the same way again.

[stadsvandringar]

Tetsuo didn't do anything for me. Ichi is worth a look, just for the depraved fuckedupness of it if nothing else. I think few people have an imagination for sick shit like Miike. I would say it's tied with Dead Alive for all-time goriest.

[Robert_Bennett]

Good. I really liked this movie. You should watch it!

[almondcrush]

thumbs up from me

imho less enjoyable second time around though

[evisu 2000]

i enjoyed it. if you want to watch something that's just utterly weird then watch gozu instead.

[prima]

i vote boring

[designersheep]

The premise is interesting; A good (?) guy who is an emblem of sadism, and a bad guy who is an emblem of masochism. It's kinda funny here and there, and the gory scenes aren't that realistic anyway, so it's not really a disturbing film. It's an interesting b-movie, but nothing amazing.

Now, Tetsuo the Iron Man WAS disturbing........ hehehe

[ghostdeini]

could never get into the story, instead ended up fast-forwarding through it to stop at all the fucked up looking gory parts....

[ally fu]

So many people hyped this to fuck, that when I finally watched it I was disapointed.

[Hypebitch]

Wicked Sick

[Fuuma]

It's nice, especially when you notice that a lot of the violent scene are edited so your imagination completes the action (i.e. blade sliding near nipple, cut-as in the editing sense-, messy consequence). What I find amazing is that this structure is recurring but hardly noticed by the vast majority of viewers....

[seraphim]

the film is good in a sick japanese way, the original anime-movie is beyond disturbing.

[SHIFT_]

I loved it.

Definitely worth a watch if you like gore and/or yakuza movies.

For some strange reason they make an edited version, so watch out for that. I was pretty pissed when I found out I bought the shitty version.

Anyone check out the live action sequel? it's awfully low budget haha.

[jayu]

too gory...

but if you enjoyed this film, try battle royale too. Visitor Q's pretty good too.

[Ryan]

miike is pretty inconsistent imho, but overall I like what he does as a director..

Audition is a much better movie

[munkyballz]

too gory...

but if you enjoyed this film, try battle royale too. Visitor Q's pretty good too.{/b]

Miike is a pretty wacky guy, but even for him, Visitor Q is just a sick, sick movie, in the most disturbing way. I'm not sure how people could regard this as good or even passable cinema.

But thinking about it now, I kind of want to re-watch it again to see why I thought it was so revolting initially, so maybe it is decent afterall...haha, go figure.

[Fuuma]

Miike is a pretty wacky guy, but even for him, Visitor Q is just a sick, sick movie, in the most disturbing way. I'm not sure how people could regard this as good or even passable cinema.

But thinking about it now, I kind of want to re-watch it again to see why I thought it was so revolting initially, so maybe it is decent afterall...haha, go figure.

What's really interesting about some of Miike's films is that he uses extreme genre scenarios to promote pretty standard family values (i.e. Visitor Q, Happiness of the Katakuris).

[DJ2xTech]

too gory...

but if you enjoyed this film, try battle royale too. Visitor Q's pretty good too.

Ichi was more of a ... sick gory film.

Battle Royale was a violence gory film.

I'm used to gore in violent films, but Ichi was nasty gory stuff. Cutting off his tongue and stuff...nasty!

[Mike Sad]

i want watch it but i never had the chance to

there should be 2 movies ichi the killer and just ichi i think

but i forget oh wells, imma check up on that later.

[chwy]

i liked it. i mean it was nothing special. but it was worth watching.

and... i dont know what everyone is talking about with it being "too gory." i've seen way worse.

[munkyballz]

What's really interesting about some of Miike's films is that he uses extreme genre scenarios to promote pretty standard family values (i.e. Visitor Q, Happiness of the Katakuris).

Yes, very true. Actually, I more or less enjoy most of his movies and shorts for this very element. He's definitely a bit of an inconsistent director, but always quite interesting. It's been awhle back, but Visitor Q, to this point, has been the only movie where I was thinking "WTF" every 5 mins though, especially that end scene... Man, that was just sooo fck'ed up...haha, shit, I felt dirty when the end creds started rolling. All of you curious...rent it, you will know what I mean.

[Mike Sad]

here ichi the killer

uploaded and full

http://www.veoh.com/fullscreen_single.html?permalinkId=v326694aDX77wsA

[baladoongdoong]

THIS SHOW ROCKS BIG TIME!!! that is, if you are into

gruesome, gory, violent, psycho sick shit like MEEEEEE!!!!