A sleazy Italian thriller, but if it were done a little arty, like Man Bites Dog or Funny Games, it would be considered a commentary on the violence of our society.
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
I have learned from female revenge thrillers such as Lady Snowblood, They Call Her One Eye, Bury Me An Angel, Broken Oath, and Kill Bill that when women decide to take revenge, they go about it so carefully and methodically that their targets haven't the least hope of escaping. The same is true for Lady Vengeance.
A Scanner Darkly
Junkies and drug-war zealots are linked in a sick symbiosis, two sides of a paranoid coin.
Electric Dragon 80,000 Volts
Other than the first Matrix movie, only the Japanese have successfully depicted cyberpunk on film, and on 1/1000th of the budget.
From Beyond
If you loved the grotesquerie-with-an-undertone-of-perverted sex that was Re-Animator, you'll enjoy this low-budget but creative effort from the same team.
Kung Fu Zombie
Not as great as Spooky Encounters or Mr. Vampire, but an extremely fun example of the kungfu/horror genre starring the adorable Billy Chong.
Gankutsuou 5
Love! Revenge! Scandal! Gorgeous Settings! And now . . .giant robots! Who could ask for anything more?
Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 9
Things are getting serious. Who created the homunculi? Why were the Ishbalans massacred? If your country's leader is named Fuehrer Bradley, isn't that a bad sign?
Fists in the Pocket
Everything you need from a disfunctional family drama: blackmail, incest, matricide, mysterious fits of some kind. No sentiment, ephipanies, or pat psychological explanations.
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In a summer with not much excitement at the box office, Netflix has certainly paid off for you and me both!
I don't know why it took them so long to release Electric Dragon on DVD, but it was well worth the wait. If I ever go to Tokyo, I hope to see a frenzied man with an electric guitar serenading me on the sidewalk!
Scanner was excellent as well. The movie would have stood alone as a live action, but the computer fx were perfect for creating the atmosphere of dream paranoia so appropriate for the setting.
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