Tsukamoto-esque insanity. I wouldn't have been surprised to see that Tsukamoto had directed this, but I wouldn't call it a rip-off. It's definitely reminiscent of Tetsuo, but it is quite different. Tadanobu Asano stars as Dragon Eye Morrison, a man who was infused with electricity as a child when he climbed an electrical tower. He spends his days rocking out on the electrical guitar and hanging out with his collection of lizards. Meanwhile, another electrical prodigy known as Thunderbolt Buddha (Masatoshi Nagase) is cruising the streets of Tokyo looking for Asano, itching for an epic battle. The film is fairly plot less, just made up of gorgeous black and white images of the two men drifting through Tokyo. Ishii frequently uses Tsukamoto's lightning-paced editing, but a lot of the film moves a lot more slowly than that. The awesome Japanese heavy metal that Asano plays defines the mood, and the film subsequently rocked my nuts off. I will be adding this one to my collection as soon as possible. It's totally effing awesome.
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