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Live Feed (2006)
Loads of nudity and gore, but horrible acting
I am giving this film a 4/10 because the gore is very gratuitous, which I loved and the splatter and spray must have gone through bucket loads of fake blood, but as for the acting it is very poor in my opinion. Emotions are delivered very shallowly and the plot is very predictable a few minutes after the start of the scene. If you are into films for the t & a action, then this will satisfy your craving for flesh in that way as well. There are comparisons to Hostel which I loved a lot, and this has some similar elements but is not the aforementioned film in any way. This could have truly been a gem if it had been handled in the right way, a real pity.
Koroshiya 1 (2001)
Gore and violence mixed together
I loved Audition by Miike and so when I heard of this title I ran home with a rental from the local video store with excitement. While the style is definitely Miike's, I found that I didn't like it quite as much as Audition. It is hard to care much about many of the people being tortured because there is no character development in most of them with the exception of Ichi and Kakihara. Kakihara likes to be tortured, but only by those who are the best at inflicting pain. Therefore he is very studied in the art of giving pain and practices this with relish. There is a poor slob in the movie who is tied to a chair and has grossly enlared needles thrown at his exposed face and who knows what else is done to him before they get the idea to cut his unmentionalbles into several ribbons with a pair of scissors. While there was little to no character development with this man it is hard not to be sympathetic to his plight. I felt a large rush of horror even though I am a female. Ichi is interesting and has a strangely boyish face for one who is so unbalanced and capable of massive human destruction. It is hard not to feel sympathy for him as well because he is manipulated and used by someone who engages in mentally torturing him to achieve his ends. At the end of the film we get some mixed up mental messages and have to decide what to do with this information-Miike's trademark as far as I can tell. If you can stand ultraviolence and are as curious as I was-check this title out.
Alice Cooper: Video Trash (1990)
You say you want to know what Alice Cooper is all about?
The undisputed master of shock rock gives us a three song video view of his stage show presence. These songs come from his very popular "Trash" CD and include an overview of the material that was used for singles promotions. What would Alice do if he met up with a very different kind of woman? Find out...