Review of Aragami (2003) by Greg B — 11 Jun 2008

Plenty of fun but by no means Kitamura's masterpiece. They had a great idea, there are no faults in the acting and who doesn't love a nice claustrophobic samurai movie? The problem is, such confined sets need to be compensated for with substance, and there are not enough layers to 'Aragami' which just makes it feel a little suffocating.

You feel there ought to have been more twists of originality along the way, but it's nonetheless terrifically directed by the God of Japanese cinema AND a fucking kickass ending is to be expected by any Sakaguchi fan.

Good, but really nothing on 'Versus'...