Review of Crows Zero (2007) by Nicolas T — 27 Jul 2010
Amongst Miike Takashi's more commercial successes is Crows 0, yet anotheraddition in a string of crowd pleasing manga adaptations which, whilst not being listed among his more accomplished works, remains a very competent piece of de-centred youth angst.
Of particular note are the kick-ass live music soundtrack and the film's climactic fight scene which rages as a mutual friend of the hero and the villain desperately fights for life on the operating table.
However, I still think I prefer Miike's more artistic offerings to straight-forward entertainment. Like One Missed Call before it, the film seems somewhat blaze because it simply retrads old ground covered by films like Suicide Club and especially Battle Royal. Warrior culture still exists in Japanese culture, very much, but I feel that this exploration of the male desire for violence and physical domination needed to go beyond the analogue good VS evil analogy.
Still, this is a Miike film. And even when the Japanese QT is playing it safe with straight-forward material it is still very, very enjoyable to watch.
This review of Crows Zero (2007) was written by Nicolas T on 27 Jul 2010.
Crows Zero has generally received positive reviews.
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