Review of Crows Zero (2007) by Jy S — 04 Dec 2009

Crows Zero is an all out violent brawl, in which director Takashi Miike tones down his wackiness. Is that a good thing?What this film comes down to is a group of students beating the crap out of each other to become the top dog of the school.

Doesn't this sound like the sort of story Miike can go off on? Actually, Miike finds himself balancing out the seriousness and the absurdness of this picture, which turns out to be a little bit of a letdown.

This film runs a few minutes past 2 hours, and watching young adults acting like punks and messing up each other's faces manages to lose its interest factor after awhile. That's not to say that this is a bad film, but it is one that has the time for some Miike abstractness.

Not too much though.The violence is a plenty and it is bloody; however it isn't close to anything that will gross people out. The fights aren't anything spectacular either.As far as the acting goes, all the guys successfully act and look like punks.

Amongst the dozens of males, Meisa Kuroki finds herself as the lone female. She really is a breath of fresh air. It's just too bad she doesn't do much for the story.After all the punches are thrown and the bodies drop, Crows Zero is a Takashi Miike movie for those who want to see guys beat the crap out of other guys.