Review of Sonatine (1993) by Eric H — 15 Jan 2014

My Favorite Film Is 1941's Citizen Kane.

This review of Sonatine (1993) was written by Eric H on 15 Jan 2014.

Sonatine has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Erol E (2) on 11 Jun 2010

Has a brutal start and finish, with a strangely humorous middle. Beat Takeshi is a master, so he moves between the moods flawlessly…

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By Michael M (3,845) on 09 Apr 2010

SarÃ anche un film importante per il suo tentativo di innovare il genere, ma vado contro il giudizio della critica: l'ho trovato troppo…

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By Tom P (402) on 24 Dec 2016

Sonatine does a better job of capturing the mood of its subject than any other film I can think of…

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By Miss. B (63) on 01 Oct 2011

Kitano's film is interesting, but overall uneven still all together it's effective…

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By Private U (13,627) on 12 Dec 2008

Kitano's incorporationo of the cultural differences in attitude between gangster culture portrayed in the classic hollywood sense versus his…

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By Lesley N (203) on 18 Sep 2009

I don't know how Takeshi Kitano manages to turn a story about turf war, with the lead a cold blooded and bloody killer into a gentle, humorous…

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By Kevin W (755) on 15 May 2009

A peculiar, off-beat riff on the gangster film, Takeshi Kitano directs and stars as a yakuza consumed by existential dread, jaded by the life…

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By Eugene T (34) on 21 May 2009

Filmmaker Takeshi Kitano's themes are most fully-realized in this existential yakuza flick…

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By Lester Y (161) on 31 May 2011

Once I got over the fact that this wasn't the shoot-em-up John Woo style film I was expecting, I started to love this movie wholeheartedly…

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By Rush J (11) on 27 Apr 2009

Another classic Yakuza tale from Kitano. Not his best film but a subtle masterpiece non the less, and definitely up there with his finest work…

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