Review of Sonatine (1993) by Martin S — 06 Aug 2008

Beautiful and different. My favorite kitano film.

This review of Sonatine (1993) was written by Martin S on 06 Aug 2008.

Sonatine has generally received very positive reviews.

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Jusy idea is good ,buy story is not intresting…

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