Review of Visitor Q (2001) by Sand M — 28 Jun 2006

[font=arial][size=-1][b][font=Verdana]SYNOPSIS: [/font][/b][/size][/font][font=Verdana][size=-1] The Yamazaki family is seriously dysfunctional. Dad was a TV reporter until he got fired for airing footage of his own humiliation by a group of street-toughs. He's trying to win his job back by secretly filming the high-school bullies who daily beat up his son Takuya. Takuya takes out his frustrations on Mum by beating her up when he gets home ("No, not my face! Don't hit my face!"), and she gets into heroin to assuage her pain. Meanwhile daughter Miki has left home to become a hooker. But everything begins to change the night Dad comes home with a mysterious stranger.

[b]REVIEW: [/b]What can I say? This movie is DEFINITELY not for everyone. For that matter, it's not for the masses. This is one of those movies that lives on in Takashi Miike cults and underground film geeks. What you witness watching this movie isn't necessarily frightening. In fact, there's nothing remotely scary in it. What you DO witness though is disturbing and vivid. The one thing you can guarantee yourself when you see a Miike film is that you will NOT forget it for quite some time.

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[/size][/font][font=arial][size=-1][font=Verdana][b]- STORY: [color=Red]6[/color].

- ACTING: [color=Red]6.5[/color].

- VISUALS: [color=Red]6.5[/color].

- DIRECTION: [color=Red]6[/color].

- ENTERTAINMENT FACTOR: [color=Red]4.5[/color].

[color=Red]OVERALL AVERAGE RATING: 5.9[/color][/b][/font].

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