Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

BA_Harrison Japan's Takashi Miike has made some of the most strange, violent, and compelling movies of the last ten years, and whilst I won't pretend to have understood or even enjoyed all of those that I have seen, I salute Mr. Miike for his ability to consistently turn out innovative work; one simply finds it impossible to predict his next move.Fudoh: The Next Generation takes a standard tale of warring Yakuza and adds so many bizarre elements and madcap characters that it is unmissable for fans of weird Asian cinema. It would definitely appeal to those that have enjoyed the similarly OTT Dead or Alive and the bloodthirsty Ichi the Killer.Two rival gangs, the Nioh and Yasha, are on the brink of gang war. As a peace offering, Iwao Fudoh of the Nioh offers his son's head (literally!). Unbeknownst to Iwao, Riki, his youngest son, witnesses his brother's gruesome death.Ten years later and Riki is the leader of his own gang, whose members are made up from primary-school hit men and deadly schoolgirl assassins. Riki Fudoh and his gang have been busy bumping off the Nioh bosses in order to gain complete control of the area; but his father has other ideas, getting his illegitimate son Gondoh to start slaughtering Riki's gang.Unlike some of Miike's other films, the narrative is fairly simple to follow, meaning that one can relax, kick back and enjoy the crazy antics that pack this terrific movie. With it's killer children, a hermaphrodite who shoots darts from her cooch, a giant of a bloke who gets blown up but returns wearing a cool metal mask, a bad guy with metal rimmed boots, and a sexy leather-mini-skirt wearing teacher, Fudoh boasts an incredible roster of unusual characters. These maniacs slice, chop, shoot and dissolve (there are a couple of juicy acid attacks) each other without hesitation meaning that this film is a dream-come-true for gore-hounds.If you're after a truly unique viewing experience, then you really should check out this extremely outrageous and bloody movie, 'cos it's a winner from start to finish.

oneinfinity After being blown away by Audition I thought I'd better get more acquainted with Miike. After reading reviews and reader comments I decided to go back a little and start with Fudoh. In short, I can't believe this movie was made by the same director as Audition. There's no need to go into details of the film really given all the other reviews, just suffice it to say, if you're expecting Audition quality material, forget it. If you're looking for the Japanese equivalent of a straight to video b-movie action pic, with a script that occasionally flirts with intelligence, you might like it. I didn't.4 of 10

movieman_kev 10 years after Fudoh senior has to kill one of his sons after his disrespects the Yakuza, his other son plots to avenge his brother.He organizes his own band of teenage killers to topple his father's organization. Filled to the brim with Takashi Miike's now trademark bizarre characters and over-the-top violence, this is a fun little flick, if a tad repetitive in parts. Not among Miike's best, but certainly up there. It was followed by two straight to video sequels neither of which had Miike's involvement and are worse off because of it.Eye Candy:Both Marie Jinno and Miho Nomoto shows tits and ass My Grade: B- DVD Extras: I didn't get the recent special edition so, just Trailers for "Wild Criminal", "Score", and "Blood". Not even a menu screen

Nazar (MotifOne) There is absolutely nothing good about this movie, lets start from there. The plot is old and in order to make such old plot work, new things have to be added, and it was done, just with failure...The scenes are bold, in a yakuza movies you expect Honor to prevail but this movie portrays a comedic approach and everything is not serious. Lots of cliché and twists which can be guessed minutes ahead i.e. the ending with the shooting, shooting of the father and the secret sharing part of two ladies which was a totally unnecessary scene because it didn't link to the main part whatsoever. The shooting through the . part of a woman, is truly overdone...nothing more about that, it is just something that shouldn't be in such films, doesn't fit the genre.Perhaps, Japanese cinema is not in my taste however, i did enjoy Beat Takeshi movies.