Alive (2002) - Kicks off great but falls off the edge - 7/10 (05/10/11)

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"Alive" is a dark dystopian science-fiction drama that convinces with some philosophic thoughts and some social criticism. There are a couple of intriguing mysteries surrounding the movie that keep a certain level of tension. This Japanese flick though...

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Vidocq (2001) - Visual ecstasy in an addicting and diversified story - 10/10 (30/09/11)

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Vidocq is a masterpiece and easily amongst the best movies of the last decade. There are several reasons for this but the most stunning one is the visual beauty of this movie that gives this flick an artistic, atmospheric and also surreal touch. I have...

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Family (2001) - A little amateur's guide to understand Takashi Miike's family - 8/10 (22/08/11)

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Originally, this is one movie with a length of approximatively two hours. For an unknown reason, the movie was though cut into two pieces, at least for the North American release. Both movies have a running time for about eighty minutes but this is part...

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Mesrine: L'ennemi public numéro un / Public Enemy Number One (2008) - More humour and emotions but overall less diversity than the first part - 8/10 (20/08/11)

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This second part of the two Mesrine movies shows us the return of Mesrine to France, how he became the public enemy number one and how he was finally gunned down by the French police after two extreme decades of living on the edge of life. The acting...

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Mesrine: L'instinct de mort / Killer Instinct (2008) - More than just an amazing gangster movie - 9/10 (20/08/11)

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The two Mesrine movies are easily the best gangster movies of the last years and can without a doubt be described as the French Godfathers even though the two films have not exactly the same class as the legendary masterpieces. The thing that is really...

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Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu / Gozu (2003) - A weird experimental homage to gangster movies and surreal twisted films - 9/10 (12/08/11)

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This weird experimental Japanese movie is not only a homage to the gangster movies of the last three decades but also a tribute to the surreal cinema. The movie has many original characters, scenes and quotes to become a unique cult movie. The story itself...

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Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu / Gozu (2003) - A weird experimental homage to gangster movies and surreal twisted films - 9/10 (12/08/11)

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This weird experimental Japanese movie is not only a homage to the gangster movies of the last three decades but also a tribute to the surreal cinema. The movie has many original characters, scenes and quotes to become a unique cult movie. The story itself...

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Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu / Gozu (2003) - A weird experimental homage to gangster movies and surreal twisted films - 9/10 (12/08/11)

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This weird experimental Japanese movie is not only a homage to the gangster movies of the last three decades but also a tribute to the surreal cinema. The movie has many original characters, scenes and quotes to become a unique cult movie. The story itself...

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Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu / Gozu (2003) - A weird experimental homage to gangster movies and surreal twisted films - 9/10 (12/08/11)

Par kluseba

This weird experimental Japanese movie is not only a homage to the gangster movies of the last three decades but also a tribute to the surreal cinema. The movie has many original characters, scenes and quotes to become a unique cult movie. The story itself...

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Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu / Gozu (2003) - A weird experimental homage to gangster movies and surreal twisted films - 9/10 (12/08/11)

Par kluseba

This weird experimental Japanese movie is not only a homage to the gangster movies of the last three decades but also a tribute to the surreal cinema. The movie has many original characters, scenes and quotes to become a unique cult movie. The story itself...

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