Wednesday, June 11, 2014

review : Why Don't You Play in Hell


Director - Sion Sono                                            
Screenplay - Sion Sono                                                
Cast - Jun Kunimura, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Fumi Nikaido, Tomochika, Hiroki Hasegawa, Gen Hoshino                        

Country - Japan [2013] 

An action comedy in a format distinctly Japanese. A cinema club called "The Fuck Bombers" are hopelessly and happily struggling to make a movie. A Yakuza boss tries to prop his wayward and criminally inclined daughter as a movie star to make his wife happy.                                                  
The film displays a cinephile's passion, where a manic director can go to extremes to make the prefect movie. Peppered with humor and signature Asian gore the story does take some time to mature. However it makes for the most entertaining climax I have seen in some time.