Tetsuo II: Body Hammer
Updated June 26, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Director/Writer/Director of Photography/Editor: | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Music: | Chu Ishikawa |
| Producers: | Fuminori Shishido, Fumio Kurokawa, Nobuo Takeuchi and Hiromi Aihara |
| Manga Entertainment; NR; 83 minutes | |
| Release: | 7/97 |
| Cast: | Tomoroh Taguchi, Nobu Kanaoka and Shinya Tsukamoto |
| In Japanese with English subtitles |
It's not fair to pan this film because of the stomach-turning bloodshed. The frenetic action is at times intoxicating and the stylized visuals recall Blade Runner. But it's hard to look beyond the gore. When Taniguchi's (Taguchi) son is kidnapped and killed by a group of techno-thugs, the Tokyo businessman morphs into a raging man-machine, with automatic weapons and cannons sprouting from his arms and chest. Taniguchi is then himself kidnapped and studied by the Guy (Tsukamoto). In a comic-book nightmare like this, there's no room for waxing philosophical, as Tsukamoto attempts.
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