Ichi the Killer

Not a good movie at all, and to say it is, is childish!. This is a man child movie. Not really funny to see people killed this way in the movie, and the comedy is just stupid, not really funny. To see people rate this high, must be mostly Japanese or just stupid Americans. I watched this and the only thing that is good to me is the gore. Everything else just makes me want to turn it off. Captions, for being from another country, is annoying to read like a book, instead of watching, and main character just acts stupid, which is not really funny at all. More annoying to watch, than to enjoy the killing and gore. So, this is a NO to enjoy movie, and not enjoyable at all.

If you wanna know where Tarantino took his inspiration from, you must watch movies like these. Takashi Miike's "Ichi the killer" is the kind of movie that is a kick against the heads from all those who think movies must have some moral stories to make this world any better as this movie is disgusting. The whole movie they are in search of Ichi, a serial killer who got pestered at his schooldays and now he seek his time for vengeance. Everything goes wrong when he kills some yakuza-boss and got haunted by the butcher of the gang he was president of. Every scene contains some extremely violence that will put off some of the viewers (what about a tongue that's been cut in two?, it's just an example as every scene has its own sick imagination) and you can't help thinking of "Kill Bill". Beyond all human taste perhaps, but I enjoyed it a lot nontheless.

Ichi the Killer (2001) ** 1/2 (out of 4) After hearing so much about this Takashi Miike film I must admit that I was really letdown. The biggest problem is the story, which I found very weak and the movie just kept going and going and going. The biggest "hype" surrounding the film was all the gore and violence. The film certainly delivered on that part but I didn't find any of it hard to watch because it was so fake looking. The man being split down the middle was probably the worst scene. Perhaps this is part of the charm but after hearing people say this was the hardest film they had to sit through, it didn't strike me as that. Both of the main characters are certainly among the most memorable from any film I've seen but in the end the movie didn't do too much for me.

This has got to be one of the best action (with some horror) movies ever. It has everything, brilliant acting, the incredible direction of Takashi Miike, and style. Plus, it has violence, sex, violent sex, sexual violence, and violent scenes of excess violence. Yes, lots of violence. With all the violence, it still manages to set itself apart from the mainstream slasher movies like Friday the 13th and Halloween (the crappiest serieses ever). If you haven't seen this movie yet, get it. It's available on eBay for about $12-$20 Buy it Now including shipping. To reiterate: this movie has excellent style. It's got extreme violence, but delivered in somewhat of a humorous fashion (not comedy, but still some comedic relief). For example, when someone is plunging to their death, rather than scream like a wuss, they yell "WOW! This is great!" Watch this movie now.

I'm a big fan of Korean, Japanese and Chinese movies. Their movies show content that you don't see in American movies or when they try to remake an Asian movie they change things up(they're not brave enough). This is a cool, disturbing and gory thriller. If your a fan of the genre watch this. If you want to watch something different watch this.

Re-watched 'Ichi The Killer' and don't see why it shows up on so many lists of most disturbing films of all time. It's a beautiful art film that happens to have a lot of gore and violence.