Fresh
Alternating between facetious comic parody and pulp melodrama, this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Dead or Alive: Final
2002 · 1h 29m · Not Rated
Action, Comedy, Crime, Science Fiction
Directed by
Takashi Miike
Overview
In post-apocalyptic Yokohama, a hard-boiled cop and a mellowed out drifter hook up with a gang of rebels. When the gang kidnap the cop's son, the wheels are set in motion for an inevitable showdown.
Director and cast
- Takashi Miike Director
- Show Aikawa as Ryô
- Riki Takeuchi as Officer Takeshi Honda
- Maria Chen as Michelle
- Richard Chen as Dictator Woo
- Hiro Hayama as (as Hiroyoshi Komuro)
- Jason Chu Wing-Tong as Prisoner
- Josie Ho as Jun
- Rachel Ngan Wing-Sze as Pregnant Woman
- Terence Yin Chi-Wai as Fong
- Don Thai Theerathada Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
42%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Plods along, minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made Miike ... a cult hero.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Rotten
Scene-by-scene, things happen, but you'd be hard-pressed to say what or why.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
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