Even hardy gonzo-cinema auds will likely find the hectic pace overstimulating to the point of numbed-out tedium.
Overview
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
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Top critics, in their words
The torture is strictly for kicks, which spoiled this for me, but less skittish viewers may enjoy this as a stylish and tightly wound genre piece.
Funny, absurd, nightmarishly visceral and -- of course -- deeply serious.
Any serious message has been sacrificed on the altar of excess, making us realize why the stylish story probably worked better as a graphic comic book than as a film.
The unceasing sadism is so graphically excessive, the director just ends up exposing his own obsession.
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