Rotten
This is lowest-common-denominator gibberish that follows an extras-crowding, helicopter shot-abusing arc to a leaden finale.
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Overview
Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing.
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Rotten
A diverting but generic dose of psychologically thin B-movie suspense from the normally more outre Takashi Miike.
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
An enticing blockbuster concept gets a lackluster execution from Japanese genre director Takashi Miike.
Peter Debruge, Variety
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