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The City of Lost Souls

Comes a story of love and violence spanning the globe.

2000 · 1h 42m · R Action, Crime, Drama
Directed by Takashi Miike

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Overview

Brazilian-Japanese gangster Mario rescues his Chinese girlfriend Kei as she's about to be deported from Japan. Desperate to escape, he hides in Tokyo's booming Japanese-Portuguese community and seeks passage from the country from a Russian mobster. To meet his price, they hold up a bigtime drug deal between the Chinese Mafia and the local Yakuza.

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All reviews
54%
Tomatometer
Rotten

There's enough atmosphere, mayhem and just plain energy to make the film a viable midnight movie, a more appropriate slot than a regular run.

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Rotten

While the film throws a solid pop punch, you could still swear you've seen it all before.

Paul Malcolm, L.A. Weekly
Fresh

[Miike's] work is fun to look at but emotionally unengaging, perhaps because he can't summon enough belief in his pulp-fiction characters to make them come alive.

Dave Kehr, New York Times
Rotten

An empty, incoherent exercise in frenetic style, interesting primarily for its cosmopolitan flavor.

Mike D'Angelo, Time Out New York

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