Fresh
A blood-soaked gang saga that builds to a madcap battle royal.
Steve Dollar, Wall Street Journal
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
2013 · 2h 10m · N/A
Action, Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Sion Sono
Overview
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Sono is so pure of heart, so full of enthusiasm and insane imagination and unwavering loyalty to the movie gods, long after the rest of us have stopped believing, that I forgive him everything.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Fresh
Delivers adrenaline, chutzpah, and fake blood by the bucket-load, continually confounding audience expectations while offering up a twisted valentine to moviemaking in general and the disappearing medium of 35mm film in particular.
Alonso Duralde, TheWrap
Rotten
Goofball antics and a terrific, raucous finale can't make up for the essential slackness of its repetitive comedy and punk chest thumping.
Nicolas Rapold, New York Times
Fresh
From sudden zooms and abrupt freeze frames to lengthy tracking shots, slow-motion, and CG-enhanced fantasy interludes, Why Don't You Play In Hell? boasts an aesthetic insanity to match its uninhibited narrative.
Nick Schager, AV Club
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