Broken Rage

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Nicholas R Fun and genuine, this is the work of a 70-year-old director who packs all his experience into a film that playfully mocks both himself and the audience. The brilliant idea is to tell the same story in two completely different ways: the first is serious, perfectly capturing the style of a yakuza movie, while the second flips everything upside down, creating a wild and entertaining experience. Plus, its length makes you think about how our attention span is getting shorter and shorter. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/14/25 Full Review prawnda s its a tiny bit funny for a short while, but there are just so many glowing reviews here that im sure they must have watched a different film. takeshi has made tons of classic content, but he is getting very old and this doesn't feel like a fully thought out or finished product. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/04/25 Full Review Audience Member The review for this popped up on my Google feed and was so emphatic about how original it was and how it was only a little over an hour long that I had to check it out. I guess it is somewhat original, but so are lots of awful things. I shut it off after about 50 minutes when I was relatively sure there was nothing that could be done to redeem it. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/25 Full Review DanTheMan 2 Can't believe this got shadow-dropped onto Prime a few days ago and I'm only just learning about its release now 😭... Takeshi Kitano may be in his twilight years but that's not stopping him from doing what he loves and doing it well, with Broken Rage he paints a rollicking self-portrait of himself; an artist rethinking his relationship with the medium he's mastered and having a decidedly grand time in the process. It's a remarkably clever tactic to initially convey your story one way, only to backpedal in the second half and present it in a completely different style; it's a move that massively pays off and delivers some prime Kitano hilarity; tackling the two genres he's always been most known for, starting from a drier deadpan before rebooting into unbridled absurdity, a concise lesson in parody, creating a simple form and then breaking it with the subtle force of a sledgehammer through wood on a nail bed. In many ways, it can be seen as Kitano mocking the current filmmaking climate we live in, poking holes in everything and everyone he can, a perfect amalgamation of his works distilled into a crisp 66-minute runtime. It is a significant departure from traditional storytelling, that pays off tenfold in many ways with Broken Rage adhering to the two most significant adages in show business: always leave them laughing and wanting more; it's utterly hilarious, Kitano knows it and embraces it delivering both a love letter to himself and his fans while also ridiculing both. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/25 Full Review Stan D This movie is a hoot! It is inventive and feels like the Three Stooges meet "John Wick". The setup and put down are perfect. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/15/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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