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Dead or Alive

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A Japanese detective forms an alliance with a gangster to earn money to pay for his ailing daughter's operation.

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V.A. Musetto New York Post 10/13/2002
3.5/4
Audacious yakuza thriller. Go to Full Review
Elvis Mitchell New York Times 03/11/2002
1/5
A soulless compilation of thrills. Go to Full Review
Mark Rahner Seattle Times 01/11/2002
The tamest image in the movie is of a terrified man, about to be blown full of holes in a restaurant kitchen, who accidentally breads and deep-fries one of his hands. Go to Full Review
Kelly Vance East Bay Express 05/04/2010
Best of all, nobody, including actors Show Aikawa and rock star Riki Takeuchi as the cop and the criminal, takes the flick very seriously. So neither should you. Go to Full Review
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 05/12/2006
3.5/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/14/2005
3/5
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Test T Jun 14 Review removed - Wrong movie! See more Alexander B 07/20/2023 It had some really trippy and surreal scenes. There is also some great action scenes in the last quarter of the film. But it makes very little sense and has some extremely gross moments that have nothing to do with the plot. The middle really drags on with boring moments as well. The film feeling like a missed opertunity. See more William D @acsdoug 03/27/2023 The first ten minutes are one of the best openings I've ever seen. Unfortunately, the rest of the movie doesn't come close to that standard. In fact the film lacks coherence, just violent set pieces, then a rather strange ending. See more justin t 11/29/2022 This is an abnormal cops versus criminals Japanese action film. There is plenty of killing and a rather confusing story about a cop with a sick daughter. It is fun to watch. It is not as good as Ichi the Killer (2001) by the same director as it is less sadistically violent. The violence in this is less extreme but still effective and bloody. This was good for me as there was plenty of bloody violence although I would have liked it to be more insane. It was a little confusing so more action would have made up for that. Random ending. It can be enjoyed for those with the stomach. There are better films though. Killers abound! See more 08/26/2015 lol what a wacky and wild cops vs robbers exploitation flick. Leave it to Miike to make a fun, crazy movie like this. See more 07/01/2015 Strange, then boring, then bizarre. Not Miike's greatest effort. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A Japanese detective forms an alliance with a gangster to earn money to pay for his ailing daughter's operation.
Director
Takashi Miike
Producer
Katsumi Ono, Makoto Okada, Toshiki Kimura
Screenwriter
Ichiro Ryu
Production Co
Excellent Film, Daiei Motion Picture Company, Toei Video Company
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 3, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.8K
Runtime
1h 44m
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