Demon City

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Demon City

2025

1h 46m

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Framed for his family's murder and left for dead, an ex-hitman will stop at nothing to exact revenge on the masked "demons" who have taken over his city.

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David Ehrlich

IndieWire

A fun Japanese action film that adds exactly nothing to the “retired hitman seeks revenge” sub-genre and has a decent time doing it.

Rated: C+

Feb 27, 2025

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

In the end, however, “Demon City” is just another Netflix Japanese actioner, in the path of “Baby Assassins” and “The Fable” (without the comedy though) and definitely on a lower level than the aforementioned.

Rated: 4

Mar 16, 2025

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Christopher Cross

Asynchronous Media

A boilerplate revenge tale told between bursts of ultraviolence, Tanaka’s latest film sacrifices strong characters and nuanced storytelling for something unremarkably brutal.

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 5, 2025

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Johnny Loftus

Decider

Ikuta is mostly on mute as Sakata, but Demon City wasn’t gonna trade on its screenplay, anyway. It’s the fighting and bloodshed that’s the draw here.

Mar 4, 2025

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JK Sooja

Common Sense Media

Unfortunately, this movie is a bit of a mess.

Mar 4, 2025

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Brent McKnight

The Last Thing I See

Does 'Demon City' have much in the way of nuance, depth, or character development? No. It’s extremely sparse on those fronts. What it does have, however, are plenty of bonkers, bloody fight scenes and awesome action choreography.

Rated: C+

Mar 3, 2025

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Matthew D

Brutal violence, but a dull middle and contrived plot. Director Seiji Tanaka’s Japanese action revenge thriller Demon City (2025) on Netflix is pretty hit or miss. The opening and ending fight scenes are strong, but the middle is a drag. Tanaka needed a more neo-noir style as a director to make this more interesting. Kohei Kato’s cinematography is mostly all shot flatly with Zensuke Hori’s erratic edits not helping. The fight choreography is alright, but Hideaki Maekawa’s cheap CGI blood is laughable. The hero gets endlessly stabbed, but surviving so much is so silly. All the acting is terrible and over the top. Demon City wants to be The Crow, Oldboy, and John Wick, but it’s not even comparable to Baby Assassins. I kept laughing out loud at composer Tomoyasu Hotei’s Japanese metal score that’s ludicrously overdone. It’s a fine movie to watch once, but very frustrating because this could have been much better.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/01/25

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Jonathan O

This movie is based on a manga but really great action choreograph and the stunts felt like from 87 studios but the story is fine but no characters development and the pacing felt rushed and the performance are good but needs more characters development.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/27/25

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Q A

Everything feels a little bit weird. From the fight scenes to character portrayal, it feels off. Some fight scenes are good, but a lot of the acting feels way over the top and embellished. Meh/10

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/26/25

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Robert A

How do a little girl not remember her own dad face it’s just stupid I can see her being taken as a baby but this little girl girl don’t even have flashbacks even if she lost her memory u would have flashbacks or something to remember it’s like this girl protecting someone else stupid to me

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/20/25

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Arnel A

Sakata should be dead already.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/16/25

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James M

If you're okay with extreme violence, it's a great Japanese thriller.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/16/25

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Synopsis

Framed for his family's murder and left for dead, an ex-hitman will stop at nothing to exact revenge on the masked "demons" who have taken over his city.

Director: Seiji Tanaka
Screenwriter: Seiji Tanaka, Masamichi Kawabe
Distributor: Netflix
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 27, 2025
Runtime: 1h 46m

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