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Dragon Head (Doragon heddo)

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Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com 03/29/2006
3.5/5
Dragonhead is dark, spooky, exciting, and (given the wild premise) rather fascinating, indeed. Go to Full Review
David Cornelius eFilmCritic.com 09/27/2005
5/5
Dragonhead is nothing short of extraordinary, a masterwork to rival the finest apocalypse films. Go to Full Review
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09/23/2019 Ini film bagus saat saya masih bocah See more 08/13/2011 bad scripted, bad played movie that creates well closed apocalyptic world and that is why becomes cult classic. See more 05/07/2011 An absolute corker. Dragon Head is a film I knew nothing about. It starts in a demolished tunnel. A train crash. Three students have survived. 2 boys and a girl. They are unsure as to what has happened. One boy recalls seeing blinding lights outside the windows before the crash. This is the premise of the first 40 minutes, which works as its own film. One boy is hoping to be rescued but then plans his escape, while the other descends into madness. It's like a mini version of Lord of the Flies. I will mention the girl only this once as she is the reason I didn't give this film a perfect 10. She is a whiny character, that screams when someone is attacking her and then screams at the person protecting her. She complains about the scary tunnel, but whines about how dangerous the escape looks. All she does is whine, bitch, moan, and generally irritate. This first 40 minutes serves as all the character development. It's a great idea to build a huge movie in such a confined space. After the students leave tunnel, they find the world is covered in something white. Destruction is everywhere, and it's hard to separate the sky from the land. The effects here are wonderful. It's a fantastical and daring image. As the students walk on they discover some other survivors. These survivors have lost all hope and are planning to end it for everyone. Based on a Manga, the film should be episodic. However, due to the emotional connection developed, each scene has a welcome fluidity that allows it to go from creepy birthday party gone wrong, to helicopter action sequence. As the film begins to wind down, it has no reservations with slowing it all down allowing us to appreciate all the messages. It's a film about hope, where those that give up are the real failures. As some of the characters begin to remove fear, they forget that it's the fear that helps us survive. One of the best disaster movies you will ever see. See more 05/04/2011 A movie spin-off based from the Manga: Two teenagers journey through a post-apocalyptic Japan, surviving cataclysmic events, and deranged survivors. Acting and VFX is pretty decent, however the movie drags a lot. See more 04/16/2011 Excellent Japanese disaster film! See more 04/16/2011 The japanese make the craziest films, this is one of them. See more Read all reviews
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Director
Jôji Iida