Yakuza Hunters: Duel in Hell

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07/20/2015 One line summary: A bad 21st century spaghetti western in Japan plus gore fest. One star of five. Two black holes for acting and screenplay. ------------------------ Asami has fought gangsters before and does some more in this film. She gets taken in by a family, and a good third of the film seems to be the group just waiting around, going to the arcade, chatting while getting drunk, and other mundane activities. Every so often, some evil doer shows up, and Asami fights them. She dispatches a couple one night, then has to fight Akira. That ends badly for Asami. More people get hurt after Asami recovers. Asami gets more galvanized. Will Asami prevail against the gang violence? If she gets that far, will she get revenge versus Akira? ------Scores------- Cinematography: 6/10 Lots of bad lighting. The spaghetti western camera work (shooting through heat mirages, long shots with narrow focus, filtered shots of the sun, and so on) were so-so and did not add that much. Sound: 6/10 Incidental music reminiscent of Spaghetti westerns. Spoken word seemed clear enough. Foley was a little exaggerated, but that's common enough in such films. Acting: 2/10 Bad. Screenplay: 0/10 Bizarre mix of low level silliness (documenting playing kids' arcarde games; women giggling while getting drunk), comedy, cult nonsense, gore fest, and spaghetti western traditions. None of it was very good, and the disparate pieces did not fit together well at all. Incredible cruelty for the sake of amusement was much too common. Catching bullets in the bare hands? Done three times, but should not have been done once. See more 05/26/2011 Shinichi Okuda's <i>Yakuza Busting Girls: Duel in Hell</i> is a low budget action adventure that doesn't have a whole lot to offer.<p>The Yakuza oriented plot isn't that deep and the film actually forces itself out to the 70 minute mark. Yes, a movie that doesn't even reach a quarter after an hour drags at multiple places. Set in a modern day town, the story also mixes in a little bit of a Western style to it, which in the end, isn't as great as it sounds; although it does setup the ending quite nicely.</p><p>The violence and effects are of low budget mixed some brutal slayings. The action is one of the few highlights, even though it isn't anything to make time for. The swordplay contains some decent choreography and so does the gun-play, which contains some bullet catching.</p><p>There isn't much to the acting. Asami is good for what she is, but the nature of her character doesn't do much for the film. Hitomi Miwa has a good character, but she is under-utilized. The rest of the supporting cast is made up of wacky annoying Yakuza characters.</p><p>Simply put, <i>Yakuza Busting Girls: Duel in Hell</i> is what it is. A film to pass on.</p> See more Read all reviews

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