Hell Dogs

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Hell Dogs

2022

2h 17m

Action

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Bent on revenge, a traumatized ex-police officer must infiltrate a yakuza organization by befriending one of the group's most unhinged members.

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Pieter-Jan Van Haecke

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With Hell Dogs, Harada delivers a derivative combination of themes and images that many other yakuza-films have explored and visualized much better.

Apr 10, 2025

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Aaron Phillips

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[Hell Dogs] is brutal, savage, and it also captures an unexpected level of intimacy through found family.

Jan 4, 2023

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Dennis Schwartz

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A boring, over complicated with too many characters, too violent and too talky of an action pic.

Rated: C

Dec 25, 2022

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Fintan S

Great Film, slightly reliant on a great performance by the lead actor but overall not a bad plot, maybe a little bit too long but the ending makes up for it.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/24

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Chen C

Excellent filming and Editing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/30/23

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tripti g

Filled with action as an ex-police officer has to infiltrate a Yakuza organisation, he starts by befriending Hideki Murooka(Kentaro Sakaguchi) who is an unhinged character, so much so that even the yakuza can't control him.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Sam V

good action and great actors 7.5/10

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

Hell Dogs is a gripping crime drama about a damaged police office who goes undercover with the Yakuza and forms bonds with his crime family. There is a lot of Donnie Brasco in here. The acting is great. The action and the violence is top notch. The film's cast is very strong. The direction and cinematography is as good as anything you will find in Korea or Hollywood. The same with the fight choreography. The film's story has been told in different ways but this one is effective and engaging. I really found myself riveted from start finish. These film's walk in the gray area where there is a fine line between the good guys and the bad guys, but maybe that is more realistic. Japanese with English Subtitles.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Masato Harada

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Jun'ichi Okada

Shogo Kanetaka

Kentarô Sakaguchi

Hideki Murooka

Mayu Matsuoka

Emiri Kisa

Miyavi

Yoshitaka Toake

Kazuki Kitamura

Tsutomu Toki

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Synopsis

Bent on revenge, a traumatized ex-police officer must infiltrate a yakuza organization by befriending one of the group's most unhinged members.

Director: Masato Harada
Producer: William Ireton
Screenwriter: Masato Harada
Production Co: Ark Entertainment
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 16, 2022
Runtime: 2h 17m

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