Film: Survive Style 5+
"Survive Style 5+"
Japan: サバイブスタイル５＋
Director: Gen Sekiguchi (2004)
Original Language: Japanese
Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Reika Hashimoto, Kyôko Koizumi, Hiroshi Abe, Ittoku Kishibe, Yumi Asou, Kanjiya Shihori, Sonny Chiba, Vinny Jones
Gah! a very hilarious yet mindblowing film! its colourful sets and really memorable characters got me hooked in this film. most especially the plot as weird as it is, is very well done… it goes at a fast pace but always take time in the most important scenes and events. the plot consists of five stories (parallel events happening) where people are going through weird experiences in their lives.. well in the head to say the least hehehe… you see a man in a house being bugged by a lady who he always kill and bury from time to time and see her alive after… there’s also a couple where he’s a hypnotist and she makes commercials for a company… another story is about a father who was hypnotized & turned into a bird and wasn’t able to come back to being a human because the hypnotist was killed…. we also have three idiotic robbers… and we have a british killer who asks people "what is your function in life (brrritish accent)?" and suddenly kills people.
so many weirdness! especially in the plot, but if you haven’t watched it… Watch it! its hilarious…
what i really am impressed of this film is the usage of colour in setting… i loved most the story of the man and the big house where an immortal lady bugging him and throwing him around the house (i dunno just what she is… played by Reika Hashimoto, she’s my type!)… you see how the setting is so colourful because of the magic it brings… the lady of course is that magic… she dresses in hot clothes and she gets killed again and again by this man (i wouldn’t wonder why he’s unnamed… but he’s played by Asano-san), disassembling her, even burning her… its so funny if you watch this film…
as for the rest of the stories… they’re okay… i still liked the imagination of that lady who’s making commercials coming up with stupid ideas that even comes up to shrimp and prawn having sex ending up with seafood snack (y’know? junk food hehehe)… its weird, hilarious and its very artistic… i would die to see this film again!
–jic 005005MMV1427H
