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Senior Yakuza, Ozaki, appears to be going mad. What began
as minor eccentricities have become major problems endangering
not only himself but also members of his brotherhood. There
is only on option left to the boss - to dispose of him. He
orders Minami to take Ozaki to the Yakuza disposal dump in
Nagoya, Ozaki is killed accidentally. After Minami reports
the news to his boss, he returns to the car to find that the
body has gone....
The
plot of any Miike Takashi film is impossible to predict. Whether
it be the deeply unsettling Audition,
the manic Dead or Alive or the genre busting Happiness
of the Katakuri's, there is always something that defies
expectation. Gozu is no exception.
After
the bizarreness of Visitor
Q and assorted other films, Takashi Miike offers
this slice of strangeness. And boy, I swear that the director's
films get stranger as the years go by.
We
enter a surreal world of bizarre characters and unnatural
goings on, where the only people stranger than the lactating
inn owner and autistic spiritual medium are the mysterious
cow-headed demon and the Yakuza who cant make love without
a strategically place ladle for added stimulation.
If you thought you'd seen it all - think again. Maybe it's
the fact that I am getting older (The dizzying height of 26
is about to hit me) or maybe I am tiring of films that are
just too damn weird for their own good. But saying this, I
like to class myself as open minded and willing to try anything
(within reason).
Having
followed Miike's directorial career with some interest over
the past two years, I have to say that this is one of his
oddest films yet. The plot is strange and twisted (As most
of Miike's films) and there are plenty of fetish moments that
are combined very well with a nice Yakuza twist. It's good
to see that even with so many films under his belt, Miike
can still make you laugh, feel physically sick and shock you
all at the same time. This is a good film but it's also very
uneven, and by the end you really do wonder what the hell
just happened. You just got 'Miiked', that's what happened.
The
disc itself is well presented with a fantastic DTS track and
the picture quality is good as well. On the extras side we
have a trailer and a trailer reel and that's about it.
All in all this film is definitely worth a look and if you
want to see more strange Asian goings-on then check out the
rest of his films.
Worth
a rent? Definitely. Worth buying? Maybe, but if I were you
I'd rent it first.
Simon
Lee
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