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The one thing that people will latch on to while watching the film are the fight scenes. "Crows Zero II" is incredibly subdued for a Miike film and when some of the more ridiculous elements are introduced it ends up being disruptive rather than interesting.
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Miike’s strength as a filmmaker is that he’s able to juggle elements from different genres and incorporate them seamlessly into the narrative. Out of nowhere, he throws in a bit of slapstick comedy and random concert footage. With this being a Miike film, there are bound to be some odd choices here and there. After awhile it becomes disorienting because you don’t even know which character is driving the narrative. The story just bounces from one character to the next, not spending time to develop any of them. And to make matters worse, for the first half of the film there’s no one character that the audience can latch on to. Characters spend a generous amount of time running their fingers through their ridiculous hairdos or pontificating. But then, things come to a screeching halt when Miike and the scriptwriter decide to replace the pulse pounding action with exposition. The brawls are gritty, visceral and keep coming at a fast pace. With Takashi Miike behind the camera again, things get off to a frenetic start. The Hosen gang want their man and use the opportunity to declare war on their rival. You see, in this graffiti covered dystopia, battles are won with bare knuckles not weapons.
#Crows zero ii code
Kawanishi broke the code by stabbing to death the leader of the Hosen gang.
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Years ago, Kawanishi lead the Suzuran gang against the Hosen gang in an epic brawl that ended in dishonour. This alliance is broken when Genji Takiya (Shun Oguri), the leader of Suzuran boys decides to protect Kawanishi (Shinnosuke Abe), a former member of their gang from the Hosen boys. So for at least the first half of the film, I was trying to understand the rules of this desolate world and trying to remember the names and motives of each character.Īs far as story goes, what I could make out is that there are two rival school gangs, Suzuran and Hosen, and they’re part of an alliance. The film is soaked in its own mythology and it doesn’t help that it features more characters than a Russian novel. So going into a film like "Crows Zero II" I expected to be somewhat confused and I was not disappointed.
#Crows zero ii series
I missed out on the first film and know nothing about Hiroshi Takahashi' wildly popular manga series that the films are based on. I almost feel unqualified to write a review about "Crows Zero II".