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| Rated: 5.00/5 | Votes: 1 | Views: 77 |Submitted: 11/09/10 |
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RoboGeisha is the latest bizarre endeavor from Japanese filmmaker Noboru Iguchi, director of the popular film, 'The Machine Girl.' Yoshihiro Nishimura, director of 'Tokyo Gore Police,' worked on the Special Effects for RoboGeisha.
After seeing the previous two films, there are expectations. Common themes include violence, blood, gore, creative makeup effects, and some very unique characters. Not to mention, all these themes are completely over the top and more extreme than you can possibly imagine. Anticipation was high for this film, to say the least. Even the title conjures up delightful images of a robot geisha with a multitude of internal weapons, surrounded by buckets of blood and internal organs from her enemies in a format we have come to expect. Unfortunately, those expectations came crashing down when all of these elements were practically absent from the picture. The film begins as a kind of Cinderella story. Yoshie is abused mentally and physically by her wicked sister Kikue, making her believe she is inferior and not pretty nor skilled enough to be a geisha like herself. A wealthy businessman named Hikaru Kageno however takes notice of Yoshie, and asks her to come by his office. His supposed steel manufacturing company turns out to be a training facility for geisha assassins, with an ultimate plan to destroy all of Japan. Yoshie and Kikue continually fight for dominance as the superior assassin, going as far as transforming parts of their body into cybernetic weapons. The theme of the story is a message for the destruction of evil, a love for family, and sticking with them no matter the circumstances. The strangeness and originality exclusive to Japanese cinema is in no shortcomings, providing such weapons as boob machine-guns, scalding breast milk, armpit swords, shoulder swords, ass swords, and ninja stars projected from an ass cannon. This is perhaps RoboGeisha's only redeeming factor. One disappointing feature is a team called the goblisquadron, a trio of women with the most superior of fighting abilities. They wear goblin type masks with phallic noses and fight their enemies to what sounds like 70's funk music in the background. Many parts of the film, including this one, really made it seem like I was watching a Troma film, and it was all perhaps too silly for its own good. The abundance of blood and gore we've come to expect from 'Machine Girl' and 'Tokyo Gore Police' are almost entirely gone. It's really an unexpected downfall from the creators, and disappointment for the fans. The few bits of blood and gore we do see are computer generated, and horror fans more than anyone know how much of a poor substitution CGI is for practical, hands-on effects. This is especially surprising since the previous films provided so many awe-inspiring effects, with groundbreaking creativity and innovation that were incredibly memorable. All I can think is that the budget for this film must have been much, much lower than the previous entries and the script and effects suffered for it. RoboGeisha is purposely silly, and if you admire low budget films from companies such as Troma that are so stupid they make you laugh, then this is worth a watch. If you are expecting the next entry in the revolution of dark, smart, and badass Japanese Gore films, you are in for disappointment. Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Reviewer: Eric Swartz |
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