1,800th Post Special (in Pictures): Yakuza Weapon

Seriously, I need a hobby.  After 1,799 posts, what have we learned here?  For one- Japan is a weird-ass place.  It's the land of panty vending machines, tentacle hentai and bunk bed hotels for businessmen.  Second- they make weird-ass movies.  It seems like a given, but it's still notable.  What other country can give us movies about dolls that come to life due to your ghost girlfriend, people that become rapists because their dad beat their mother...for being raped & people that watch a tape of a killer only to be attacked by a giant shark inexplicably?  That, alongside films about people who become aliens when hit by a meteorite, ghosts that haunt you for making a film, ghosts that possess tapes (and then books) in order to blackmail Doctors into cloning them, people that sell their baby's organs to demons for power & people that fight giant worms in an MMO played by only four people, are the many reasons that I both love and hate Japan.  If you're a new (or new-ish) reader, just search the site for 'Japan' and you'll get some context for all those references.  Instead of doing a film about puppets fighting Hitler in alternate-history WWII (real movie- I swear), I decided to do this movie.  Upon watching it, I decided not to SPOIL it- because it's so bat-shit insane that laying it all out would kill it a bit.  To get a glimpse of the closest thing to actual Live-Action Anime (save for Cromartie High School: The Movie), read on...

Our hero- Tak Sakaguchi, who is awesome as ever- is a killer in...um, not Japan and can dodge bullets due to 'willpower.'  No, really.  Here's a shot of him in action (san context)...

He gets called back to Japan because his dad died...six months ago.  I guess you lost your phone in...um, Thailand?

Why does someone throw a boat at Tak Sakaguchi?  Wouldn't you like to know?

That is a giant pile of dynamite.  I'll give you no context other than this 'bottom floor!'

Things go badly when our hero loses an arm to...well, the giant machine gun on a helicopter.  It's not a SPOILER, since his new arm is on the cover.

In spite of this injury (as well as being shot into this wall and losing one leg), he comes back for revenge against the man who wants to rule Japan.  Don't worry too much, because...

...a helicopter crash has maimed the villain too.  Wait- is this a Remake of The Crippled Masters?

That would probably be my reaction to discovering that I had a machine gun hand.  Well, that and wondering how hard it will be to pee.

To find out what happens next, watch the movie.  It's on Streaming, so get off your ass...and get back on your ass to watch it.  The End.

Is this a cop-out?  To be honest with you, this movie is really, really strange.  Kind of figured that, huh?  In a lot of ways, it reminds me of Helldriver, only a bit more sedate.  This whole thing really is a live-action Anime film.  This will just confuse Bob as I continue to not watch Anime, but like stuff like this.  Ha ha- it's fun to confuse and upset people I know.  In all seriousness, this movie appears to be an over-the-top satire of action films and Anime in general.  Junior (aka Sakaguchi) is a head-strong jerk who is super-violent and insane.  In any film, he would be presented as a strong character to be liked.  In this one, they constantly make fun of him being crazy and acting stupid.  It's the only bit of logic in this crazy film, so I like it.  If you like Anime or just bat-shit insane action, you'll like this Import film.  If you don't like either of those, just go ahead and keep skipping the movie with a machine-gun-handed guy on the cover.  Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to have some Spicy Chicken...

Up next, a movie about giant, killer rats trying to eat Marjoe Gortner.  Sorry, PETA.  Stay tuned...