If you've ever been on the Internet, you've probably seen the opening to this Film.
Want to know what the rest is like? Read on...
As you probably know, a Bus full of girls on a trip is driving along until *something* chops off the top half of the vehicle...and them (save for one girl).
She's a mess as she escapes, sees more death and then...none of it happened? Did it?!?
At School, she hangs out with her friends.
They get on a weird tangent about Alternate Realities and one of them says this...
All seems normal later until...the Teacher just whips out a chain gun and kills everyone (save the same girl)!
All of the girls flee...in something that sure isn't more and more awkward to watch in America as time goes by.
Things get weirder as reality seems to warp and our Heroine is now...someone else. Nice Wedding though.
I can hardly SPOIL this Film and I won't. Instead, here's a context-less shot that sort of SPOILS things...kind of...not really. Watch the Film.
This is weirder than I expected. Yes, I do realize how that sounds. Having only seen the Clip, I expected a certain level of weird. The actual Film as a whole is far stranger than what it tells you though!
All of the girls flee...in something that sure isn't more and more awkward to watch in America as time goes by.
Outside of the opening, it is chock full of more sudden, random gore. Beyond that, it has a weird dream-like, fairy-tale element to the whole thing. It's not long, but the Pacing definitely drags at times. It has the feel in the later parts of a Director not wanting to cut a second of any Scene. You can just picture him too- sitting at the back of a Theater and trying to see if the Audience is taking it all in. That's his prerogative.
It's also mine to point out how I'm not clear if this helps the Film at all. The reveals at the end are odd and I'm not entirely-clear if they meant to be taken literally. It's Japan- who's ever really sure?!? It's interesting...but I was more interested in the first half of the Film.
If you don't want to watch something in the vein of Jacob's Ladder or The Machinist, skip this one. If you need to know what this is all about, watching the Film will help...mostly.
Speaking of Tag, there's ANOTHER 2015 Film with the same name. I'm...probably not going to review it, so feel free.
A strong opening, a confusing middle section and an even more confusing ending. If you aren't in the mood for a real brain teaser, just stick with the clip.
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