The Machine Girl Review

The Machine Girl: Yakuza-killing school girls with machine gun arms

Release date:

Jp) August 2, 2008 (In theaters)

Na) May 23, 2008

Director: Noboru Iguchi

You know those types of movies that are released around summer that are created just for kicks and really do not require any deep, intellectual, and long-ass discussions like, let’s say, Commando? This is one of them. However, this is special because it comes from Japan; YAYZ!!!!1010-14.

This was my first time watching a foreign live-action film (and what a great way to start).  I know that based around the ratings, it was not going to be that amazing but the poster (image on the left) said otherwise.

Plot

The Machine Girl is about the main character,  Ami Hyūga. Ami is just an average teen who likes to play basketball with her friend. She also has a younger brother who she cares deeply about named Yu. One day Yu and Takeshi, his friend,  are murdered by a gang lead by Sho Kimura; the son of a ninja yakuza family. For the rest of the film, Ami seeks revenge on the family as a payback for her brother’s death. During the film, she receives the iconic machine gun arm after a brutal accident.

Music

The music is  not orchestrated and it’s not something that would win an award. However, music is not the main focus with this movie (which is forgivable) and instead, focuses more on…

Actions

One of the supporting characters covered in blood after slicing a character in half.

The action in the movie is really brutal. I mean, REALLY brutal. Examples of such brutality include having:

• A machine gun to one’s face
• Multiple ninja stars cut one Ghost Ship Style (excluding physics)
• One’s four fingures cut off and having to eat them.
• One’s hand being forced into a really hot pot of water.
• One’s upper head is sliced off
• ETC

It’s no wonder that this is sometimes categorized as a horror film. In fact, it’s pretty much a slasher flick except the protagonist is “the killer”. But then again, just because it has blood doesn’t mean it’s a horror, correct

Conclusion

I can't help but think that this was originally suppose to be a video game.

The Machine Girl is a Japanese movie you may like if you watched, and liked, any of the Evil Dead movies (or something similar).  Heck, it’s even categorized in the horror genre on Netflex. It’s more hardcore action than anything else.

I would recommended renting this before considering buying it.