Faaaarrrking Mean!!!!

[twistymover]

The movie "Kill Bill" ( on at the Rialto) has got a short but cool sequence in it with a limosine on the Tokyo motorway surrounded by minders on yellow Kawasaki's. I recommend the movie too.

[Coldkiwi]

no, they're actually black fazers. The yellow Kwaka is a GPX or ZZR I think. (shame, i should know eh!)

But regardless, don't be mislead. The bikes have NOTHING to do with the plot of the movie. In fact there isn't really a  plot other than 'lets see how many people we can graphically slaughter in one movie and still show it at normal cinemas'.

I should've guessed it would be that way inclined when the start of the movie says 'a quentin tarantino movie' followed by close ups of a beaten up woman. Not my idea of a good night out. The slaughter really spoiled the good cinematography and funny parts.

I'd much rather see silly bike movies with turbine powered motorcycles in them!

 

 

[twistymover]

Right, I got the colours and bikes mixed up. Thankyou for pointing that out Coldkiwi. However, the motorbike riders sequence was part of the movie story-line none the less. At the beginning a woman, the main character, is beaten by about 4 perpetrators, including a couple of women, and then shot in the head. She is within an inch of her life, and appearing dead, is left as such. She spends 4 years in hospital in a coma. She wakes up and vows revenge on those responsible for her wasted years, and begins dispensing with these "vermin" as she calls them. Her journey takes her to Japan, to Tokyo where her women assailants are now involved in the Tokyo Underworld. One of them is now the Head of the Organisation. This woman is her main target and we find her on a Tokyo motorway in her limosine surrounded by some of her bodyguards on motorcycles. She arrives at the restaurant destination, and after a while is challenged by her nemesis, our revenge seeker, who has by this time obtained a mighty Samurai sword from the Master Sword-maker. With this Sword, she chops her way through all opposition, including about one hundred bodyguards (who also have swords ) and after leaving behind a hall full of dead and dieing headless and/or footless (or loose) and armless bodies, she gets finally to face and challenge the Evil She-Boss of the Tokyo Underworld. They are both larger than life characters, almost superwomen, and a match for each other. However, even though our Revenge Seeker is dog- tired after dispatching all her attackers, she still ends up (after a long fight) running the Evil-One through and lobing her head off. The whole film is larger than life and runs like a comic strip. It is, like the comic strip, "over the top" in it's violence and the portrayal of it's Hero and it's Villians.Therefore, one can have a laugh and enjoy this. I enjoyed the Kung Fu sword-fighting as well and the amazing skill and footwork of all the fight scenes. The plot in this movie is connected to the revenge seeking woman's plans to obtain her objectives. You either like this sort of movie or you don't. Quentin Tarantino has almost a cult following in some circles. I personally wouldn't go that far. But for those people who like being entertained, don't take this movie too seriously and know the difference between true/real life violence and Hollywood movie violence/ entertainment, this film can be recommended, and, having seen it myself, I do.