Ryuzo and the seven Henchmen

It's a poorly edited film with lots of loose ends and plots that go nowhere. A hit-man character would be better off cut, if not for the scene. There is some more hardcore blackly comedy taste with bit-off limbs and a decapitation where the man's body is inside the box.

It's the popular view to think of the yakuza itself as being cheap looking. I disagree. It's pretty lifelike for an 80's yakuza stuff effect and a lot more enjoyable to me than the video game styled yakuza in 'Sonachine'.

It is too rude!

But I like Yasuda the yakuza more than Takeshi.

This movie is a 100% guaranteed Kitano style. The satire and comedy contained in this movie, is absolutely hilarious, although at points you aren't entirely sure where this is heading, or why there are some unnecessary scenes that didn't quite fit the set pace. I too would strongly recommend to ignore the poor IMDb ratings for this movie. You shouldn't even pay any attention to it, as the score is so obviously faked (42% of 1??! - yeah, right!) it makes me feel ill to think that there are people who would do that sort of thing. Regardless of that sad attempt to manipulate ratings, this is one of the best comedies by Takeshi Kitano. The seemingly western take on a very much Japanese thing, is actually a refreshing one. What some may miss about the inventiveness in this film, is the simple fact that not every one is, (or will ever be) able to understand one of the most difficult forms of comedy, satire. It seems that Kitano is purposely making fun of his own "serious" Yakuza -movies, with incredibly light touch, that makes everything seem so effortless in this movie. The idea of old, retired men "getting at it" one more time is very often used cliché in movies, need I remind of such movies as "The Bucket List", "The Unforgiven" and of course "Seven Samurai". However it must be kept in mind that Kitano's entire style doesn't appeal to everyone, nor will it never be understood by all. It's also absolute poppycock for someone to say that if you like this movie, or think it's good because you are "asianophilic caucasian" or just because it is by Kitano. I would recommend this movie to anyone, unreserved. It has it's low points, but one thing still makes me smile: The movie is stunningly funny, in the most hilarious way!. Well done Beat Takeshi!

What happened with the action movies today? Look here, you have it all. It is fast. It is fun. It has a memorable tune to accompany the action. It has remarkable characters, who by no means are deep or Shakespere type guys, they are just cool. It has one-liners. It has a smoking-hot looking girl. A little bit of nudity here and there. Couple of funny lines can be heard. Very colorful villain and his goons. It has that feeling of adventure. It is a quintessential action movie. For that reason it is so predictable and clichéd, but here, is it really a downfall? Can we get more of these, please? I am sick of a bloody messes and greedy mood in todays action movies. Can you take it a little easier, Kitano? Or is it a thing of the past, meaning that will never get this style back again? Yes, sure. Not recommended at all......

Honestly, it feels like 2/3rd of the other reviews did not even see the movie. Nudity? There was none besides the old men baring their chests. Smoking hot girl? There's barely any women in the film. You got the fat wife of the main characters son for 10 minutes total, a couple hostesses in 2 scenes and another old hostess friend of the main character who gets the undress the male main character, but stays fully dressed herself. Violence towards normal people? They barely even attack anyone, being elderly versions of the old honorable yakuza cliché. The only fights are against cartoonishly evil crooks that steal from the elderly. Its not even an action movie. There's a few action scenes, but they mostly exists to poke fun at the old guys or are flashbacks that serve as references to older yakuza flicks. Its just a fun getting the gang back together film like the Korean film 'Sunny' or the American 'Stand Up Guys' but not bad like Stand Up Guys was. It won't change anyone's world but it was consistently funny and would satisfy any lover of yakuza films. For anyone who cares, there's no real gore, it sticks mostly to comedic violence.

Surprisingly slow moving. The main characters don't form a Yakuza to get revenge, they form it simply because they miss the Yakuza life. Thus the movie is more about men hanging out more than the lifestyle, which I found to be a better plot than actually having an established plot.

I found the cast to be overacting, as most Japanese comedies do. It was almost too much for me.

Slapstick with a few Boke-Tsukkomi scenes (Back and forth bantering) are repetitive, few laugh out loud hilarious scenes but an enjoyable watch if you can get past the first half of the movie.