She's Just a Shadow

Honestly, a lot, and I mean a LOT of nudity and drugs. It basically tells the story of a group of friends dealing with street life, as the party, and party but the effects lead them to descend into darkness, sadness and madness. This can be often complicated to show as people break in different ways. This film did a good job of showing it. It can be confusing but it is worth a watch.

A bunch of hookers and petty crooks snort mountains of coke and party constantly. The casting folks rounded up a slew of babes and dressed them as scantily as possible (or less) for most of the running time. Some got lines of dialog; most settled for lines of blow. There's enough eye candy to induce diabetic coma. All are herded onto several florid sets for a stupid script that barely justifies a bunch of gory interludes with heavy, often gruesome, casualties among the aforementioned and their rivals. Then, for icing on the perversity cake, they toss in a serial killer with an over-the-top signature style for reducing the female portion of the city's next census.

The plot falls apart long before the credits roll, taking down whatever empathy one might have felt for some of the characters along the way. Few, if any, will care who lives, dies or thrives by the end.

But those seeking the cheap voyeuristic kicks from films like Caligula could feel they've landed in hog heaven wallowing through this thing. Fans of loinscaping (If that isn't already a real word, it should be) will enjoy a generous array of configurations flashing on their screens throughout. The 5 rating is because this will be a 1 for some and a 10 for others. Pick your own adjectives for those on either side of the taste coin. I'd just say the package serves more tails than heads.

Its a great watch if you like noir movies good characters and great storyline must watch to understand

A world full of sleaze, full of blood and nudity. Filth some may say and the "underground" that is shown here is morally bankrupt to say the least. With an added side story of a pervert who has a train and serial killer obsession. That may be putting it mildy. And yet, the movie looks gorgeous! And that is not a pun nor a reference to all the beautiful people who act in this (mostly nude).

Cinematography is tight to say the least. While the story may not be enticing to some, remember how some were cherising Giallo movies and made a big deal out of them? This makes more sense than some (if not most) of them. So while this is not an "homage" per se, you may watch it with that in mind. It tries to shock and it probably succeeds to some degree, but it also has a convoluted story that will either annoy you or entice you for being so out there ...

This is what happens when you grow up in Tromaville and become a filmmaker. Imagine starting with Ichi the Killer and mixing in Scarface, Spun, Showgirls, and Summer of Sam while reading 50 Shades of Grey and you should be able to smell how this movie is. To say that this won't appeal to everybody is an understatement, but that has never determined whether a film is worth seeing. Despite the amount of time spent on scenes consisting mainly of nudity and drug use there is a story that unwinds as you go with a lump sum delivery in the last 10 minutes. Production value overall is good and the players skilled enough to deliver their dialogue naturally with the correct posture. If you are at all on the fence I would say give it a watch, you were curious enough to read this review so don't stop short here.