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The Machine Girl

Original title: Kataude mashin gâru
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
11K
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The Machine Girl (2008)
Body HorrorParodySuperheroActionComedyHorrorThriller

Maimed while seeking revenge, a girl becomes stronger than ever.Maimed while seeking revenge, a girl becomes stronger than ever.Maimed while seeking revenge, a girl becomes stronger than ever.

  • Director
    • Noboru Iguchi
  • Writer
    • Noboru Iguchi
  • Stars
    • Minase Yashiro
    • Asami
    • Nobuhiro Nishihara
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    5.9/10
    11K
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    • Director
      • Noboru Iguchi
    • Writer
      • Noboru Iguchi
    • Stars
      • Minase Yashiro
      • Asami
      • Nobuhiro Nishihara
    • 100User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Minase Yashiro
    • Ami Hyuga
    Asami
    Asami
    • Miki
    Nobuhiro Nishihara
    • Sho Kimura
    Kentarô Shimazu
    • Ryuji Kimura
    • (as Kentaro Shimazu)
    Ryôsuke Kawamura
    • Yu Hyuga
    • (as Ryousuke Kawamura)
    Yûya Ishikawa
    • Suguru Sugihara
    • (as Yuya Ishikawa)
    Noriko Kijima
    • Yoshie
    Tsutomu Uchigasaki
    Hiroko Yashiki
    Hiroko Yashiki
    Tarô Suwa
    Tarô Suwa
    • Kimura gang member
    • (as Taro Suwa)
    Hiroyuki Yoshida
    Demo Tanaka
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    Masaki Inatome
    Hitoshi Fukushima
    Kouji Kawamoto
    Kensuke Sonomura
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    8Coventry

    Deus Ex …. Machine Girl !!!!

    If you only see ONE outrageously absurd and ridiculously over-the-top Asian splatter yarn this year - or even this lifetime, for that matter – you better make damn sure it's Noboru Iguchi's "The Machine Girl"! This stupendously demented piece of Japanese "Revengeploitaton" features king-size portions of all the regular and crowd-pleasing ingredients, like crazed stereotypical characters (Yakuzas, Ninjas, schoolgirls in uniform, …) and simplistic story lines, but it particularly specializes in extreme Magna-esquire gore and kitschy comedy. Beautiful and multi-talented schoolgirl Ami lives alone with her nerdy brother Yu since their parents committed suicide for falsely being accused of homicide. Ami protects her brother where she can, but she doesn't know he and his friend Takashi are the main targets of youthful bullies with prominent Yakuza-parents. The boys get killed, but nobody wants to help Ami because of her notorious family history and her sole attempts to get revenge literally cost the poor girl an arm. She finally gets help from Takashi's mourning parents, who also provide Ami with a machine-gun prosthesis. "Machine Girl" offers a wide selection of decapitations, dismemberment, close-up gunfire, stabbings, split-open skulls, chainsaw murders, fried limbs, slit throats, electrocutions, impalement and Samurai swashbuckling. Seen all of that before in other schlocky splatter fodder already? Well, yeah … but what about flying guillotines and drill bras? Most of the running time, the screen is literally colored red with gallons of fake blood and removed intestines, but the tone of the film continuously remains blackly comical and light-headed. The phenomenally berserk make-up effects, courtesy of Yoshihiro Nishimura, are often nauseating, but never truly offensive. "Machine Girl" definitely also stars a couple of ravishing and incredibly sexy Japanese actresses, like Ami, her partner in crime Miki and even the supremely bitchy Yakuza's wife. The battle sequences at the beginning and in the garage, as well as the entire final showdown of course, simply have to be seen to be believed. This outrageously grotesque movie is well-made, well-acted and directed and indescribably entertaining.
    8kevinkennedy_1

    Superb

    I have always thought of Japonesse comedy as being like Shakespeare comedy; funny to the people of the time and/or place but not to the rest of us. This is the first Asian film to not only make me laugh more than just a chuckle, but to make me cry with laughter and literally smack my knee. The reason that this is so good is because it seems as if writer director Noboru Iguchi took a step or two back too get a view of the Asian film market as a whole and even seems to have looked at it with a non-Asian eye to see how the rest of us see the market.

    The deliberate over-the-top cheese and "happy family beginnings" were great fun, but its the wonderfully gory scenes that you'll remember. I don't want to go into too much detail so as to avoid spoiling the fun for those who haven't seen it, except to say that the scene with the main bad guy making his son drink his blood as a right of passage to the yakuzza is the main culprit for my man tears.

    The only real problem of note is that the fun starts to dry a little as time goes on, the gore occurs less and less and the deliberate cheesy acting and dialogue almost gets tiresome (though it never actually is). It seems as if Iguchi used up all his best ideas too quickly in the first half and had to run with an empty tank for the last third.

    Despite this its still always superb fun, and even though it is definitely gory, I recommend most people to see it, just cover your eyes if it gets too much at times!
    8gavin6942

    Met the Hype and Beat It To Death

    Ami Hyuga (Minase Yashiro) lives a normal life... until her brother is killed by the Yakuza and some red-suited ninjas. Then she seeks revenge! Not strong enough, she is captured and tortured, losing her arm in the process. Again, she seeks revenge... this time with the help of a mechanic, his wife and her new Gatling gun arm. The ultimate in vengeance cinema.

    The poster for this film makes the claim that this is the sort of film Quentin Tarantino wishes he could make. That comparison is about as dead-on as one could be, as the similarities between "Machine Girl" and "Kill Bill" are overwhelming. Woman getting revenge against a crime syndicate... fountains of spraying blood (more here than in "Bill") and even a Hattori Hanzo sword. Fans of "Bill" should be all over this like Homer Simpson on a doughnut.

    Swords, chainsaws... throwing stars... the works. Blood, blood and more geysers of blood. Sadly, some of the film is computer-generated (pretty much the majority of the violence), but it didn't take away from the film as much as I thought it might. One enemy losing his face, another getting his head chopped (half) off... could have been done traditionally, but I don't think this was outrageously bad.

    This film is a rush... cheer it on, soak in the violence, drink plenty of Scotch. I don't know what to say... it's just so much action, dark humor... it's like a cross between "Kill Bill" and "Battle Royale", though I wouldn't put it quite on "Royale"'s level... finding this film was a great stroke of luck, and you ought to hunt for it, too.
    8LoneWolfAndCub

    The Machine Girl...what a refreshingly fun flick!!

    Ami (Asami) is out for revenge after her brother Yu is murdered by a gang of young yakuza-ninjas. Unfortunately, while in pursuit of the leaders, she is captured and one of her arms is cut off. Not to worry, a friendly couple who are also out for revenge on the same people have a solution, make her a machine gun arm! After The Machine Girl finished I can safely say this: the Japanese are still producing awesome gore flicks. Noboru Iguchi has created a film that will surely receive cult status and easily go down as one of the goriest films ever made. Firstly, this IS a gore-flick, there is enough blood spray to fill a lake. Secondly, the story is not complex or incredibly challenging, likewise, there is nil character development. Therefore, if you watch this movie thinking along those lines (I would not know why, though, as it IS called The Machine Girl) you will be sorely disappointed. If you do go in expecting outrageous gore and some genuinely funny comedy you will be very pleased! The Machine Girl really should be released theatrically everywhere, it is a fun, exciting and well-made action/comedy/drama and one of the best movies of 2008!

    4/5
    8crossbow0106

    Bloody, Gory But Still Pure Escapist Fun

    This film is filled with violence and gore, severed heads and limbs. So, why am I recommending it? Its fun to watch despite all that. The core of the plot is good. Ami, played by the pretty Minase Yashiro, avenges the murder of her younger brother Yu at the hands of a group of sadistic young people who are part of the Kimora clan. Ami's arm is hacked off in her first attempt to kill the son who caused Yu's death, but she manages to escape and is taken in by Miki, whose son Takeshi was also killed by the gang with Yu. It is Takeshi's mother Miki who goes along with Ami on this mission. If you don't like blood and gore, you can't watch this film. I normally do not like it, but this movie moves along at a good pace and Minase Yashiro actually does a good job as Ami. So, if you can handle buckets of blood, I think you'll enjoy it.

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      According to writer and director Noburo Iguchi, the idea for The Machine Girl went back to a simple idea he had about a one-armed girl in a bikini looking for revenge. The idea for the machine gun arm came later.
    • Goofs
      Ami can be seen hiding her left arm in her shirt throughout the film.
    • Connections
      Edited into Heads Blow Up! (2011)

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    • Release date
      • May 23, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Japan
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Machine Girl
    • Filming locations
      • Japan
    • Production companies
      • Fever Dreams
      • Nikkatsu
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      • 1h 36m(96 min)
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