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I'd never heard of this and saw it was on Netflix and watched the first episode, liked the characters and kept going. (The fact Murphy's best friend named Tyson -- a variation on my own name -- is missing, is what held me long enough to keep watching.) I found enjoying the entire series amazing and refreshing. Never seen a character like Murphy before, and the image of the young blind woman and her dog (played by two different dogs, apparently) held me every minute. Every single character betrays Murphy at some point, even her best friend and her adopted mom. It doesn't stop her from going on. The lack of a big budget only hurt the show a little -- Chicago PD as four or five people in empty rooms was weird, but the show gets prisons interiors and great night exteriors. The story never flags. I see all these reviews from people acting as though Murphy's life and flaws were personally offensive to them, which is sad. It's fiction, folks, and you're supposed to learn how other people live -- reviewers here seem to have no empathy. I held off from watching the final episode because I was savoring it. And at the end of the last episode, Murphy does something so utterly shocking that again, I've not seen stories like this told this well. I like the realities presented. But the ending totally startled me (of course I'm not going to spoil it) and made me appreciate the show even more. I'm glad it ended where it did, but the show could easily have gone on another season if they'd wanted. In the Dark seasons 1 through 4 reminds me a classic picaresque novel brought up to date. She truly is rough and appealing. Love Murphy and Pretzel.

I saw this film was popular and I love films set in Japan. I like the cast. Then I read that this is just another effing violence fantasy about a bad ass assassin. About the five millionth version too. I'm almost 70 and I've never met a paid assassin. They only exist in action movies and I'm sick of that story. So I've chosen not to watch this. Maybe I'll change my mind. (The reviews here aren't making me change my mind.)

The movie just exists so this group of actors and musicians got to pay each other to hang out and party. Tedious and not at all funny. No story, no build, no climax. Glad I didn't pay to see this.