The Machine Girl is one of those movies that is successful only because it purposely tries to be bad; or are they serious? Of course, that doesn't make it good. Ninjas, flying guillotines, drill bras, a girl with a machine gun for an arm-massive vein spraying blood loss, fake fighting, torn or chopped off limbs; eye balls, and heads made of wax, corny English dubbing, an awfully stupid plot that would seem immensely hilarious in an American theatre ( it only could feel acceptable to a Japanese audience), and a low budget on computer technology which was obvious they needed to make things seem more serious and credible, this made the action/fighting scenes look staged and just plain trite. Anyway, how could you not want to watch this movie after viewing the bizzare[ly idiotic] trailer that has been watch by large numbers while floating around the internet for about a year now? [Trailer at bottom.]
Want to have a good time? Don't just watch the trailer, gather a bunch of friends and make a large bowl of popcorn! The trailer spoiled all the best parts for me, but I can certainly imagine how outrageous this movie would've been had I walked into it blindly. The conundrum here is that most people probably would have no interest in watching this movie without seeing the trailer. I must say the first half hour of it's most serious moments were still pretty dimwitted, however it definitely kept my attention for the rest of the movie. By the end though it began to get extremely slow-paced and I just wanted it to finish so I can comment on it's many flaws.
Want to have a good time? Don't just watch the trailer, gather a bunch of friends and make a large bowl of popcorn! The trailer spoiled all the best parts for me, but I can certainly imagine how outrageous this movie would've been had I walked into it blindly. The conundrum here is that most people probably would have no interest in watching this movie without seeing the trailer. I must say the first half hour of it's most serious moments were still pretty dimwitted, however it definitely kept my attention for the rest of the movie. By the end though it began to get extremely slow-paced and I just wanted it to finish so I can comment on it's many flaws.
With that said , this is a Japanese revenge fantasy that revolves around Ami Hyuga, whose brother is brutally murdered by bullies for lunch money( funny right?). In a Kill Bill-like fashion, Ami starts hunting down his killers one by one. Who ever said two wrongs don't need to make a right? But when she confronts the Yakuza (mafia) family/ Ninja (Yes...modern day Ninjas ) responsible for her brother's death, she's outnumbered and captured. Rather than killing her, the family chooses to torture her, first slicing off her fingers and then her left arm. She manages to escape and seeks refuge with a friend who engineers a machine-gun arm for her to aid her in her revenge quest.
Lesson 1: Playing with knives is all fun and games until someone shows up to shoot you in the face eighty-nine times.
Lesson 1: Playing with knives is all fun and games until someone shows up to shoot you in the face eighty-nine times.
Lesson 2: In Japanese culture, accusing someone of murder over breakfast is a major social faux pas, and often results in burning arms that turn into tempura.
Lesson 3: Massive, untreated blood loss is really no big deal for people, probably because the human body contains around eight gallons of blood stored under high pressure...
Lesson 4: You're not selfish for killing people when one of your loved ones have died, they will be smiling down from the heavens with glee. Killing for revenge is 'obviously' not going to be making things worse for many more people.
Lesson 5: It is possible to shoot a man with a machine gun in such a way that it strips all the skin from his bones without breaking them...
It was obvious the makers of this film imagined it would come out much cooler than it actually did. It definitely showed that even some unrealistic films can't be done too great in this day in age. Even as a Japanese animation I'm sure it still would of been dreadfully stupid, but it would have been much more professional looking and on Japanese anime-standards, perhaps good[?]. I find it interesting how they seek out the 'most awesome' reasons for these characters to kill each other (joking). Ah but it's always fun to see how far the Japanese will go with the bizarre and the grotesque, and clearly in this movie there's no limits or morals what-so-ever.
THE OBNOXIOUS TRAILER :
-Edmond
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