Member Takuma Posted November 30, 2015 Member Share Posted November 30, 2015 Nishimura will begin filming new "action splatter" film, which is a follow-up to Meatball Machine (Yudai Yamaguchi, 2005), in February. Auditions for heroine (who must be/look like in her 20s, and be willing to show her boobs, it says) are held in a few weeks. The script is written by Sakichi Sato (the writer of Ichi the Killer and Gozu, as well as the director of Zero Man vs. The Half-Virgin). - https://twitter.com/ni4yo4/status/671164132914159616 - http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/ni4yo4/imgs/8/5/8552fa06.jpg It also turns out Nishimura is working on the new Toho Godzilla film for the special effects... which is not surprising since he worked with Shinji Higuchi on Attack in Titan as well, but it's still a bit amusing if you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Takuma Posted December 12, 2016 Author Member Share Posted December 12, 2016 Trailer: I do not dare to have my hopes up very high, but will I watch it? Of course! I love Nishimura, but truth be told he doesn't age like wine. He did his most exciting stuff in the 80s and 90s. Anyway, I'm hoping to have fun with this. Some pretty cool practical effects work on display in the trailer (and somehow the CGI doesn't bother me as much as usual, so far) And man, you gotta give credit for this shot alone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted December 18, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 18, 2017 The guys at screenanarchy reviewed this one when it screened at the Camera Japan 2017 festival - http://screenanarchy.com/2017/10/camera-japan-2017-review-kodoku-meatball-machine-minces-meat.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted December 18, 2017 Member Share Posted December 18, 2017 I watched MACHINE GIRL earlier this year and decided I didn't need to watch any more of these splatter films. Interesting review, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Takuma Posted December 19, 2017 Author Member Share Posted December 19, 2017 I forgot we had this thread... I saw this ages ago. Kodoku Meatball Machine (Japan, 2017) - 2.5/5 Occasionally exciting but poorly paced follow-up to Yudai Yamaguchi's 2005 splatter punk film. The film is essentially a 40 minute introduction followed by a 50 minute non-stop monster melee on the streets of Tokyo. Yoshihiro Nishimura once again excels with his inventive low budget monster design and entertains the audience with the usual blood showers as well as a "topless chase scene". Unfortunately he also uses some depressing CGI and green screen sequences, and relies too much on drama that fails to engage during the first act. Another problem is that Nishimura has never been a very good action director. The fights often seems like random moves and clips edited together. Composer Kou Nakagawa played an important role in making Nishimura's earlier films so effective, but for the past few collaborations his work has been repetitive and less interesting. The film remains, however, quite watchable and at times even exhilarating despite the issues. New chirashi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Takuma Posted December 19, 2017 Author Member Share Posted December 19, 2017 JP DVD and BD announced for 2018/03/07. - http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=1016069 - http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=1016070 No subs of course. The interesting thing is it says "Unrated Edition" and lists a running time of 108 minutes as opposed to the 100 minutes that was listed for the theatrical release. I can't confirm either running time, but I so far it looks like this will be a longer version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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