Boiling Point [1990] (DVD)

Description: Genre: Action & Adventure / Theatrical Release: 1990 / Suitable for 15 years and over / Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano ... more

Boiling Point [1990] (DVD) ... / Actors: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Masahiko Ono, Makoto Ashikawa ... / DVD released 2009-05-11 at Second Sight Films Ltd. / Features of the DVD: PAL

Newest Review: ... and often disturbingly funny Japanese gangster film. It follows the incompetent and occasionally surreal exploits of a young ... more

... loser and a disgraced former Yakuza gangster (Kitano himself) attempting to buy a gun so the kid can avenge his humiliation at the hands of another more successful local Yakuza member. That's about all there is to the plot, as with all Kitano's films it's very minimalistic, much more about atmosphere and emotion than an unnecessarily convoluted plot and million dollar CGI effects and stunts. For the uninitiated (even those used to subtitles) much of Kitano's work is somewhat obtuse (dare I say inscrutable) and th...more

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Boiling Point [1990] (DVD): Good Old Fashioned Japanese Cinema (339 words)
by - written on 17/07/09 (Very useful, 21 readings)
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I first saw Takeshi Kitano's 3-4 x jûgatsu (aka Boiling Point not to be confused with the James B. Harris film with Wesley Snipes) by mistake about fifteen years ago. A friend of mine bought it thinking it was a John Woo style Hong Kong action film, despite the vaguely geographical similarity nothing could be further from the truth. Made in 1990 3-4 x jûgatsu/Boiling Point is a slow moving, wonderfully dark, brutal and often disturbingly funny Japanese gangster film. It follows the incompetent and occasionally surreal exploits of a young loser and a disgraced former Yakuza gangster (Kitano himself) attempting to buy a gun so the kid can avenge his humiliation at the ... Read the complete review

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