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Yakuza Apocalypse (Gokudo Daisenso)

YAKUZA APOCALYPSE (Gokudo Daisenso)

MIDNIGHT MADNESS D: Takashi Miike. Japan. 115 min. Sep 18, 11:59 pm Ryerson Sep 19, 3 pm Scotiabank 2. See listings. Rating: NN


Splatter maestro Miike returns with yet another ultra-violent, pretty hilarious but ultimately exhausting genre mashup, this time setting the yakuza on a quick-fisted collision course with vampires, frog monsters and other creatures it would take some time to describe.

Miike gets off on being ridiculous, but the movie ends up being one long hand-job that leaves us feeling numb. Winning gags – yakuza vampires and frog monsters included – start off funny but then bludgeon you with repetition.

Fuelled by Red Bull, Midnight Madness fans might howl all the way to the disappointing finale.

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