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Boiling Point [1990]
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BOILING POINT defies our usual analytic technique because the director simply doesn't play by the rules. The movie is satyric in its description of the world of the japanese yakuzas and their archaeological codes, funny with its visual gags and the well-known elliptic Kitano style, arty, in the positive meaning of the word, when Takeshi -Uehara- Kitano experiments an incredible flash-forward in his car, disturbing as Uehara's girl is slapped numerous times without any obvious reasons by the angry mobster. The plot of BOILING POINT develops these structural options in a metaphorical way. The young secretive hero is fond of the baseball game and, one day, he does have the opportunity to give to his team a superb victory. But, seconds before the end of his run, he passes in front of one of his teammates and is disqualified : he too doesn't play by the rules. I liked a lot this movie even if, in my opinion, the screenplay is far more interesting than the images themselves. But this weakness is often common in the first movies of writers/directors. So let's be patient. A DVD zone No Respect.
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JUST DON'T PLAY BY THE RULES !
Review date: 2003-02-07 Rating: 6 out of 10
BOILING POINT is the second movie shot in 1990 of the japanese writer-director Takeshi -Beat- Kitano. This DVD, apart of the widescreeen version of the movie, offers english subtitles, a trailer which is absolutely stunning, the filmography of Kitano and...nothing else. Meager.
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Review date: 2002-07-09 Rating: 10 out of 10
I first saw this film by mistake, about six years ago. A friend of mine bought it thinking it was a John Woo style HK action film. Despite the geographical similarity nothing could be further from the truth, Boiling Point is a wonderfully dark, brutal and often disturbingly funny Japanese gangster film, about the exploits of a young loser attempting to buy a gun in order to avenge his humiliation at the the hands of the local Yakuza. Thats about all there is to the plot, as with all Kitano's films its more about atmosphere and emotion than uneccessarily convoluted plot and million dollar CGI effects and stunts. I can't recomend Boiling Point enough, along with Kitanos more recent Brother and films like Ring, Audition and Battle Royale, Japan is currently making some of the best films in the world.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Makoto Ashikawa
Masahiko Ono
'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
Creators:
'Beat' Takeshi Kitano (Primary Contributor)
Masahiko Ono (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Mia Video Entertainment Ltd
Manufacturer: Mia Video Entertainment Ltd
EAN: 5024571700584
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2002-03-25
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 92 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1990
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Japanese (Original Language)