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City of Lost Souls, The

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City of Lost Souls, The reviews
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7.0 User Score:

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Based on 6 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Romance

Written by: Ichiro Ryu
Seishu Hase (novel)

Directed by: Takashi Miike

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 9, 2002

Running Time: 105 minutes, Color

Origin: Japan

Language(s): Japanese (with English subtitles)

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Teah, Michelle Reis, Patricia Manterola, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Koji Kikkawa, Ren Osugi, Akaji Maro, and Anatoli Krasnov

A violet thriller set in Japan from splatter director Takashi Miike.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

67

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

Miike's graphically violent Japanese actioners are not everyone's cup of sake. But if you can handle the bloodshed, Miike's films will open your eyes to the number of ways it can spurt, splat, and drizzle out of a whole variety of natural human orifices and man-made bullet holes.

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60

TV Guide Ken Fox

The film is filled with Miike's brand of imaginatively staged violence and hints of fetish sexuality, but his sadism, which reaches its apotheosis in 2001's sickening "Ichii The Killer", is tempered by a sincere romanticism and a number of lovely touches.

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60

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

There's enough atmosphere, mayhem and just plain energy to make the film a viable midnight movie.

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50

LA Weekly Paul Malcolm

While the film throws a solid pop punch, you could still swear you've seen it all before.

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40

The New York Times Dave Kehr

(Miike's) work is fun to look at but emotionally unengaging, perhaps because he can't summon enough belief in his pulp-fiction characters to make them come alive.

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40

Village Voice Dennis Lim

The plot is muddy and quite beside the point. The almost meditative mood takes center stage.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Blamb gave it a 5:
Everything almost gels, but not quite (maybe all of the jokes got lost in the translation). Lots of wackiness, but none of it connects in an interesting way. If you're looking for violence, there's not really that much of it. Dull in spots.

[Anonymous] gave it a 9:
Insane, hilarious, bloody as heck, attention-deficit tongue-in-cheek action movie that makes a movie like Snatch look tame.

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