Tireless Japanese splatter director Takashi Miike's keeps his own worst impulses check, and the payoff is a satisfying and uncharacteristically romantic film. After hijacking a helicopter and rescuing his Chinese girlfriend, Kei (Michelle Reis, FALLEN ANGELS), from imminent deportation, Japanese-Brazilian gunslinger Mario (Teah) is faced with an even bigger problem: getting them both out of Japan without being arrested. Mario first arranges for a couple of phony passports through Carlos (Atsushi Okuno), the manager of a popular Brazilian hang-out in Tokyo, then turns to ex-girlfriend Lucia (Patricia Manterola), a hooker who agrees to help even though she's still bitt...
Released:
2000
Rated:
R
Length:
103 mins