Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 12
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 5
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The fantastically prolific Takashi Miike directs this dizzyingly stylish thriller -- one of four in the year 2000 alone -- about love, cocaine, and exile. In the film's near-wordless opening, half-Japanese Brazil Mario (Teah) wipes out a room full of his fellow criminals in a bar in Sao Paolo and then strips naked in the dust storm outside. Mario is next seen one year later rescuing his Chinese girlfriend, Kei (Michelle Reis), from being deported. The event, which involved the hijacking of a
R, 1 hr. 40 min.
Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
May 25, 2001 Wide
Aug 6, 2002
All Critics (14) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (5) | DVD (3)
There's enough atmosphere, mayhem and just plain energy to make the film a viable midnight movie, a more appropriate slot than a regular run.
[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.
Moody yet mischievous, this multicultural mafia mash-up might make a mad Miike admirer of you.
While the film throws a solid pop punch, you could still swear you've seen it all before.
Tireless Japanese splatter director Takashi Miike's keeps his own worst impulses check, and the payoff is a satisfying and uncharacteristically romantic film.
An empty, incoherent exercise in frenetic style, interesting primarily for its cosmopolitan flavor.
...unleashes more creative imagery, cinematic mayhem and stylistic energy in that opening half hour than most films can muster in an entire feature...
It feels utterly hollow despite Miike's wizardry.
A well-dressed crime drama with an undercurrent of profound sadness.
The City of Lost Souls is sprawling, and at times meandering and unfocused, but you have to applaud Miike's inventiveness and the way he plays with form and technique. Sure, the plot, performances and general tone is completely over the top, but if you can look past that (which, truth be told, is tough to do), you'll
November 28, 2011Super Reviewer
I can't help but feel like Miike was just fucking with me. And while I probably won't watch it again, it is worth a midnight viewing if you happen to be in the mood for a truly bizarre & blood-soaked experience. Alcohol is recommended.
November 22, 2011Super Reviewer
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