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Adrenaline Drive

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Adrenaline Drive (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 12  Rotten:5 Average Rating: 6.5/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Synopsis: Shinobu Yaguchi's film is a gigantic rush of adrenaline that takes the comic chase film to a whole new level. Suzuki (Masanobu Ando) is a reserved young man whose life is forever altered when he gets into a car accident with a gangster. After an explosion tears apart the mob's headquarters,... Shinobu Yaguchi's film is a gigantic rush of adrenaline that takes the comic chase film to a whole new level. Suzuki (Masanobu Ando) is a reserved young man whose life is forever altered when he gets into a car accident with a gangster. After an explosion tears apart the mob's headquarters, Suzuki and Nurse Shizuko (Hikari Ishida) find themselves on the run from the mob, carrying a large chunk of the gangsters' cash. And wouldn't you know it, the two appear to be falling in love as well. [More]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Masanobu Ando, Hikari Ishida, Kirina Mano, Yu Tokui, Kazue Matsugae

Director: Shinobu Yaguchi
Screenwriter: Shinobu Yaguchi
Producer: Kiyoshi Mizokami
Composer: Seiichi Yamamoto

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 26, 2001

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Letterboxed - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Mono - Japanese

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Stirs up about as much adrenaline as a good nap.

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03/01/07
Thom Bennett
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The film's humor arises mostly out of the flouting of Japanese social codes which admittedly don't necessarily translate to belly laughs for American audiences. Some of the supporting roles are played broadly and the seemingly indomitable bad guy is one o

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12/31/03
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
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A notable, tongue-in-cheek mélange of American action-film clichés, despite containing a baffling lack of most American action-film clichés.

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Jon Popick
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It plays as a gentle spoof on yakuza films...

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10/01/02
Ron Stringer
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...works because it's rather low-key...

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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