Release Date: Dec 5, 1997 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.3/5
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After being brutally murdered in a gangster-style execution, Kensuke Hagane (Tsuyoshi Ujiki) finds himself brought back to life by a mad scientist and rebuilt as a robot-human hybrid with a serious thirst for vengeance and the tools to carry it out. Takashi Miike directs this action-packed sci-fi thriller that takes its cues from the more mainstream Robocop but amps up the violence for maximum effect.
NC-17, 1 hr. 42 min.
Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
Dec 5, 1997 Wide
Apr 12, 2005
All Critics (2) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (4) | DVD (10)
If you don't see the similarities between this movie and Robocop, there's something wrong with you...
little new here to expand Miike's universe of carnage and perversity
An inept gangster is killed during a hit on the boss he idolizes and awakes to find himself turned into a cyborg by a mad scientist. Full Metal Yakuza is basically Robocop meets Frankenstein with dick jokes. The effects budget obviously ran to single figures and there's more ham on display than in a butcher's shop
June 10, 2008
Super Reviewer
A cheeseball that sometimes manages to be more insightfull and funny than most would think it is. Still, not the best from Miike, worth for a very fun performance by Tomorowo Taguchi as the crazy scientist.
July 1, 2007
Super Reviewer
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