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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Media Blasters
EAN: 0631595073980
Format: Color, Dubbed, Subtitled
Label: Tokyo Shock
Manufacturer: Tokyo Shock
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Tokyo Shock
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 03, 2008
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 5020
Studio: Tokyo Shock
Theatrical Release Date: May 23, 2008
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Ami (Minase Yashiro in her film debut) is a tough but otherwise average high school girl trying to lead a normal life. Her world comes crashing down when her brother and his friend are killed by ruthless bullies. As Ami tracks down the ringleader she is surprised to discover the bullies' association with a sinister ninja yakuza family. When she goes after her revenge she soon finds herself in over her head and minus her left arm. Barely surviving Ami escapes and seeks out shelter from two kindly garage mechanics. They take pity on her fitting her with a high-powered machine gun where her arm used to be. She then teams up with the chainsaw-wielding mother (Asami) of her brother's slain friend and together they unleash an unholy non-stop over-the-top kill fest against the equally creative machinery (drill bra flying guillotine) of their relentless ninja enemies.System Requirements:Running Time: 96 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/CRIME Rating: NR UPC: 631595073980 Manufacturer No: TSDVD0739
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Rating:  - Machine Girl-
If you liked Kill Bill, or Godzilla (the old one with the guy in the rubber monster suit) then this is the film for you.
The fight scenes are so over the top, they remind one of the encounter between King Arthur and the Black Knight in "Monty Python and The Holy Grail". How does that go? King Arthur:"Yer arm's off!" Black Knight:"It's just a flesh wound!" Yeah! It's like that, but in Japanese, and I suppose it was meant to be taken seriously. Good Luck with that :-)
Rating: - Fan of Gore?
I love this movie ! Over the top Gore , so funny if your into alot of violence =)
Rating:  - WELCOME TO THE MACHINE
For the most part I've tried to write here about mainstream DVDs being released. On occasion I've chosen to let you know about other films making their way to direct DVD release. Today let's look at something else. Movies that never see release in the US (or at best limited release) that find their way to DVD. The subject in question is THE MACHINE GIRL.
For anyone unfamiliar with the latest trend in Japanese films, it's not the horror films being remade non-stop. Instead, it's a gore drenched action adventure films that are over the top in their depictions and filled with blood soaked humor. When someone gets cut, they don't bleed, they gush fountains of blood literally.
THE MACHINE GIRL starts out with action from the get go. When a group of young punks attack an innocent pair of school kids, a lone girl dressed in school uniform dress comes to their aid. This is no ordinary girl though. This is Ami and she is on a mission to seek revenge against this very gang for destroying her family.
The battle kicks off in high flying ninja-martial arts style, fist to fist. But all changes when Ami reveals that she's missing an arm. A quick pop into her school backpack, and she's now sporting a gattling gun where the lost appendage would normally be. And she knows how to use said gun as she begins cutting her way through bad guys, splitting one right down the middle.
The story moves to flashback where we learn how it all began. Ami and her brother live on ... Read More
Rating:  - (2.5 Stars) Japan's Answer to "Kill Bill"? Not Exactly...
"The Machine Girl" follows the story of bloody revenge of Ami, an ordinary Japanese high school girl whose brother is killed by a spoiled son of a ninja clan. Or was that yakuza, Japanese mafia? Never mind. One-armed Ami fights ferociously with a machinegun attached to the left arm. She kills like Rambo (of the newest film), fighting the evil crime syndicate Hattori. The resourceful Hattori clan fights back with flying daggers and a flying guillotine. Oh, and don't forget a bra. Yes, a bra can be very dangerous.
Some may think director Noboru Iguchi's film "Kataude Mashin Garu" (literally translated "One-Armed Machine Girl") is Japan's answer to "Kill Bill" or "Grindhouse" and numerous exploitation films that have inspired the Tarantino-Rodriguez film, especially Rodriguez segment of "Grindhouse." However, "The Machine Girl" (which is actually produced by an American company, shot with all-Japanese cast in Japan) lacks the high-octane energy and crazy fun Rodriguez is known for. "The Machine Girl" is funny and entertaining, but only sporadically.
I think I know what the director is trying to do. He is obviously more attracted to old-fashioned Japanese films and TV shows. The ruthless wife of the Hattori Clan's boss is a nod to Japanese yakuza films; the three ninja-like assassins in red suit are parody of Japanese "sentai" (fighters) actions, still popular genre in Japan; and the heroine's story (and tortures) is probably inspired by the Japanese revenge drama in the 70s like ... Read More
Rating:  - Machine Girl dissapointment
Machine girl ...the best parts are in the trailer. Not recommended. Loved the trailer.
Cheers.
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