This 1992 Japanese film tells the story of a scientist who sets out to create the new "super Adam and Eve", humans who cannot be controlled by their emotions. Of course, the end result it not exactly what the good doctor expects.
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This modern tale of an attempt to build a creature is one of the best "horror" films ever made, even if its not a horror film but something else entirely. Certainly its on my short list of all time great films.
This film was introduced to me by someone who told me "I have this film that probably one of the best films you'll ever see. It will move you and touch you and make you think, but if I told you what it is and told you how its done you will think its the stupidest thing on the face of it and you won't watch it." Intrigued I asked what did he mean, and he said, "Well its a Frankenstein story, with a very goofy sort of edge, but which uses it to its advantage." My ears perked up, and I being a trusting soul took the tape and watched it. I was blown away.
The plot concerns a mad scientist attempting to make a new Adam and Eve in the wake of a suicidal plague that is ravaging the world. Locked up in his lab his experiments go differently then either he or we expect. Some of it is silly (The bolts in the neck, the wrestling moves...), all of it is touching and thought provoking.
I can not recommend this movie enough. If you are willing to take the film on its terms and allow it to tell its story then I urge you to seek this film out and see it. This is an undiscovered gem that will stay with you forever.
15 out of 10 and then some. 10/10
Also known as "The Last Frankenstein", this is an extraordinary, impeccably produced horror film. Director Takeshi Kawamura uses Mary Shelley's novel as a mere launching pad for an exploration of subjects as diverse and fascinating as the nature of love, desire, suicide, mass hypnosis, sex, alienation and jealousy.
And though the film is dense with subtext, it is also stunningly photographed and rich in atmosphere and detail. The performances are all amazing and Kawamura's sensitive handling of the strange, delicate relationships between the characters results in an emotionally charged, angst-ridden tragedy.
The scenes of the confused, troubled monster hurtling through a fog-shrouded forest at night are memorable and striking, as is a brilliant home movie-style montage of the film's more curious characters enjoying a precious afternoon at the beach. Kawamura creates resonating visual poetry of horror and sadness barely sighted since Todd Browning's classic "Freaks".
Intelligent, emotional, tragic and real, this is an absolute gem. 9/10
No.2379 向革命先烈致敬。但是这部电影确实不算好，各位戏骨的演技没得说，但是剧情有些平淡。剧中提到了几次连云港，倍感意外。
成龙版喧闹，范伟版沉闷，都不如旧版。
实际上完全不了解他所讲述的对象，程式化的“劲爆场面”下十分空洞苍白。代表性的标志就是那句“弟兄们”。
但老年人缺乏性爱和杀戮动机没什么关联
以前看vice拍老年人写真还觉得这帮创逼就是leech别人，这片讲真真吓到我了
很典型的美国“电锯杀人狂”式的血浆片，离群索居的变态与一群年轻人。
太过普通，但还是会落泪，最好看的还是范伟。
有亮点：老年人性和犯罪、开篇构图、录影带与现实的剪辑、湖中游泳的俯拍。除了这些优点基本上都是自以为是但又愚蠢至极的设计，包括对闪灵的致敬和反套路，包括对惊魂记的致敬和反套路，自以为很搞笑，但是效果完全没达到，老年人动机不能让人信服，人物没有成长，四次出现的那个剪辑手法很特别，但是看不到它意义何在。这部电影就像是一个大拼盘，将性爱与恐怖拼了拼，将老人与犯罪拼了拼，将恐怖与搞笑拼了拼，能够获得的那些新鲜刺激超不过影片的时长本身。
没有性生活是多么可怕。
平淡，节奏慢，毫无新意亮点，靠着范伟看完。
如果真的大胆的话就直接拍一场老年人的性爱戏而不是遮遮掩掩，否则只会让人觉得是噱头。
@（2021-11-19）铁道英雄（Railway Heroes）
片尾曲的声音 亲切好听呀
铁道题材的电影，总归还是要去看看。制作很棒，但故事和人物都太平。同为炸火车的电影，主创完全可以学习一下几十年前南斯拉夫的《瓦尔特保卫萨拉热窝》，把老洪设计成一个瓦尔特那样的神秘人多有意思啊！铁道队在历史上确有其事，津浦铁路的临城站，就是今天京沪铁路的枣庄西站。另外故事虽然发生在鲁南，但为拍摄蒸汽机车还得闯关东去调兵山。搞笑的是，导演还把满铁大调查部拉下水了。明明花了这么多心思，呈现出来的效果却过于浮光掠影，太可惜了。
合格的爽片，令人动容的地方有三处，一是在窗户上画党旗宣誓，二是范伟被抓上火车，三是张涵予杀身成仁，除此之外本片依旧脱离不了“神片”的范畴，看完基本没啥教育意义，只记得散场的时候我身后一对小情侣中的女孩说了句：我现在就想拿把机关枪冲到日本去。
too old to fuck
表面的一些工业化的东西让人看下去，内核里的东西让人看了跟没看一样。
怎么让故事真实？那让范老师讲方言，让鬼子还讲日普，可那满口的京片观众不出戏，鬼子也不察觉吗？
除了海报上的两位主角，其他的人物确实有点薄弱，但影片的年代感和氛围也确实营造得不错，抗日英雄的血泪事迹很感人，却不煽情。
吓人是吓人，但把老人拍的这么变态和恶心合适吗？
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