In 1924 Yuri Ozone is a woman who was the best assassin that the Japanese ever had. She retired to live life as a madam, but ends up chased by the whole Imperial Army when she begins to look into the death of a friend and the disappearance of his son.
I loved this film. Its what the John Wick Ballerina film should have been. It's a film that has great characters, wonderful performances (Haruka Ayase was nominated for a Japanes Oscar as Lilyand awesome action. Its a film that largely moves from start to finish.
The film is based on a novel which is both a good thing, in that it gives the film a weight most action films never have, but it's bad because moving the plot results in a couple of passages where things slow down as things actually happen. While the slow downs are bothersome on the first pass through, on the later watches you don't notice as much because you know what the film is.
I loved this so much that I ended up emailing friends that they had to see this. Not only is the action great, but it features some truly great women of action- Ozone's friends have colorful pasts that come in handy.
I want a sequel.
Highly recommended
No comments:
Post a Comment