A sweet and strange crime riddled road trip flick that at first glance fits perfectly within that period in the '90s where everyone tried to make their own Pulp Fiction or Natural Born Killers, that is until 'Trunk Man' appears on screen. From there the film takes a turn for the worst into the wacky kooky absurdism that Japan is known for revelling in. Sometimes it hits, sometimes it doesn't, but credit where credit is due, I haven't seen many films like it. The humour is playfully dark and bizarre (that awkward moment when you have to push a pram down a hill because you don't want to deal with the baby anymore, only for the parents of said baby to hunt you down and force you at gunpoint to find the baby, ONLY THEN for Trunk Man to shoot the parents), as are the quirky characters our main two come across on their adventure (like the has-been golfer who seemingly won't die). I love kooky Japanese surrealism as much as the next person, but this one felt a tad bit draining and failed to make much of an impression, but at 75 minutes it's not a huge undertaking, and they manage to squeeze a lot of good gags into that tight runtime.
A sweet and strange crime riddled road trip flick that at first glance fits perfectly within that period in the '90s where everyone tried to make their own Pulp Fiction or Natural Born Killers, that is until 'Trunk Man' appears on screen. From there the film takes a turn for the worst into the wacky kooky absurdism that Japan is known for revelling in. Sometimes it hits, sometimes it doesn't, but credit where credit is due, I haven't seen many films like it. The humour is playfully dark and bizarre (that awkward moment when you have to push a pram down a hill because you don't want to deal with the baby anymore, only for the parents of said baby to hunt you down and force you at gunpoint to find the baby, ONLY THEN for Trunk Man to shoot the parents), as are the quirky characters our main two come across on their adventure (like the has-been golfer who seemingly won't die). I love kooky Japanese surrealism as much as the next person, but this one felt a tad bit draining and failed to make much of an impression, but at 75 minutes it's not a huge undertaking, and they manage to squeeze a lot of good gags into that tight runtime.
