Lumberjack the Monster is a 2023 Japanese horror thriller a few ruthless lawyer looking for revenge on a masked serial killer.
Directed by Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer, One Missed Name, Blade of the Immortal) from a screenplay by Hiroyoshi Koiwai primarily based on the novel Kaibutsu no Kikori by Mayusuke Kurai. Produced by Shigeji Maeda and Misako Saka. Government produced by Hiroyoshi Koiwai.
The Oriental Gentle and Magic (OLM)-Warner Bros. Discovery manufacturing stars Kazuya Kamenashi,
Nanao, Riho Yoshioka, Keisuke Horibe, Minosuke, Shidô Nakamura, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Shôta Sometani and Reon Yuzuki.
Plot:
Akira Ninomiya (Kazuya Kamenashi) is a remorseless younger lawyer who doesn’t hesitate to get rid of anybody who stands in his approach. One evening he’s brutally attacked by an unknown assailant sporting a “monster masks.” Though he miraculously survives the assault, Ninomiya turns into fixated on discovering the attacker and getting revenge.
In the meantime, a sequence of grotesque murders happen through which the victims are discovered with their brains faraway from their our bodies. Whereas police conduct an intensive investigation, Ninomiya seeks revenge towards the assaulter. Who will uncover the reality first?
Opinions:
“The larger challenge with the movie is one in all pacing. It’s exhausting to consider {that a} story so wealthy with schlocky potential may find yourself being so boring […] Koji Endo’s rating works time beyond regulation to generate stress, however the movie’s huge set items — together with a climactic showdown in a derelict home that appears just like the Haunted Mansion at Tokyo Disneyland — are a sleep.” ★★ The Japan Occasions
“The plot lacks Miike’s ultraviolence however quite the opposite, it turns into very attention-grabbing with the three-sided duel that he proposes. The director exhibits that after greater than 100 movies he’s not caught with the identical cinema. There are sufficient script twists to final the length of the movie and the dynamics that imply there may be much less and fewer motion.” Moviementarios [translated from Spanish]
Launch:
Having been launched theatrically in Japan on December 1, 2023, Lumberjack the Monster will stream on Netflix on June 1, 2024.
Trailer:
Technical specs:
1 hour 59 minutes
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