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The dialogue is stilted, and the acting just mediocre, and the FX a little cheesy. He captured it in a pile of garbage after being beat up by a transvestite. Shy factory worker Yoji (a real weenie) has been watching a girl across the fence, but doesn't have the courage to introduce himself. The two go back to Yoji's apartment where Yoji has one of the strange creatures in a travel bag. Enjoy.
The aliens are funny, looking a little like a twisted beanie-baby with some goo thrown on it. And, of course, it's about blood, blood, blood. Rent first. We're also treated to a little "monster vision", seeing humans from the creature's eyes. Meatballs.
That's the plot. He tries to beat up the co-worker but fails, even though the man leaves Sachiko alone. Very thin, but of course the movies isn't about the plot. One night he catches a co-worker trying to rape the girl, Sachiko, in the park. I'm not a usual fan of Japanese or Asian horror films, but 'Meatball Machine' is one of the rare ones I liked. He runs from Sachiko only to be knocked out and found on the streets by a strange man who lives in a crappy apartment and seems to be the only person in Japan who's aware of the monsters and knows what they're doing.
With the humor thrown around the film like the blood, and some wild imagination with the cyborg creatures, it manages to raise itself from a typical foreign horror flick to something every type of horror fan can enjoy. The movie then starts with a fight scene between two cyborg creatures, the winner eating the other's strange heart-bulb. Yoji of course does nothing, he's too scared. It's about ropy tendrils, split heads, eye gouging, heart bulbs, slime, eyeball drills, gooey skeletons, and a little masturbation, a transvestite, and a prostitute for good measure.
Then he turns Yoji into one of the monsters, but Yoji escapes to look for Sachiko. As Sachiko confesses her dark secret, the monster comes alive, jumps out of the closet, and rapes Sachiko before turning her into a cyborg creature. Tacos.
The film starts bloody, runs bloody, and ends bloody. The photography is sketchy, using a lot of scene skipping and "flashes", the film isn't shot in video but it has the feel of video. But you came here for blood and you'll get plenty of that.
This introduction is in English with Japanese subtitles, but the movie itself is in the Japanese language with English subtitles. You know the makers of the film are not taking themselves very seriously when the movie starts with two silhouetted monsters talking to each other. It's about hungry little buggers who like to eat each other and raise havoc.
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Ah, so this is what "Gantz" looks like if it was a live-action movie. Plus, both deal with freaky aliens and stuff. This is definately one of the better B-rated movies I know of, but it's not for anybody with a weak stomach. *Good filming style. DVD has good video and sound quality, and contains a couple of featurettes, two additonal films ("Maximum Meatball Machine" and "The Original Meatball Machine"), and trailers.
*Surprisingly good characters. The Bad Things. Lots of good camera angles. *The squeamish should avoid this like the plague. *Simple but interesting story. (Reminds me a lot of the anime show "Gantz"). Unlike "Gantz," however, this film works better at being scary and immersive.
*Production design is good. Although many of them are perverts, the main character spends much of the film trying to act noble. Imagine the monsters from the "Quake" or "Unreal" computer games in a movie.
Has a distinctive look and style. *Grossest movie ever. *A few good gory fight scenes.
*Pretty low production value (but the quality of the cinematography makes up for it). Not only are the two gory as hell, but they also share similar themes and attitudes of sexuality. Loads of blood and perversity.
The Good Things. *Romance is not overwhelmingly sappy, and is touching at some parts.
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It deserves a decent home where someone can love and nourish it. Terrific bizarre plot that is most assuredly ambitious and I was pulling for this one. glad I saw it, but wish I hadn't bought it. I'm writing this review because it might be helpful for some of us/you B movie fans that are drooling at the dvd box picture and really want to hit that "one click buy" so they can sleep tonight. But some of you should know The MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION before you left click that mouse. If your a; "I just can't stand rubber suits kinda guy or gal".
I know this movie is appealing just being displayed on the shelf or put on your collection list. However CITIZEN CANE was not expected. Admittedly I'm kinda on the fence with the camp elements in Japanese "cyberpunk" genre. Gave it away to a friend who probably didn't even notice the afore mentioned offense.
There are assuredly 20 bar bands at this moment, performing Monday and Thursday nights throughout this great land, now proudly brandishing "Meatball machine" on their fliers passed out in the local community college cafeteria. And you know who you are, then this movie will become tedious fast. I couldn't finish M.M. This movie has a great title. This movie has a great looking box.
hold on.
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All of the monsters look like bad guys from that kids show. The fighting between the monsters wasn't that great.
It was worth the watch but not sure if I'll watch it again. The parasites that take over the humans are pretty cool looking too. I wasn't looking for a masterpiece, but I wasn't looking for a kids movie with gore added to it. Heads split in half, eyes getting drilled out, and much more.
Meatball Machine is like a really demented Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie. There were some good scenes of gore, but it is in no way gorier than Dead Alive (Brain Dead). Some of the bloody goodness was awesome.
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