Exoticalot
People are voting emotionally.
Beanbioca
As Good As It Gets
Gurlyndrobb
While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Cooktopi
The acting in this movie is really good.
brooz
I had an occasion to watch a scene of this flick, I had no sound. it ROTFLed me: a teenage boy in a cage. Outside, another teenager and mature woman in nightdress fight with kungfu. She wielded a quite large hammer, scraping large chunks of everything it touched. I caught the title for I had to watch this. Well. It was the only time I laughed for this flick.You can still have fun with Jigoku Koshien if: -you are less than 22.(geeks add 4, girls remove 5) -You gather friends who wish a heavy duty low-budget Japanese no-brainer. -You drink all available beer. -go buy more beer and repeat drink. -If your local laws permits smoking pot, you should consider doing so.I loved many of the films cited in comments: Bad Taste, Evil Dead, Shaolin Soccer, Army of Darkness, many Monty Python, Battle Royal.But did NOT enjoy Jigoku Koshien. (and feel that comparison with the latter is an insult to the formers)
John Seal
I love zombie movies, and I love baseball (and baseball movies, too). So the stars seemed to have aligned when I learned of Battlefield Baseball. Sadly, the film leaves much to be desired.There's little in the way of zombie mayhem--most of the action, incredibly, happens off screen--and even less baseball. The screenplay commits a serious error by declaring, via the field umpire, that the rules of Battlefield Baseball are "there are no rules". As a result, this 'baseball' game consists of little more than a few fist fights with some poor special effects thrown in for good measure.There are a few amusing moments: Jubei's flashback to his father's death, for example, involves the most obscenely large catcher's mitt ever seen, but by and large, this is a poor tribute to the films of Takashi Miike.
ChaosEngine
I don't even know where to start with this one. I know I had expected to at least like it a little bit as it has a tie in with Battle Royale and Jubeh is played by the star of Ultimate Versus, I loved both movies. This however is simply horrendous, the parts that were supposed to be funny didn't even generate a smile, the fighting was almost non-existent and the yelling, oh yes, the YELLING! If you like movies where almost every second line is yelled at the top of someone's lungs this movie is right up your alley. Someone else mentioned that there is never actually a baseball game and that's true, but we do see a baseball and bat a couple of times and they do wear uniforms (I had to write something good to justify my rating of 2 rather than 1) I could go on but then this would become as tedious as the movie itself, avoid this one.
psychocrow
I got this movie because i loved Battle Royale and was looking for similar stuff - but this movie is not the crazy japanese hack n' slay genre that i was expecting. I thought about zombies playing baseball, but they never really play baseball in this movie. In the "showdown game" (no, it isn't a showdown at all) they just start fighting and that's it. There are no "special effects" - everything looks like glue and ketchup. The bad guys are not ugly, funny or stupid at all, and neither are the heros. But the worst thing of the movie is the absolutely stupid story that keeps you waiting for something that never happens (Inculding absolutely awful singing parts - like in a Disney Movie - Oh my God) Don't waste your time with this movie - that's my conclusion. A real 1!