WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

stjeanclaudel Amazingly funny and horrific! There's a complete artistic side to it and I love it!

BA_Harrison There are some Miike films I love (Audition—brilliant!, Dead or Alive—wild!, Fudoh—so messed up!). There are some Miike films I hate (Gozu, Dead or Alive 2—both boring). And then there are those Miike films that are so eccentric, both thematically and in their execution, that I find it hard to decide exactly how I feel about them. Ichi the Killer falls into this last category: based on a manga comic, it features all of the Miike trademarks that I usually enjoy—crazy characters, daring camera-work, erratic editing, and lots of extreme gore—but the storytelling is so off-kilter that I was left reeling in confusion, and feeling just a little bit disappointed.The basic plot goes something like this… After a Yakuza boss is sliced up by a mysterious killer, slit-mouthed gang member Kakihara (Tadanobu Asano) vows to find the man responsible—a psychotic loner called Ichi, who can only achieve orgasm while watching or committing acts of extreme violence (he's so pathetic that his photo doesn't even make it on to the DVD cover). Kakihara, an extreme sadomasochist, becomes obsessed with the idea of Ichi being the ultimate giver of pain, but when he comes face to face with the man, he finds that the reality doesn't live up to his expectations.That's the general gist of the film, but there's so much more that I cannot adequately explain thanks to Miike's non-conformist approach which makes the narrative so difficult to comprehend. Suffice to say that the film is consistently bonkers— a demented tale of revenge and obsession drenched in bodily fluids (some of which is real, according to the director. Yuck!). Weird/outrageous highlights include several really messy throat slashings (arterial spray galore!), a man cut in half and another guy's severed face sliding down a wall (both achieved via some iffy CGI), a 'human bloodhound' who can locate a man by sniffing a woman's crotch, lots of sadomasochistic violence, and a smidge of eye-watering nipple slicing. Reasonably fun, I suppose, but I wish it was less of a struggle for me to follow.5.5/10, rounded up to 6 for IMDb.

Poptart_Psycho Takeshi Miki a cult Japanese director this was always on the watchlist, also based on a manga series it was bound to be a good watch.I heard beforehand it was a gore fest, but as an avid horror watcher it wouldn't be a problem. Also this movie isn't actually a horror, its based on rival Yakuza gangs in Japan.The basic storyline Is gang boss Anjo has fled with a prostitute and millions of yen. His sadomasochistic henchman Kakihara along with fellow gang members are on the hunt for him. They capture rival gangster Jiji and torture him to reveal whereabouts but to no avail and release him. Unbeknown to them Jiji has been manipulating Ichi a young man with great skills into murdering, and now he is after Kakihura and the other gang members.Gore at its finest. This movie explores the lengths of what gangsters do to find out the truth and cut of people as quickly as you can say that

whitegang1 It has been a while since I watched this movie, used to have it on DVD, but didn't know what to think of it. Anyway just bought it again, unrated this time. Anybody familiar with Takashi Miike's work should not be surprised by this movie, it is his usual shocking, gruesome and controversial movie, that delivers on violence gore and just been plain weird. This was the first movie I watched by Takashi Miike's, Maybe that's why I didn't know what to think of it at first. Ichi the killer is a great movie if you know what to expect, it's got a good, but weird story, that focuses on a psychopathic yakuza member, looking for his boss and a very disturbed and misled serial killer that goes around in a black sort of suit, with blades on the heels that he uses to slice people in to pieces. All in all it is a violent, disturbing gory gore fest of a movie with a story about a psychopathic, sadistic yakuza member, who likes to inflict pain and also receive it, and a serial killer who is just plain weird. I rate this movie 10/10 for weirdness and entertainment.