Alicia I love this movie so much

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

mistoppi I found this film in the rental store ages ago, but at that time I didn't rent it. I was kind of suspicious. But it started to haunt me, I knew I had to see it. The summary on the DVD kept saying how Sushi Girl is easy to compare to Quentin Tarantino, and since that man is the love of my life. The next time it was either all rented or I just didn't find it. Eventually I got it, and from the moment it started I knew I was going to fall in love with the film. It has everything I love to see in a film: mystery, violence, beautiful women (or a beautiful woman, or it happens to be with Sushi Girl), tension and thrill, revenge and so many other details and themes, I can't even list them all.The beginning of this movie is beyond perfect. It's quiet, it's slow, yet it's extremely intense. It's something that makes you know you're going to watch the whole movie. And right from the beginning the music of this film is amazing. I want to listen to the whole soundtrack again, that's how good it was. Towards the end of this film I almost forgot about the soundtrack, because while the film gets even more intense, the music doesn't distract the viewer, it enhances the feeling of the scene. Every track goes well with the moments they were tied with. They create such a great balance it's easy to just make the soundtrack merge with the scene. They just belong together. Sushi Girl is also visually extremely beautiful. There were so many shots I just looked at and thought they were absolutely perfect. Either it was the colours, the simplicity, the details or whatnot, the cinematography of Sushi Girl just doesn't let you down.The plot of this movie is an excellently planned mystery. The makers of the film have left you with enough space to try to guess the truth with the slow pace of the film. While a lot of things happen during the movie, you still have time to think about it on your own, but the film-makers still have the ability to surprise you. The plot isn't the only brilliant writing about this film. The characters are interesting, and there's a lot you don't know, but you can bet the writes know almost every detail of the characters. Little piece about them is dropped every now and then, but it's hard to tell if those things are true or if the characters are just mocking each other. Every character has this tension between them all the time, you just expect some of them to beat the hell out of each other any minute, while the tensions between the others is weird, and you can't quite say what it is between them. And the dialogue, well, the dialogue is the best kind of dialogue I want from a movie. It's clear the writers of this film have learned from the best.Sushi Girl is everything I hoped it would be and more. The only thing I can compare it to is Reservoir Dogs, but even if Sushi Girl is clearly heavily influenced by Reservoir Dogs, it is still different and its own movie. It has excellent writing, music, cinematography, characters, everything. It's interesting, thrilling and surprising. I love every thing about this film.

Anssi Vartiainen A lowly criminal crook is released from prison after serving his time with good behaviour. Unfortunately his old gang is waiting for him, having readied a sushi buffet in his honour. The twist? It's served nyotaimori style, on top of a nude female body. And thus the stage is set for one of the most intense dinner conversations you're ever likely to witness.This film has been accused of ripping off Quentin Tarantino's style. And yes, I can see where these accusations come from. The heavily Japanese themes and backgrounds filtered through Western understanding, brutal and hardcore characters, shocking scenes of extreme violence, the larger than life feel of the plot. The only thing missing is a distinctive soundtrack and even that is somewhat present in the most intense situations when the score builds and builds as the characters just keep staring at one another. The thing is, though, I don't see why this is a problem. It's one thing to rip off characters and story ideas. That's plagiarism and really cheap. But style? That's like saying that once Steven Spielberg became known for using heavy background lights, no one else could use those ever again. So, if there's exists a director like this one, who can do what Tarantino does with this amount of professionalism, then more power to him, I say.Aside from that "criticism" the film is more than fine. The story isn't overly complicated and you can see final scene coming from miles away, given the film's subject matter, but this is one of those films where the experience and the journey are more important than the end result. It's about the dialogue and the characters more than it's about the story. And both of those are really good. I especially enjoyed Tony Todd's Duke, who tried to act like a big, collected yakuza boss, but all of his cocky American underlings kept interrupting his moments and monologues. I get your blight, Duke. Mark Hamill also really shines in the role of Crow, a maddened torture expert. He and Max (Andy Mackenzie) make for a great pair of mad dogs.The production values are also high enough to convince, the torture scenes are suitably brutal to please their target audience and as a whole it's a very solid package. The story could have used one twist or surprise more for me to remember this film years later, but as it is, it's more than enough for me to recommend it to all fans of grindhouse genre.

Paul Mayhem Mark Hamill is one twisted bastard, and that is a good thing! This movie was an odd one for me, didn't know much about it, but I loved the artwork. I am glad I took a chance. Basically it plays out like many Post-Tarantino movies, but this one is a bit different. For one thing, it is actually pretty damned good. For another, it has some good twists and will keep you engaged. Finally it has a killer cast that really makes the most of their characters. The violence erupts in glorious style at points in the film, but it is more about the story and finding out where the road will take you. Each character holds a key to the final twist, and some huge genre favorites do great work here. Come for the sushi, stay for the fun!

Reno Rangan Well made and quite surprising, a perfect B movie. Except Tony Todd none were familiar to me. I was not expecting anything, I knew the limit of B movie's budget so no disappointment with second stream actors and production quality. All I needed was something new that big star and big budget movie won't offer in such a style. And got it.The story begins with a man being released after completing his 6 year term in the prison who was in for a robbery. He was picked by his gangmates who are arranged to celebrate it in a sorta Japanese hotel. So the real story begins there when they started to dig the 6 years old robbery incident that went wrong. They all wanted to know where is the robbed items and of course the equal share. They talk then it turns into torture and later the chaos situation brings them who and what to believe.The movie was all about that particular incident and about the missing robbed items. So the 80% of the movie has been just the investigation to reveal its flashback in pieces. And then the twist came, I really did not know it was coming, it surprised me a little. That turn in the story made whole movie look better than what one can expect from a mystery movie. It was not a QT's movie or Alfie's and all the above it was not a masterpiece but a simple, low budget's wonder. There are many amazing B movies and it is one of it and never compare those with A movies.6½/10