Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Takeshi-K If we assume that this movie is a satire, then I can make the following observation: This movie is about the fascination with technology, tech porn as it were, vs the fear of what possible negative effects it may have within any human being harnessing it.This is a common science fiction theme, but one that is somewhat maniacally presented herein. This movie is a stop motion fast cut affair, which assaults the sense in the same way that perhaps surgically induced cybernetic augmentation might.Its fascinating to watch. I don't know which position the makers of this film are positioning themselves. Anti technology luddites? Gadget addicted techn porn enthusiasts? Its anyone's guess but its sure is fun to try and guess after having seen this beguiling film.

tenshi_ippikiookami 'This film is not for everyone' is one of those empty sentences that gets thrown around with some kind of films. But if there is a film that fits the saying, "Tetsuo" is it. Utter bonkers, making no sense whatsoever (well, a kind of flimsy one), the movie is an almost silent film with amazing imagery but close to zero story.It all starts with a guy running around after sticking a metal rod on his leg. It all continues into lots of crazy moments that seem to revolve around a salary man that little by little becomes a kind of mixture between machine and human. Like your average Kafka. But with lots of more sexual innuendo (subtlety be damned). It is all quite interesting and shocking, but, even at just a little over 60 minutes, it becomes repetitive and some (or many) viewers will end up thinking: why the heck I am caring about this?, because the film seems to be more a study on monster creation than on telling anything. And that is also taking account the more than obvious idea of man becoming machine that runs throughout "Tetsuo"'s running time.As it is, it is fascinating, but it can't overcome its shortcomings.

framptonhollis In the same field as David Lynch, David Cronenberg, Guy Maddin, Sam Raimi, and Jan Svankmajer lies Shin'ya Tsukamoto's monster movie master piece "Tetsuo, the Iron Man". Unlike most movies known for their extremely divisive weirdness, "Tetsuo" is a film that definitely has a clear plot, as well as reoccurring main characters. Other than that, though, it is as far from the mainstream as cinema can possibly be. Most people probably won't be able to tolerate its relentless insanity. you thought that first ten minutes was weird? Well, just ait for the last ten minutes, although you'd probably have stopped watching it then. In order to watch a film as wacky and weird as "Tetsuo", one needs a strong love of the surreal and unbelievable, for this is one of the essential "WTF am I watching"-type movies. If a movie in which a man tries to stick his power tool penis in a screaming victim in one of its more toned down scenes sounds good to you, you will adore this perverted work of genius!Personally, I love weird movies; after all, my favorite film of all time is "Eraserhead", which obviously inspired "Tetsuo" heavily. As a matter of fact, if I had to describe "Tetsuo' in one sentence it would be "'Eraserhead' but on even more acid." Perhaps that should have just been my entire review, and readers would quickly be able to guess whether they wanted to see such a film or not. Fans of extreme horror and experimental madness will adore this, while rom- com and car chase movie lovers just might not be the target audience.During the last 20-25 minutes of this cinematic trainwreck (this may be the only time I use that phrase in a complimentary context), there came a point in which I just sat there, staring at the screen, completely bewildered and bumfuzzled at the nuke of weird that was bursting in front of me. What was I even watching? And where can I find more films like it?!?This is a film that is not for most people, but those who can find pleasure in its demented wildness will certainly not be disappointed. It is a film that is equally disturbing and funny, a film of tragedy, of comedy, and of horror-and, yet, it is too bizarre to be labeled as such.

TheExpatriate700 My acquaintance with Tetsuo began when I was roughly ten or eleven years old. When I first read the advertisement in the paper, it sounded like a typical Japanese kaiju film, and my family looked into seeing it. These plans ended when my father read a review of the film including a content warning mentioning "phallic machinery." I've only recently gotten around to seeing it.Tetsuo the Iron Man is a difficult film to comprehend or categorize. At different points, it shifts between experimental film, science fiction, and an extremely graphic horror film. It also alternates between being interesting and headache inducing.The film follows a young businessman's transformation into a metallic monster. This is Cronenbergian body horror taken to the Nth level, complete with metal growths and a disturbingly positioned pneumatic drill. Given the extremely low budget, the special effects are amazing.However, the film is at times maddeningly difficult to follow or understand. The film's point is difficult if not impossible to pry out, and the how of Tetsuo's transformation is never explained.