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Junya Kato (screenplay)
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seems to be missing a certain something....
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Issei Takahashi | ... | Yôji |
| Aoba Kawai | ... | Sachiko |
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| Kenichi Kawasaki | ... | Tanaka |
| Shôichirô Masumoto | ||
| Toru Tezuka | (as Tôru Tezuka) | |
| Ayano Yamamoto | ||
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Mîtobôru mashin (Japan) (promotional title)
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Remake of Meatball Machine (1999)
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Some kind of strange parasites have invaded Earth & (as one gentleman explains) "some came from the sea and some came from space". These parasites invade humans and turn them into mutated fighting machines called "Necroborgs". The Necroborgs battle each other to the death for the amusement of the parasites. A young man who works at a machine shop (Yoji) has found one of these parasitic things, that he thinks is dead. He keeps it in his closet at home but when he brings a young lady home that he fancies, it takes over her body & turns her into one of them there Necroborgs. Of course, Yoji eventually is infected by a crazy man who BREEDS Necroborgs so he can feed his partially-mutated daughter, and from there it's a battle of human will versus parasitic will.
In some ways this is reminiscent of "Tetsuo", without quite being like it. However, despite the special effects and wild action scenes, this film seems to lack a certain something that I can't put my finger on, that would have breathed some life, or given some soul to this film. It's nasty, violent, and at times, fairly disgusting, and it's fairly well-done as far as effects go, but otherwise it seems rather flat. Of course, some will like it more than others, and it's not exactly made for a wide viewing audience. 6 out of 10.