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The Machine Girl

Original title: Kataude mashin gâru
  • 20082008
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
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The Machine Girl (2008)
ActionComedyHorror
Maimed while seeking revenge, a girl becomes stronger than ever.Maimed while seeking revenge, a girl becomes stronger than ever.Maimed while seeking revenge, a girl becomes stronger than ever.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
10K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
17,951
3,061
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    • Director
      • Noboru Iguchi
    • Writer
      • Noboru Iguchi
    • Stars
      • Minase Yashiro
      • Asami
      • Nobuhiro Nishihara
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    • Director
      • Noboru Iguchi
    • Writer
      • Noboru Iguchi
    • Stars
      • Minase Yashiro
      • Asami
      • Nobuhiro Nishihara
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    • 95User reviews
    • 58Critic reviews
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    Minase Yashiro
    • Ami Hyuga
    Asami
    Asami
    • Miki
    Nobuhiro Nishihara
    • Sho Kimura
    Kentarô Shimazu
    • Ryuji Kimura
    • (as Kentaro Shimazu)
    Ryôsuke Kawamura
    • Yu Hyuga
    • (as Ryousuke Kawamura)
    Yûya Ishikawa
    • Suguru Sugihara
    • (as Yuya Ishikawa)
    Noriko Kijima
    • Yoshie
    Tsutomu Uchigasaki
    Hiroko Yashiki
    Tarô Suwa
    Tarô Suwa
    • Kimura gang member
    • (as Taro Suwa)
    Hiroyuki Yoshida
    Demo Tanaka
    • Kaneko…
    Naohiro Kawamoto
    Masaki Inatome
    Hitoshi Fukushima
    Kouji Kawamoto
    Kensuke Sonomura
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    • Director
      • Noboru Iguchi
    • Writer
      • Noboru Iguchi
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    • Trivia
      According to writer and director Noburo Iguchi, the idea for The Machine Girl went back to a simple idea he had about a one-armed girl in a bikini looking for revenge. The idea for the machine gun arm came later.
    • Goofs
      Ami can be seen hiding her left arm in her shirt throughout the film.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Hajirai Machine Girl (2009)

    User reviews95

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    The Machine Girl does exactly what it says on the tin.
    The trailer for Noboru Iguchi's The Machine Girl has been doing the rounds of the b-movie community for months now. Gorehounds, exploitation fans action nuts alike have been looking forward to it with the same restless feverish anticipation the nerd community would embrace a new Star Wars movie. But let's get this out of the way first: a lot people of doubted the movie would fulfill the gory promises made by the trailer; cast away your doubts ye unbelievers, for like a good can of castoroil, this one does exactly what it says on the tin.

    Now what does the tin say? A cartoonish hybrid of splattery goofy horror and gonzo action with only a basic revenge plot serving as a skeleton. I won't go into plot details because I'll only be wasting your time. In a nutshell: girl finds brother killed by yakuzas; girl has her arm chopped; girl wants revenge. Simple and effective. The talky parts that move the story forward are contrived enough to make you look forward to the next bout of creative splatter. Nothing to write home about but it gets the job done.

    From a visual standpoint, the movie was shot in HD and that lends a cold, realistic look to it. Faster shutter speeds were used in the action scenes which means more stuttery images, reminiscent of 28 Days Later for example. The added benefit can be observed in the glorious blood geysers.

    The main attraction here though is the splatter. It's done with enough tongue-in-cheek attitude to keep it from treading horror territory and remains more geared towards over-the-top action. Machine guns tear holes through heads and stomachs, torsos are cut in half, heads and hands chopped off and fingers served as sushi. Arterial sprays and blood geysers are all over the place in true 70's samurai fashion. Kung-fu fans will get a kick out of a favorite cult weapon cameo, the flying guillotine (as seen in Flying Guillotine and Master of the Flying Guillotine) and a certain drill bra is worthy of the cock and ball gun in From Dusk Till Dawn. There are evil yakuzas doing blood rituals, ninjas complete with shurikens and silly costumes (a nod to Godfrey Ho maybe?) and the cheese-tastic Super Mourners Squad. The prevalent comic-book sensibility makes everything so wildly enjoyable. Good, clean, family entertainment overall.

    There might be gore galore but the movie is not without its flaws either. The score for one verges on silly muzak. Some parts sound like an early 90's NAMCO video game while others are cheap filler electronica. I wasn't expecting Morricone of course so it's only a slight annoyance but 70's Japanese exploitation movies boasted wonderful string scores that would have added the extra oomph here.

    The CGI however should have been avoided altogether. They draw unnecessary attention to themselves and even though one could argue they are in step with the anything goes attitude of the film, I can't help but think they cheapen the whole thing in a visually unappealing way. Just watch the flying shurikens and you'll see what I mean.

    What's important though is that The Machine Girl fulfills every promise it made upon its announcement. Watch the trailer. If an over the top action splatter fest that winks to martial arts and refuses to take itself too seriously sounds like your kind of thing, the movie will not disappoint. Iguchi made it with the enthusiasm of a fan and it shows: he knows what works and what doesn't. He also knows how many times fans have been disappointed by misleading ballyhoos and trailers of promised graphic violence and he delivers exactly what he set out to do.
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    • Release date
      • May 23, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Japan
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • The One-Armed Machine Girl
    • Filming locations
      • Japan
    • Production companies
      • Fever Dreams
      • Nikkatsu
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      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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