★★★★ “God, faith, mayhem and a lot of blood” To be honest, I never read Boston Teran’s novel. I wasn’t aware of the story until this movie came out here on DVD – but then the book was also never released in my country. I’ve every intention to read it… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★★ “Red Nose Day?” Dir: Yôichi Sai Star: Miho Tsumiki, Yôko Kikuchi, Kumiko Takeda, Mikari This is based on a 34-volume manga series by Satosumi Takaguchi, which began publication in 1985. It is far from the only adaptation. There have also been two OVAs, a live-action drama series, a different… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★★ “Always bet on black…” Director Bamford has certainly had himself a year. This is the third film of his in 2024 to be reviewed on this site, following Air Force One Down and Hard Home. It’s actually his feature debut, and seems to date back a few years, before getting released. Jade is… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★★½ “Fox hunting.” I’d not heard of this, and we pleased to find it was directed by Sakamoto, a well-respected action choreographer, best known for Power Rangers, but who also worked on 009-1: The End of the Beginning, among others. There’s an interesting back-story here, in that this was created… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★★ “Beware level 5-espers when they point their fingers at you!” Have you ever noticed, when you are consciously looking for things that fall into a certain category, you find more and more of them? You may have seen it in action yourself after you discovered the “girls with guns”… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
