Tokyo Gore Police

東京残酷警察
In a futuristic Tokyo where police have been privatized and bitter self-mutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the 'cutter' demographic, Ruka is on a mission to avenge her father's assassination. Ruka is a cop from a squad whose goal is to destroy homicidal mutant humans known as 'engineers', that possess the ability to transform any injury to a weapon in and of itself.
Tokyo Gore Police is a 2008 sci-fi horror flick from Japan. This film boasts excessive violence, blending practical effects with buckets of blood and gore.
Though some scenes can be described as overly excessive and the storyline is very thin, the viewer is treated with striking visuals that not only stand out from similar films in the genre but will nestle themselves in their minds for days to come. In some instances, that isn’t a good thing, but the film has enough positive to overlook some of the more head scratching scenes.
Though it seems to try at times to strike an emotional chord, the film is still mostly aware of what it is and plays into that insanity quite well with violence and humor going hand in hand.
It seems like the writers of this film after a certain point, weren't worried about whether they should do a scene, but rather how to do the scene as absurdly as possible. For this I couldn’t help but give them credit as what they produced may not be a cinematic masterpiece but was one fun ride.
Tokyo Gore Police is not for everyone, but if you go in with low expectations, you may find some entertainment.
Unless your squeamish, then you may want to pass this film.
Tokyo Gore Police is a 2008 sci-fi horror flick from Japan. This film boasts excessive violence, blending practical effects with buckets of blood and gore.
Though some scenes can be described as overly excessive and the storyline is very thin, the viewer is treated with striking visuals that not only stand out from similar films in the genre but will nestle themselves in their minds for days to come. In some instances, that isn’t a good thing, but the film has enough positive to overlook some of the more head scratching scenes.
Though it seems to try at times to strike an emotional chord, the film is still mostly aware of what it is and plays into that insanity quite well with violence and humor going hand in hand.
It seems like the writers of this film after a certain point, weren't worried about whether they should do a scene, but rather how to do the scene as absurdly as possible. For this I couldn’t help but give them credit as what they produced may not be a cinematic masterpiece but was one fun ride.
Tokyo Gore Police is not for everyone, but if you go in with low expectations, you may find some entertainment.
Unless your squeamish, then you may want to pass this film.



















